MacOS PPC Beta Test App 4.67 available
11 Jun 2006 10:25:10 UTC
Topic 13356
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I put a new MacOS App for testing on the Beta Test Page.
The issue with the previous 4.56 Beta App on G5 (and early G4) has been resolved, i.e. this new 4.67 App should show a significant speedup over the current official App on G5, too.
Some generic improvements in the code should give another bit of speedup on all CPUs compared to the previous 4.56 Beta App; how much exactly depends on the CPU type and is left to you to find out.
Happy testing!
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MacOS PPC Beta Test App 4.67 available
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Well, the instructions say that new work will be assigned to the new App. If you have already got tasks that have been assigned to 4.39, they will be finished with that App. Only new work you get with a scheduler contact after installing the new App will be assigned to the new App.
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RE: I have another 20 or so
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Well, the project won't mind if you abort them, at least the ones that haven't started yet. You may want to finsh the ones already in progress, though.
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RE: My G4 ... has dropped
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That's a bit too good to be true from just the App. I see you have gotten shorter Workunits now.
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Anyone tried to run this on a
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Anyone tried to run this on a G3? There are signs that this may not work at all...
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I see that the anonymous
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I see that the anonymous platform scheme we use for public Beta Test is badly prepared for the transition to S5R1 we're doing now.
With that transition I'd consider the Beta Test to be over - and successful. The Apps we will use for S5R1 are almost the same than the ones we had in public Beta Test, the improved science code is actually identical, thus the new Apps will be precisely as fast as the Beta Test Apps.
Thank you for all your help, this was incredibly useful!
However the Beta Test Apps are lacking some features we found we need for the new run, and thus can't be used for the new Workunits. There is a bit of S4 work left, but no guarantee that the scheduler will try to give it to your machine. So
- if you want to keep your machines busy regardless of the type of work processed, just remove the app_info.xml file (and restart the client). You will download the new App for the new work, and the old official App for the old S4 work.
- if you prefer to do the old S4 work while it is available and risk your machine runs dry, keep the app_info.xml until there's no more S4 work left (we'll add an entry for that on the server status page).
- if you want to live risky and enjoy it, try the following: remove the app_info.xml, but keep a copy of the Beta App executables somewhre outside the project directory. Restart the client. After getting S4 work and having downloaded the old official App, stop the client again and replace the executables of the official App with the backups of the Beta Test App. Then start the client again. There's no guarantee that this will fool all clients on all machines, but it should work most of the time and finish the S4 work with the speed of the Beta Apps.
Have fun!
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RE: Is there a time frame
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Sorry I don't understand the question.
We are in transition to the new S5 run, so for a while both types of Workunits are in the database and available to the scheduler. Once you remove your app_info.xml file it should be possible for you to get S5R1 "work". With your first S5R1 Task you will download the MacOS PPC App, which is more or less identical to the 4.67(*). For now there will be no more public Beta Test for S5R1.
(*) The first S5R1 App 4.04 was identical to the 4.67 App. However we found it not to run on G3s, so we updated it to the current 4.05. The 4.05, however, seems to have problems on some older 10.3 installations, so I expect yet another update soon.
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