Anyone else folding on Linux?

[Nick F]

I'm pretty sure I'll be switching over to Linux and it just seems so stable and fast not to fold I've added another C2D to the team, will be sorting out the PS3 shortly as well to boost our team score.

Any tips from Linux users on the best way to increase performance?

[directhex]

I'm pretty sure I'll be switching over to Linux and it just seems so stable and fast not to fold I've added another C2D to the team, will be sorting out the PS3 shortly as well to boost our team score.

Any tips from Linux users on the best way to increase performance?

use the SMP client - it's just as easy to run as the regular one, just use "./fah6 -smp" instead of "./fah6"

you'll get better PPD using it!

[Nick F]

use the SMP client - it's just as easy to run as the regular one, just use "./fah6 -smp" instead of "./fah6"

you'll get better PPD using it!

Will this mean I'll only need to run one instance?

[directhex]

Will this mean I'll only need to run one instance?

yes.

just run "./fah6 -smp", that's it.

if you want a little more control over things, try this: install a package called "screen". in a terminal type "screen", then run f@h from that window. now, press ctrl-a followed by d. that'll "disconnect" the screen window, allowing you to close the terminal window or even log out completely, whilst keeping that session in the background. type "screen -r" to reconnect the screen session & see how things are getting on

[Nick F]

Cheers

[directhex]

Cheers

another tip: disable CPU frequency scaling (speedstep, cool 'n' quiet) at least temporarily:

open a terminal, run "sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome-applets", and select Yes to the question. now right-click on a gnome panel (grey bar at the top or bottom of the screen), Add to Panel, and select CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor. left-clicking the new icon will give you multiple options - either to force a given CPU speed, or a CPU power saving profile (for f@h, just go with top CPU speed rather than a profile)

[aidanjt]

yes.

just run "./fah6 -smp", that's it.

if you want a little more control over things, try this: install a package called "screen". in a terminal type "screen", then run f@h from that window. now, press ctrl-a followed by d. that'll "disconnect" the screen window, allowing you to close the terminal window or even log out completely, whilst keeping that session in the background. type "screen -r" to reconnect the screen session & see how things are getting on

Or he can just redirect output to null. And just open the logs if he wants to see what's happening.

./fah6 -smp &>/dev/null

[directhex]

Or he can just redirect output to null. And just open the logs if he wants to see what's happening.

./fah6 -smp &>/dev/null

a nohup would help too - using & doesn't maintain the app if the parent terminal is killed

[Nick F]

yes.

just run "./fah6 -smp", that's it.

if you want a little more control over things, try this: install a package called "screen". in a terminal type "screen", then run f@h from that window. now, press ctrl-a followed by d. that'll "disconnect" the screen window, allowing you to close the terminal window or even log out completely, whilst keeping that session in the background. type "screen -r" to reconnect the screen session & see how things are getting on

I don't have a 64-bit machine so its not working, will have to leave two windows open. Still no real issue when you can have a stupid number of desktops

[aidanjt]

I don't have a 64-bit machine so its not working, will have to leave two windows open. Still no real issue when you can have a stupid number of desktops

screen and output redirection works on both archs so there shouldn't be any problems there. Also, the gnome (and kde) terminal emulation supports tabs so you should need to have 2 term windows open at once.

[directhex]

screen and output redirection works on both archs so there shouldn't be any problems there. Also, the gnome (and kde) terminal emulation supports tabs so you should need to have 2 term windows open at once.

fah6 is x86-64 only

fah5 is i386 only

only fah6 has "SMP" support