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[Announcements] Donate to Seti@Home Via the GPU Users Group. by Jason G

29 Dec 2011, 03:34:00 am

Donate to Seti@Home via the GPU Users Group.

Some of you will have noticed that the donation box on the top left has changed to link to the GPU User's group donation catalog. This adds flexible options for those wishing to donate to Seti@Home, especially for those wanting to contribute to a specific project need, or have been unable to donate via the direct project means.

The GPU Users' group have been liaising with project staff very closely to provide easy alternate donation options, along with campaign specific donation capabilities, to purchase equipment directly for the project.

The different types of donations available include:
1. specific campaign.
2. donate specific hardware.
3. donate money.

PayPal and other methods are supported. Close project affiliation ensures donations over $15 earn a 'green star' as do the hardware donations.

If you've been waiting until now to get that green star, then show your support!!!

Thanks,
Jason G

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[Optimized apps] Linux x64 Cuda Multibeam (x41g) by Jason G

29 Dec 2011, 02:37:53 am

Linux x64 build of Cuda Multibeam x41g
Available now in the Multibeam for Linux Downloads section, mirrored at Arkayn's Site

This build is directly from the X-branch, so changes from other prior Linux builds directly reflect current development efforts. This is an ongoing effort to gradually bring Linux support into greater focus in 2012.

Baseline Cuda X-branch features include:
- Tightened Validation characteristic against CPU builds (accuracy)
- Rarer '-12' triplet related errors
- Fault tolerant behaviour
- 'V7-readiness'
- Linux build uses identical application code to the Windows build (Only differences are OS/Driver/Library related)

Please see the readme for full release notes. READ THEM before you install.

Use at your own risk - 'your mileage may vary'

Thanks go to Aaron Haviland for the port & polish going into X branch for Linux, and it should mean that Cuda build Linux support can continue to develop as further refinements are introduced into the main codebase. Planned future upgrades currently include improvements to pulsefinding (VLAR behaviour) and removal of the prevalent remaining triplet related '-12' limitations.

Thanks,
Jason G

Extra note, to ALL users:
With gradually expanding Linux development, and experience gleaned from Windows development in recent years, User feedback has played a pivotal role in refinement in all areas. Along those lines User suggestions (Thanks Sunu!) have prompted that Linux development will require 'opening up' Lunatics site some. While there are immediate (technical) obstacles to doing so, the needs of both Linux developers & users are under detailed consideration at this time, along with planned modernisation of other platform information & support mechanisms. For the time being, while these changes are under careful planning and implementation, if you have feedback or need help, & are not a registered user here, please create a thread on Seti@Home's Number Crunching forum. Requests for registration here will continue to be considered on a case by case basis, and Development/PreRelease status offered only at the discretion of the developers in those areas.

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[Optimized apps] Windows Installer 0.39 by Richard Haselgrove

28 Nov 2011, 01:18:51 pm

Updated Installers, v0.39 for Windows
Available now in the Downloads section

Changes since last release (v0.38) are:

-Update of all CPU applications from AKv8b to AKv8b2
-Update of MB CUDA from x38g_cuda32 to x41g_cuda32
-Update of ATI OpenCL MB applications from r177 to r390

Please see this thread for full release notes. READ THEM before you install.

Use at your own risk - 'your mileage may vary'

While we take great care to find issues while alpha and beta testing, our testing systems comprise only a limited sample of what is out there and can't account for Murphy's Law.

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[] Lunatics Membership Policy Changes by Gecko_R7

30 May 2010, 02:10:12 pm

Lunatics is an independent, 3rd party site dedicated to active development and testing of optimized Seti@Home applications.
Access to view public forum threads and public release applications is available to EVERYONE. Wink

Membership IS NOT REQUIRED to access public areas.

Actual membership is by invitation and/or approval of board developers and moderators and contingent upon active participation to support other members, and the testing and feedback of development applications.

Access to public beta testing applications requires Squire + member status.

*** PLEASE BE ADVISED ***

Memberships with 0 posts will automatically expire 90 days after joining.
Memberships with posts will automatically expire 180 days after last post.

Memberships will remain intact as long as there is at least a minimum level of regular participation.

Individuals who wish to actively participate as members of Lunatics may PM at the S@H main board, ID = Gecko, jason_gee, Josef W. Segur, Raistmer or Urs Echternacht. Include a link to your Seti@home or Seti Beta host, a brief description of your testing rig, and general experience level/comfort with CPU / GPU testing and ability to work with custom app_info.xml and config. files.

Thank you for your continued support of Seti@Home and Lunatics!

Regards,
Admin

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[Announcements] Optimized AstroPulse_v505 5.06 r237 for Mac OSX (Intel) and FreeBSD x64 OS by Gecko_R7

11 Feb 2010, 09:41:37 pm

Optimized AstroPulse_v505 5.06 for OSX (Intel) x64 & x32 OS & FreeBSD x64 OS
Updated 2.10.09 w/ new Application_v505 5.06 & revision r237 available now at:
Lunatics AstroPulse for OSX (Intel) Public Downloads Area
or
Lunatics AstroPulse for Alternate Hardware Platforms Public Downloads Area

Hi Everyone,

SETI@Home AstroPulse optimized applications for Mac OSX (Intel) and FreeBSD (Intel/AMD) have been released.
This release offers significantly improved performance for computers running 64 and 32 bit versions of Mac OSX and 64 bit versions of FreeBSD.
Here are individual links for all the initial release builds:

Mac OSX Science Apps:

OSX 64 bit SSE3 Intel Compatible Science App:
Intended for Intel CPUs, running 64 bit OSX 10.5+ (Leopard and Snow Leopard) that have SSE3 capability.

1 - Mac OSX 10.5+ 64 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE3(r237) (Intel)

Mac OSX 10.4+ 32 bit SSE3 Intel Compatible Science App:
Intended for Intel CPUs, running 32 bit OSX 10.4+ (Tiger) that have SSE3 capability.

2 - Mac OSX 10.4+ 32 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE3(r237) (Intel)

FreeBSD 64 bit Science Apps:

FreeBSD 64 bit SSE3 Intel Compatible Science App:
Intended for Intel CPUs, running 64 bit FreeBSD that have SSE3 capability.

1 - FreeBSD 64 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE3(r237) (Intel)

FreeBSD 64 bit SSE2 Intel & AMD Compatible Science App:
Intended for Intel and AMD CPUs, running 64 bit FreeBSD that have SSE2 capability.

1 - FreeBSD 64 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE2(r237) (Intel/AMD)

Build source is located HERE

VERY IMPORTANT!!! Note that correct install of these applications requires ADVANCED SKILLS.

A customized app_info.xml file WILL need to be properly created and edited if you also run a version of the S@H multi beam application (see below "issues & warnings"). Done incorrectly, you may trash your work unit cache and or not be able to receive work.

There will be some known issues and warnings to be aware of:

- As mentioned above, You WILL need to edit or create an appropriate app_info.xml file if you run any combination of Astropulse and Multi-beam applications.
- Ensure Boinc & seti@Home applications are already properly functioning on your machine, read carefully the documentation readmes and installation instructions.
- Ensure you choose a build that your CPU/OS will support. Ask for help If you need assistance determining this.
- FreeBSD users should know how to handle simple executables. No installers are included.

Which version to choose for your Mac ?
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CPU/MacOSX-------|<=10.3----|---10.4---|---10.5=>-|
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Core Duo------------|---none-----|----32-----|----32-------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Core2 Duo----------|---none-----|----32-----|-32-or-64--|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

- OSX packages contain a simple installer script (adapted of original by Dotsch). More complete installer packages are available by Arkayn HERE

Known issues:

- You can’t start a AP wu with one of the OSX apps (e.g. 10.5+) and restart/continue with the other (e.g. 10.4+). The intermediate files are NOT binary compatible.
- In OSX, when updating/switching to new executables, a message will appear that some permissions around BOINC are not correct and it won’t run or restart. Re-installing BOINC with the same version fixes the issue and will not harm work or data.
- There is no support for CPUs below SSE2 capability
- Borderline OC'ers be aware that you may need to back off to maintain stability, the increased throughput of this application will stress all system components more.
- As Always, use these apps AT YOUR OWN RISK.

And most Importantly of all:
Thanks to Urs Echternacht for updated source improvements and porting to FreeBSD and OSX, derived from original r112 by Crunch3r, Jason G & Raistmer.

Special thanks once again go to zvonas for motivating the FreeBSD builds, Arkayn and Gecko for OSX alpha testing & all the Lunatics members who performed final Beta testing, for their expertise, input & assistance.

To all of you we value your input and would like to hear from you at Lunatics'

Regards,
The Lunatics Team

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[Announcements] Optimized Astropulse v5.06 - r168 for Linux by Gecko_R7

18 Sep 2009, 12:19:40 am

Optimized AstroPulse_v505 5.06 for Linux 64 & 32 Bit OS
Updated 9.17.09 w/ new Application_v505 5.06 & revision r168

Five Linux OS specific editions available now at Lunatics AstroPulse for Linux Public Downloads area

Hi Everyone,

A SETI@Home AstroPulse optimized application for Linux has been released.

This release offers significantly improved performance for SSE, SSE2 & SSE3 capable computers running 64 and 32 Bit versions of Linux.
Here are individual links for all the initial release builds:

Linux 64 Bit Science App:

Linux 64 Bit SSE3 Intel/AMD Compatible Science App:
Intended for Intel & AMD CPUs, running 64 bit Linux that have SSE3 capability.

1 - Linux 64 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE3(r168) (INTEL/AMD)

Linux 64 Bit SSE2 Intel/AMD Compatible Science App:
Intended for Intel & AMD CPUs, running 64 bit Linux that have SSE2 capability.

2 - Linux 64 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE2(r168) (INTEL/AMD)

Linux 32 Bit Science App:

Linux 32 Bit Intel/AMD Compatible Science App:
Intended for Intel & AMD CPUs, running 32 bit Linux that have SSE, SSE2 or SSE3 capability.

1 - Linux 32 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE3(r168) (INTEL/AMD)

2 - Linux 32 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE2(r168) (INTEL/AMD)

3 - Linux 32 bit AstroPulse_v505, v5.06 SSE(r168) (INTEL/AMD)

Build source is located HERE

VERY IMPORTANT!!! Note that correct install of these applications requires ADVANCED SKILLS.

A customized app_info.xml file WILL need to be properly created and edited if you also run a version of the S@H multi beam application and or CUDA MB application (see below "issues & warnings"). Done incorrectly, you may trash your work unit cache and or not be able to receive work.

There will be some known issues and warnings to be aware of:

- Warning for Ubuntu 9.04 (and derivatives) with kernel versions 2.6.28 and newer. Please watch the first ~dozend AP wus you crunch with these apps closely for errors saying : Segmentation Violation or Error 11. If you see such errors please do not use the optimized applications. You will not get credit for your work, because of these errors.
The only known solution for this problem is to change to an earlier kernel version than 2.6.28.

- As mentioned above, You WILL need to edit or create an appropriate app_info.xml file if you run any combination of Astropulse, Multi-beam, and CUDA MB applications.
- Ensure you choose a build that your CPU/OS will support. Ask for help If you need assistance determining this.
- Ensure Boinc & seti@Home applications are already properly functioning on your machine, read carefully the documentation readmes and installation instructions.
Known issues:
- There is no support for CPUs below SSE capability
- Borderline OC'ers be aware that you may need to back off to maintain stability, the increased throughput of this application will stress all system components more.
- As Always, use these apps AT YOUR OWN RISK.

And most Importantly of all:
Thanks to Urs Echternacht for his Linux port of r168 by Jason G & Raistmer!!!

Special thanks once again go to Josef W. Segur, Sunu, the Alpha Testers, & all the Lunatics members who performed final Beta testing for their expertise, input & assistance.

To all of you we value your input and would like to hear from you at Lunatics'

Regards,
The Lunatics Team

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[Announcements] Windows Installer 0.38 by Miep

16 Jun 2011, 07:52:29 am

Updated Installers, v0.38 for Windows
Available now in the Downloads section

For Windows 32 & 64 bit (Nt/XP/Vista/Win7, x86 & x64 versions), changes since last release (v0.37) are:

- Automatic BOINC client (but not manager!) shutdown and restart.
- ATI applications: AP r521, MB r177 [AP r453 hybrid (Brook) for older/smaller cards]
- CUDA MB application: x38g_cuda32

NB if you are currently running optimised apps but do not have a GPU (either ATI or NVidia) that can crunch, you do NOT need this installer.

For Windows 98/ME:
- No changes. Installer revision remains at 0.36.

Please see this thread for full release notes. READ THEM before you install

Use at your own risk
While we take great care to find issues while alpha and beta testing, our testing systems comprise only a limited sample of what is out there and can not account for Murphy's Law

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[Announcements] ATI OpenCL MultiBeam 6.10 (r177) for Windows OS by Gecko_R7

28 Jan 2011, 06:15:55 pm

ATI OpenCL MultiBeam 6.10 (r177) for Windows OS
Available now at GPU Apps Public Downloads area

Full release notes HERE

VERY IMPORTANT!!! Note that correct install of this application requires ADVANCED SKILLS.

Thanks to Raistmer and special thanks to SubSpace for invaluable assistance and profiler testing.
Lastly to all Lunatics' Alpha & Beta Testers for continual and very helpfull support. W/o it this release could not be happen.
To all of you we value your input and would like to hear from you.

Regards,
The Lunatics Team

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