changing mprime's WorkerThreads parameter?

ozturkfa · 2012-03-29, 08:02

Hi

I want to change mprime's WorkerThreads parameter such that
it will set to 1 in monday to friday in 08:00-18:00 oclock and 3 otherwise.

how to do that automaticly?

Thanks for your help.

Fatih

ozturkfa · 2012-03-29, 13:42

T added fallowing lines to prime.txt
"
PauseWhileRunning=*[2] during 1-5/8:00-18:00
Memory=200 during 1-5/8:00-16:43 else 3000
"

this does the trick( i guess )

ozturkfa · 2012-03-30, 06:10

i will test them

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozturkfa

T added fallowing lines to prime.txt
"
PauseWhileRunning=*[2] during 1-5/8:00-18:00
Memory=200 during 1-5/8:00-16:43 else 3000
"

this does the trick( i guess )

Dubslow · 2012-03-30, 08:15

While technically they are "undocumented" and "not supported", George wouldn't write about them at all if they didn't work. (Right?)

Were you having trouble with them?

ozturkfa · 2012-04-02, 06:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dubslow

While technically they are "undocumented" and "not supported", George wouldn't write about them at all if they didn't work. (Right?)

Were you having trouble with them?

Yes. In weekend mprime stopped working.
Where to look for logs?

Dubslow · 2012-04-02, 06:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozturkfa

Yes. In weekend mprime stopped working.
Where to look for logs?

I'm not at my personal desktop right now so I can't say for sure, but try "prime.log" (in the same folder as the executable).

George, would you know why they aren't working?

ozturkfa · 2012-04-03, 06:55

i think both
"
PauseWhileRunning=*[2] during 1-5/8:00-18:00
Memory=200 during 1-5/8:00-16:43 else 3000
"
are bugy.

I advise not to use them.

Dubslow · 2012-04-03, 16:19

I know one thing about Memory is that while the workers will stop and restart with less memory used at the proper times (I haven't used the day functionality myself), the memory isn't actually freed until Stage 2 completes. So if I have 10000 overnight and it changes to 7200 in the morning, while Prime95 says it's only using 7200, the OS will report that 10000 is used until we get a completion and the proper cleanup code is called. I've even seen it happen where it's been at 7200 the whole day, but late in the evening it suddenly spikes beyond 8000 (sometimes more) because when it says "Processing 150 Relative Primes (150 out of 300 already processed)" it somehow allocates a new section of memory, leaving the old section unused but still allocated, occasionally leading my system to lock up, then I have to restart Prime95.

^ The above is a bug with P-1 Stage 2 memory, not with the Memory= line, though it might appear that way which is why I mentioned it.

I've tried PauseWhileRunning, and admittedly it didn't work for me, but I wrote that off to using an experimental version of Linux. (Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha/Beta)

2012-03-29, 08:02	#1
ozturkfa Mar 2012 5 Posts	changing mprime's WorkerThreads parameter? Hi I want to change mprime's WorkerThreads parameter such that it will set to 1 in monday to friday in 08:00-18:00 oclock and 3 otherwise. how to do that automaticly? Thanks for your help. Fatih

2012-03-29, 13:42	#2
ozturkfa Mar 2012 5₈ Posts	Solution T added fallowing lines to prime.txt " PauseWhileRunning=*[2] during 1-5/8:00-18:00 Memory=200 during 1-5/8:00-16:43 else 3000 " this does the trick( i guess )

2012-04-03, 06:55	#7
ozturkfa Mar 2012 5₁₀ Posts	PauseWhileRunning and Memory setting i think both " PauseWhileRunning=*[2] during 1-5/8:00-18:00 Memory=200 during 1-5/8:00-16:43 else 3000 " are bugy. I advise not to use them.

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2012-03-30, 08:15	#4
Dubslow Basketry That Evening! "Bunslow the Bold" Jun 2011 40<A<43 -89<O<-88 1C35₁₆ Posts	While technically they are "undocumented" and "not supported", George wouldn't write about them at all if they didn't work. (Right?) Were you having trouble with them?

2012-04-03, 16:19	#8
Dubslow Basketry That Evening! "Bunslow the Bold" Jun 2011 40<A<43 -89<O<-88 1C35₁₆ Posts	I know one thing about Memory is that while the workers will stop and restart with less memory used at the proper times (I haven't used the day functionality myself), the memory isn't actually freed until Stage 2 completes. So if I have 10000 overnight and it changes to 7200 in the morning, while Prime95 says it's only using 7200, the OS will report that 10000 is used until we get a completion and the proper cleanup code is called. I've even seen it happen where it's been at 7200 the whole day, but late in the evening it suddenly spikes beyond 8000 (sometimes more) because when it says "Processing 150 Relative Primes (150 out of 300 already processed)" it somehow allocates a new section of memory, leaving the old section unused but still allocated, occasionally leading my system to lock up, then I have to restart Prime95. ^ The above is a bug with P-1 Stage 2 memory, not with the Memory= line, though it might appear that way which is why I mentioned it. I've tried PauseWhileRunning, and admittedly it didn't work for me, but I wrote that off to using an experimental version of Linux. (Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha/Beta)