I just wanted to confirm that the most recent version of Lunatics v0.43b will not work with the Seti v8. I've been trying and I just can't get any GPU workloads. I've been doing this for years but I've always just installed the apps and let them run.

Thanks to anyone who replies.

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Seti v7 is not compatible with Seti v8. Doesn't matter if this is stock, or Lunatics.

There is no stock v8 application for the GPUs out yet. Also none for Android for that matter, only applications for the CPU.

If you want to be kept up to date on this, do look at the "New app?" and "Seti@Home version 8" threads in Number Crunching. Much easier than for any of us to go repeat what's all said there. :)

Edit: There is an anonymous platform v8 application available for AMD GPUs, in the "new app?" thread. See this post.

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Hello Ageless,

Thank you for the quick reply. I read that in "Number Crunching" but it was all getting a little confusing.

I was just wondering because I was getting openCL and Cuda (v7.7.00) tasks and I was also wondering if it was possible to run multiple instances of GPU tasks. I am using Richard Haselgrove's app_info.xml file from the "Number Crunching" thread but I just don't see how to place the "count" variable in it.

Happy New Year

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I am using Richard Haselgrove's app_info.xml file from the "Number Crunching" thread but I just don't see how to place the "count" variable in it.

You can't set that in the anonymous platform app_info.xml file, but instead need to do so in the application configuration app_config.xml file. See http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration#Application_configuration for more information on how to make one and where to put it.

A quick one would be:

<app_config>
   <app>
      <name>setiathome_v7</name>
      <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
      <gpu_versions>
          <gpu_usage>.5</gpu_usage>
          <cpu_usage>.4</cpu_usage>
      </gpu_versions>
    </app>
   <app>
      <name>astropulse_v7</name>
      <max_concurrent>1</max_concurrent>
      <gpu_versions>
          <gpu_usage>.5</gpu_usage>
          <cpu_usage>.4</cpu_usage>
      </gpu_versions>
    </app>
</app_config>

The above will run two tasks on the GPU, be it Multibeam (setiathome_v7) or Astropulse (astropulse_v7). If you want to run 3, use <gpu_usage>.33</gpu_usage>, etc.
Most GPUs run good with 2 at a time, 3 can be destabilizing, 4 can be catastrophic. Always stay in the neighborhood when testing what's stable and what is not. Do exit and restart BOINC between making changes to the app_config.xml file.

Do know that version 7 work is no longer being split, so apart from resends, your computer will be starved pretty quickly, especially when you start running more than one task at a time. Version 8 work is being split, but no stock applications are available yet for the GPUs.

Astropulse v7 will stay, will not change to version 8. And it's sporadically available (like now).

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Thanks Ageless. I guess I'll just keep running this until the Lunatics app is updated. LOL about the "sporadically available".

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