mprime starting

[spaz]

I can install mprime successfully and run it the first time without a problem, and have trial factored, bench tested and stress tested without any errors. But when I do test/stop and then test/exit, or just test/exit, (stop the worker nicely) I can not restart mprime, as far as I can tell it is stuck somewhere in the reading of files. I usuually start mprime by;

$./mprime

but now when I do that it just puts out a newline and freezes, (two hours and nothing has changed, no process activity being done. I can however get mprime to start again by deleting all the backup files, logs, and worktodo. But when I do that I must reconnect to primenet as a new computer and recieve new assignments/enter the computer as a new computer. And I must not inturupt the thread to shut it down or restart computer until each assignment is done.

So I guess what am I doing wrong? mprime is not returning any errors, when there is no existing files it works fine, and I would like to keep running it, but this is kinda killing the point of constant running in the background If I must maintain it everytime I start the computer... If it helps I'm running Fedora Core 10, 2.6.27 kernel, mprime 25.9.

[mdettweiler]

The reason why it's not producing any screen output is because it's being run in silent mode. In order to make it output to the terminal, you need to run it as:

./mprime -d

To get a menu on the terminal (think phone menu type), run it as:

./mprime -m

From there, you can set various options, as well as choose a menu item that runs the client normally (with screen output enabled).

Your client has indeed been running exactly as it should; just without any screen output. The -d option is the simplest and easiest way to get that output; I usually run my clients with -d and only use -m when I need to configure options.

I agree that it is confusing--in fact, probably it should be changed so that -d is the default, and instead silent mode is produced by a command line flag. I'm not sure why it was ever done this way in the first place.

Hope this helps!

[spaz]

I apologize. I should have found that myself... I guess I read it wrong... Alright so I will add that to an alias or script so it appears as my default option.... Thank you very much.

[mdettweiler]

Originally Posted by spaz

I apologize. I should have found that myself... I guess I read it wrong... Alright so I will add that to an alias or script so it appears as my default option.... Thank you very much.

Ah, don't kick yourself too hard about it...most of us have made that same mistake when we were first getting set up with mprime.

BTW, does anyone around here know why mprime was originally designed to default to silent mode? I would think that the most logical configuration would be to have screen output enabled by default (since that's what most people use) and have quiet mode enabled with a command line flag (-q, maybe).

[joblack]

Originally Posted by mdettweiler

Ah, don't kick yourself too hard about it...most of us have made that same mistake when we were first getting set up with mprime.

BTW, does anyone around here know why mprime was originally designed to default to silent mode? I would think that the most logical configuration would be to have screen output enabled by default (since that's what most people use) and have quiet mode enabled with a command line flag (-q, maybe).

I suppose its in silent mode because if it wouldn't be in it and working in the background it would dump your log files to the limit ...

[imwithid]

I am running a dual boot (Ubuntu 9.04 x64 and XP-64) and I have tried to run mprime from the same folder as I have in XP. I have no problem accessing the folder. Rather I cannot get mprime to run. I receive the following error:

libcurl.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

This shortly after running ./mprime -m

I am a noob when it comes to linux. Is there an installation command that I am to run prior to running mprime?

Thanks in advance.

[imwithid]

After looking for the answer for about an hour, I guess I became impatient. Disregard the last question. I found it.

For those who were looking for it, simply install curl:

sudo apt-get install cur.

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[lfm]

Originally Posted by mdettweiler

Ah, don't kick yourself too hard about it...most of us have made that same mistake when we were first getting set up with mprime.

BTW, does anyone around here know why mprime was originally designed to default to silent mode? I would think that the most logical configuration would be to have screen output enabled by default (since that's what most people use) and have quiet mode enabled with a command line flag (-q, maybe).

You really think most people run it with screen output all the time? I'd have thought most people would run it in the background without a terminal attached like I do.

It maybe depends on what you are used to. If you are used to a PC with Microsoft Windows you maybe expect to have a window for each of the things you do. If you come from a Unix background you are more comfortable with silent background processes.

[mdettweiler]

Originally Posted by lfm

You really think most people run it with screen output all the time? I'd have thought most people would run it in the background without a terminal attached like I do.

It maybe depends on what you are used to. If you are used to a PC with Microsoft Windows you maybe expect to have a window for each of the things you do. If you come from a Unix background you are more comfortable with silent background processes.

Actually, if I was going to run it in the background, I would definitely want to run it *with* screen output so that I can redirect it to a file. (Maybe I'm just a sucker for checking on the progress of my distributed computing applications. )

(FYI: I used mainly Windows at first, though I've used Linux rather heavily for the last couple of years and am quite familiar with the ins and outs of it.)

[imwithid]

Originally Posted by lfm

You really think most people run it with screen output all the time? I'd have thought most people would run it in the background without a terminal attached like I do.

It maybe depends on what you are used to. If you are used to a PC with Microsoft Windows you maybe expect to have a window for each of the things you do. If you come from a Unix background you are more comfortable with silent background processes.

How would you run it without the attachment to the terminal screen? If you wanted to refer to the application (terminating it later at will), how would this be accomplished?

I've been on and off with Linux but I'm trying to learn more about it so that I don't have to depend so much on Windows. Besides, I find that per iteration time is better on Ubuntu 9.04 x64 than on my XP-64 (between 1-3% - comparatively given a dual boot on the same hardware).