I'm crunching a WU that uses up to 15% of my CPU and has already eaten over 1GB RAM...

mer 24 dic 2008 00:45:32 CET|GPUGRID|Starting XYr2246-SH2_USPME_1-1-40-SH2_USPME_12370000_1
mer 24 dic 2008 00:45:32 CET|GPUGRID|Starting task XYr2246-SH2_USPME_1-1-40-SH2_USPME_12370000_1 using acemd version 657

We reproduced the problem and implementing a fix.

g

We reproduced the problem and implementing a fix.

g

I changed to 6.4.5 this morning and it "leaks" the same as 6.4.2. It take about 4 hours to devours all the memory and takes up all the swap. When it starts to write to the hard drive constantly, I re-run benchmarks and it releases the memory and most of the swap. The wu's are 6.57. It makes no difference if I run another project at the same time. I am running current drivers[177.82] for my card, XFX 9600GSO. Ubuntu 8.04 on a bone stock X2 3800.

Is there something else that I can do or is this a problem beyond my control??

mike

We reproduced the problem and implementing a fix.

g

I changed to 6.4.5 this morning and it "leaks" the same as 6.4.2. It take about 4 hours to devours all the memory and takes up all the swap. When it starts to write to the hard drive constantly, I re-run benchmarks and it releases the memory and most of the swap. The wu's are 6.57. It makes no difference if I run another project at the same time. I am running current drivers[177.82] for my card, XFX 9600GSO. Ubuntu 8.04 on a bone stock X2 3800.

Is there something else that I can do or is this a problem beyond my control??

mike

You just have to wait until the fix is issued. So, yes, beyond your control for the moment.

Is there something else that I can do or is this a problem beyond my control??

While waiting for a fix could you schedule a task to run boinccmd, say, every three hours? I don't know Linux but in Windows the .bat file would be:

e:
cd e:\boinc
boinccmd --run_benchmarks

You'd need to change the first two lines to point to where boinccmd lives on your system. Runing this every three hours means you'd lose 8 minutes processing GPU and your other project(s) every day but you could lose a lot more if it crashes overnight.

Phoneman1

I have a 6.58 WU in queue, so I guess the new version adresses this specific problem. I'll keep you updated about the results.

I have a 6.58 WU in queue, so I guess the new version adresses this specific problem. I'll keep you updated about the results.

Well, now I am jealous ...

I only have the old 6.55 ... sniff, sniff ... :)

6.58 for Linux fixed the memory leak.

gdf

So far it seems to be working. Good work ;)