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Project: 6892 (Run 570, Clone 3, Gen 61) - Run single cpu

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:36 pm
by gannett
Hi All

Just checking the folding boxes after the weekend and I see that Project: 6892 (Run 570, Clone 3, Gen 61) Protein: ALZHEIMER DISEASE AMYLOID is running single on just a single CPU core. I am really pleased to be working on this project just wish I could do more at the same time. :D

I think that the previous unit Project: 6892 (Run 570, Clone 3, Gen 60) was doing the same as I am getting intermediate checkpoints being written.

Looking at the Gen 61, most recent unit it's running FahCore_78.exe that was just downloaded for this project.

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.. yesterday 
[20:47:35] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[20:47:35] Core not found.
[20:47:35] - Core is not present or corrupted.
[20:47:35] - Attempting to download new core...
[20:47:35] + Downloading new core: FahCore_78.exe
[20:47:35] Downloading core (/~pande/Linux/AMD64/Core_78.fah from www.stanford.edu)
[20:47:35] + 10240 bytes downloaded
[20:47:36] + 20480 bytes downloaded
[20:47:36] + 30720 bytes downloaded
[20:47:36] + 40960 bytes downloaded
......   Today
[06:54:00] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[06:54:00] Core found.
[06:54:00] Working on queue slot 06 [February 6 06:54:00 UTC]
[06:54:00] + Working ...
[06:54:00] - Calling './FahCore_78.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 06 -priority 96 -checkpoint 28 -verbose -lifeline 1483 -version 634'

[06:54:00]
[06:54:00] *------------------------------*
[06:54:00] Folding@Home Gromacs Core
[06:54:00] Version 1.90 (March 8, 2006)
....
[11:36:06] Completed 115000 out of 250000 steps  (46%)
[11:42:13] Writing local files
[11:42:13] Completed 117500 out of 250000 steps  (47%)
[11:48:19] Writing local files
[11:48:19] Completed 120000 out of 250000 steps  (48%)
[11:54:27] Writing local files
[11:54:27] Completed 122500 out of 250000 steps  (49%)
ps and Ubuntu process monitors show running on a single core

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$ ps
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
 1483 pts/0    00:00:09 fah6
 1750 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
11750 pts/0    00:00:00 sh
11751 pts/0    00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe
11752 pts/0    00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe
11753 pts/0    05:35:42 FahCore_78.exe  <<<<<<<<< running on one core
11754 pts/0    00:00:00 FahCore_78.exe
12746 pts/0    00:00:00 ps
Is any one else seeing this unit run in just a single core ?

Cheers

Gannett

Re: Project: 6892 (Run 570, Clone 3, Gen 61) - Run single c

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:26 pm
by codysluder
FahCore_78 never uses more than a single core. If you are expecting a smp assignment, you have to specify -smp as one of the command line flags. The log you posted doesn't show whether that flag was present at the time the WU downloaded, but it most certainly was not. The assignment server wouldn't have given you that assignment if -smp had been present.

Re: Project: 6892 (Run 570, Clone 3, Gen 61) - Run single c

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:31 pm
by gannett
Ah yes well spotted, looking in the shell history I don't see an -smp flag after last reboot. :oops:
Will run this one out with -oneunit and restart folding with -smp 8 as normal.

Thanks for nudge - I should have checked that.

Gannett