Albert@Home: New BRP application released: v1.22 (CPU, CUDA, OpenCL)

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Discussion of the new app release takes place over in this thread. Notes: * OpenCL GPU memory requirements reduced by 128 MB (to ~360 MB) * Dropped support for OpenCL 1.0 GPUs (in favor of the above, OpenCL 1.0 only GPUs like the Radeon 4xxx are too slow anyway) * More graceful OpenCL memory error handling * Known issue: the Mac OS X OpenCL app might return invalid/empty results * CUDA apps are enabled again for the time being * Input data download volume (per work unit) can be reduced by a factor of two (soon) * Please use the latest Catalyst driver (>=12.1) and BOINC client (>=7.0.12). Cheers, Oliver

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[spingadus]

Been trying to get some tasks here, but nothing so far. Anyone else not able to get work? The server status shows work available.

[Cruncher Pete]

It is an interesting question. I am getting work on some machines and others report: "Not requesting or reporting work". Go figure as these machines are identical and are all running BOINC Version 7.0.18. I love new versions. Than again, this is an Alpha release version, yet needed by some projects to use. Nice to see just how many bugs one can find, how many new unannounced additions you can find and how many announced way of doing things no longer work. I think I prefer MS's way of a new version. Change the name of something, don't change anything in the code and tell everybody that they need to buy this new version as the old one is no longer supported.

[zombie67]

Yeah, I have tasks for all three (ATI, nvidia, CPU). They just turned back on nvidia with this latest app release.

[spingadus]

Ugh. Starting to get tired of this. I know this is beta, but still. I can't get work on my boinc 7 pc for albert or poem. I've tried suspending everything, changing the dcf and playing with the cache. Nothing. Just the same old 'got 0 new tasks' message. I can get Moo! just fine.

[zombie67]

Ugh. Starting to get tired of this. I know this is beta, but still. I can't get work on my boinc 7 pc for albert or poem. I've tried suspending everything, changing the dcf and playing with the cache. Nothing. Just the same old 'got 0 new tasks' message. I can get Moo! just fine.

Is BOINC asking for tasks? Maybe it's just not asking?

[spingadus]

Is BOINC asking for tasks? Maybe it's just not asking?

3116 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:39 PM update requested by user
3117 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:41 PM Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
3118 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:41 PM Requesting new tasks for ATI
3119 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:41 PM update requested by user
3120 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:43 PM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
3121 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:43 PM No tasks sent
3122 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:49 PM Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
3123 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:49 PM Requesting new tasks for ATI
3124 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:53 PM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
3125 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:53 PM No tasks sent

It's asking, but I just never receive anything. I don't have these problems with other gpu projects.

Mabye I should reinstall boinc as a last resort.

[zombie67]

3116 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:39 PM update requested by user
3117 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:41 PM Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
3118 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:41 PM Requesting new tasks for ATI
3119 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:41 PM update requested by user
3120 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:43 PM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
3121 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:43 PM No tasks sent
3122 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:49 PM Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
3123 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:49 PM Requesting new tasks for ATI
3124 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:53 PM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
3125 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:53 PM No tasks sent

It's asking, but I just never receive anything. I don't have these problems with other gpu projects.

Mabye I should reinstall boinc as a last resort.

Try turning on more of the logging options in your config_cc, so you can see *why* you got 0 tasks.

[trigggl]

3123 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:49 PM Requesting new tasks for ATI
3124 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:53 PM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
3125 Albert@Home 2/28/2012 3:37:53 PM No tasks sent

It's asking, but I just never receive anything. I don't have these problems with other gpu projects.

Mabye I should reinstall boinc as a last resort.

Do you have a 4xxx series card? I know it says it in the original post, but just in case you missed it, they just dropped support for OpenCL 1.0 and 4xxx.

Just call me Captain Redundancy.

[spingadus]

My card is a relatively new model: HD 6970.

Here are some debug messages.

work_fetch_debug 1:

6200 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] work fetch start
6201 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
6202 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] target work buffer: 172800.00 + 8640.00 sec
6211 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] REC 0.000 priority -0.000000 (project backoff 1.63)
6272 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] CPU: shortfall 0.00 nidle 0.00 saturated 205815.47 busy 0.00
6281 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (blocked by prefs)
6342 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] ATI: shortfall 121658.52 nidle 0.00 saturated 59781.48 busy 0.00
6351 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] ATI: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 850.56, inc 600.00)
6412 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
6413 2/28/2012 5:01:20 PM [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch



sched_op_debug 1:

6656 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:28 PM update requested by user
6657 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:31 PM [sched_op] Starting scheduler request
6658 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:31 PM Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
6659 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:31 PM Requesting new tasks for ATI
6660 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:31 PM [sched_op] CPU work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 devices
6661 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:31 PM [sched_op] ATI work request: 1.00 seconds; 0.00 devices
6662 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:33 PM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
6663 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:33 PM [sched_op] Server version 701
6664 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:33 PM No tasks sent
6665 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:33 PM Project requested delay of 7 seconds
6666 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:33 PM [sched_op] Deferring communication for 7 sec
6667 Poem@Home 2/28/2012 5:09:33 PM [sched_op] Reason: requested by project