Re: dual-P4 xeon/win2k/prime95 / Re: Mersenne: GIMPS forums!
thanks to xyzzy for the fora! (plugh. 'you are at the Y2 room.' go back. 'you are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.' xyzzy.) Aaron == Aaron Blosser [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: at work lately i've been trying to set up a dual-P4 win2k system with prime95. but when it boots only one of the prime95 starts up when i log in. both are set for start at bootup each with cpu-affinity hard-coded. I'm guessing you've installed prime95 twice in two different Aaron directories. yes George that is what i did. If so, what is happening is both are trying to use the service name Prime95 Service and overwriting each other. Try turning off Start at Bootup on both. Edit one of the local.ini files and add ServiceName=Prime95 Service #2. Turn on Start at bootup on both. acknowledged. i will do that when i get the machine back from our admin folks, they are reimaging it with our corporate win2k for a third time... If you run the second prime95 from the same directory with the -A1 command line argument, then you shouldn't have this trouble. i think as Aaron points out that i'm not able to adjust an autoexec sort of startup command line to have the -A1 since i do not have admin access. Aaron However, if you don't have admin access on the Win2K Aaron system, it won't be able to write to the registry locations Aaron to autostart it at bootup. Aaron Your best bet then is just put it in your startup group and Aaron NOT check start at bootup. Of course then it only runs Aaron when you're logged on... hmm. i thought that was always the case. that is, prime95 does not run if i am logged in to the win2k machine. generally that's ok since i stay logged in for months at at ime. thanks, /eli, DTV viewer prime-hunter Aaron Just one of those things... WinNT/2K is designed that way, Aaron with security in mind, so along with that come limitations Aaron to what non-admins can do, and installing services or Aaron modifying some registry locations are part of it. Aaron Aaron Aaron _ Aaron Unsubscribe list info -- Aaron http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime Aaron FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
dual-P4 xeon/win2k/prime95 / Re: Mersenne: GIMPS forums!
thanks for the new forums, George. (fora?) at work lately i've been trying to set up a dual-P4 win2k system with prime95. but when it boots only one of the prime95 starts up when i log in. both are set for start at bootup each with cpu-affinity hard-coded. i've tried with both 22.7 22.8 . the PC has required reimaging 3 times so far, so there are plenty of issues independent of prime95 on the PC. it will be interesting to see whether i can tolerate win2k long enough to test a couple of 10M exponents, before i get fed up and overwrite the disk with redhat linux. in the meantime any clue rental for me re the autostart of ? (if the answer is 'rtfm' , don't sweat it, i'll find it). btw, i do not have administrative access to the PC when it runs win2k. regards, /eli George == George Woltman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: George Hello all, George Thanks to the dedication of a GIMPS member, we now have George our very own bulletin board system. Check it out at George http://www.teamprimerib.com/gimps/ George The forums are empty now, but you can be among the first George to start up a new thread. Sign up and introduce yourself, George then we'll see what this grows into! George I know some folks prefer the mailing list approach for George news. I'll continue to post news on this mailing list and George on the forums. The forums will let us do searches and see George past posts easily. George Have fun, George George P.S. Don't be fooled by the www.teamprimerib.com in the George URL. The forums are for all GIMPS members and will not be George used as promotional tool for this particular GIMPS team. George _ George Unsubscribe list info -- George http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime George FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
Re: dual-P4 xeon/win2k/prime95 / Re: Mersenne: GIMPS forums!
At 08:16 PM 8/15/2002 -0400, Steve Elias wrote: thanks for the new forums, George. (fora?) Thank Xyzzy, he did all the work. All I did was make the first post and announce it to the mailing list. at work lately i've been trying to set up a dual-P4 win2k system with prime95. but when it boots only one of the prime95 starts up when i log in. both are set for start at bootup each with cpu-affinity hard-coded. I'm guessing you've installed prime95 twice in two different directories. If so, what is happening is both are trying to use the service name Prime95 Service and overwriting each other. Try turning off Start at Bootup on both. Edit one of the local.ini files and add ServiceName=Prime95 Service #2. Turn on Start at bootup on both. If you run the second prime95 from the same directory with the -A1 command line argument, then you shouldn't have this trouble. _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
RE: dual-P4 xeon/win2k/prime95 / Re: Mersenne: GIMPS forums!
at work lately i've been trying to set up a dual-P4 win2k system with prime95. but when it boots only one of the prime95 starts up when i log in. both are set for start at bootup each with cpu-affinity hard-coded. I'm guessing you've installed prime95 twice in two different directories. If so, what is happening is both are trying to use the service name Prime95 Service and overwriting each other. Try turning off Start at Bootup on both. Edit one of the local.ini files and add ServiceName=Prime95 Service #2. Turn on Start at bootup on both. If you run the second prime95 from the same directory with the -A1 command line argument, then you shouldn't have this trouble. However, if you don't have admin access on the Win2K system, it won't be able to write to the registry locations to autostart it at bootup. Your best bet then is just put it in your startup group and NOT check start at bootup. Of course then it only runs when you're logged on... Just one of those things... WinNT/2K is designed that way, with security in mind, so along with that come limitations to what non-admins can do, and installing services or modifying some registry locations are part of it. Aaron _ Unsubscribe list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
