Linux Problem - CPU Use 0% in Eintein@home?

Zerjillo
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Topic 187509

Hi! YEsterday I received my key number for the Einstein@home project, I attached it to my BOINC Client and it downloaded some files.

After a short period of time ClimatePrediction stopped working and BOINC launched the Einstein@home client (perfectly normal).

The "problem" is that using the "top" command I can see that einstein_4.76_i does not use any cpu at all. In fact yo can see the line I get:

PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND

4835 root 34 19 12004 5468 4784 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.01 einstein_4.76_i

In other BOINC applications, like climate, the computing task has almost all cpu (99%) for it.

In fact there is a difference between being BOINC launched with Einstein or not having BOINC, and it is that the global cpu usage changes from 99% id (iddle) to 99% ni (nice). I suppose that this cahnge is because einstein is computing somehting, but i wonder why does the einstein program show any cpu usage?

Any idea?

Thanks in advance

Zerjillo

Bruce Allen
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Linux Problem - CPU Use 0% in Eintein@home?

> Hi! YEsterday I received my key number for the Einstein@home project, I
> attached it to my BOINC Client and it downloaded some files.
>
> After a short period of time ClimatePrediction stopped working and BOINC
> launched the Einstein@home client (perfectly normal).
>
> The "problem" is that using the "top" command I can see that einstein_4.76_i
> does not use any cpu at all. In fact yo can see the line I get:
>
> PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
>
> 4835 root 34 19 12004 5468 4784 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.01 einstein_4.76_i
>
> In other BOINC applications, like climate, the computing task has almost all
> cpu (99%) for it.
>
> In fact there is a difference between being BOINC launched with Einstein or
> not having BOINC, and it is that the global cpu usage changes from 99% id
> (iddle) to 99% ni (nice). I suppose that this cahnge is because einstein is
> computing somehting, but i wonder why does the einstein program show any cpu
> usage?
>
> Any idea?

See http://einsteinathome.org/node/187268

Director, Einstein@Home

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