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trleith
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FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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Hi. I got a new machine and am reinstalling fah-client_8.4.9

I can see it at https://v8-4.foldingathome.org/machines
It knows the new hostname, shows one machine, but no CPUs and no GPUs

What should I look for?

It's running

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trl@homeserver:~$ systemctl status fah-client.service
● fah-client.service - Folding@home Client
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fah-client.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-04-04 03:33:58 UTC; 28min ago
   Main PID: 499770 (fah-client)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 115823)
     Memory: 10.6M (peak: 11.3M)
        CPU: 3.438s
     CGroup: /system.slice/fah-client.service
             └─499770 /usr/bin/fah-client --config=/etc/fah-client/config.xml --log=/var/log/fah-client/log.txt --log-rotate-dir=/var/log/fah-client/

Apr 04 03:33:58 homeserver systemd[1]: Started fah-client.service - Folding@home Client.
trl@homeserver:~$
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trl@homeserver:~$ cat /var/log/fah-client/log.txt
*********************** Log Started 2025-04-04T03:33:58Z ***********************
03:33:58:I1:*********************** Folding@home Client ***********************
03:33:58:I1:    Version: 8.4.9
03:33:58:I1:     Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
03:33:58:I1:        Org: foldingathome.org
03:33:58:I1:  Copyright: 2023-2024, foldingathome.org
03:33:58:I1:   Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
03:33:58:I1:    License: GPL-3.0-or-later
03:33:58:I1:        URL: https://v8-4.foldingathome.org/
03:33:58:I1:       Date: Nov 20 2024
03:33:58:I1:       Time: 14:47:19
03:33:58:I1:   Revision: 360fe71b1bd05bb89814bfb97b73a5bda84802d6
03:33:58:I1:     Branch: master
03:33:58:I1:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
03:33:58:I1:    Options: -Wsuggest-override -faligned-new -std=c++17 -fsigned-char
03:33:58:I1:             -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie
03:33:58:I1:   Platform: linux 4.19.0-27-cloud-amd64
03:33:58:I1:       Bits: 64
03:33:58:I1:       Mode: Release
03:33:58:I1:       Args: --config=/etc/fah-client/config.xml
03:33:58:I1:             --log=/var/log/fah-client/log.txt
03:33:58:I1:             --log-rotate-dir=/var/log/fah-client/
03:33:58:I1:     Config: /etc/fah-client/config.xml
03:33:58:I1:****************************** CBang ******************************
03:33:58:I1:    Version: 1.7.2
03:33:58:I1:     Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
03:33:58:I1:        Org: Cauldron Development
03:33:58:I1:  Copyright: Cauldron Development, 2003-2024
03:33:58:I1:   Homepage: https://cauldrondevelopment.com/
03:33:58:I1:    License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
03:33:58:I1:       Date: Nov 19 2024
03:33:58:I1:       Time: 21:54:38
03:33:58:I1:   Revision: 443c54e909eb8d8994405a18fb328b5b05a623a5
03:33:58:I1:     Branch: master
03:33:58:I1:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
03:33:58:I1:    Options: -Wsuggest-override -faligned-new -std=c++17 -fsigned-char
03:33:58:I1:             -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie
03:33:58:I1:             -fPIC
03:33:58:I1:   Platform: linux 4.19.0-27-cloud-amd64
03:33:58:I1:       Bits: 64
03:33:58:I1:       Mode: Release
03:33:58:I1:***************************** System ******************************
03:33:58:I1:        CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2440 v2 @ 1.90GHz
03:33:58:I1:     CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
03:33:58:I1:       CPUs: 32
03:33:58:I1:     Memory: 94.34GiB
03:33:58:I1:Free Memory: 1.14GiB
03:33:58:I1: OS Version: 6.8
03:33:58:I1:Has Battery: false
03:33:58:I1: On Battery: false
03:33:58:I1:   Hostname: homeserver
03:33:58:I1: UTC Offset: 0
03:33:58:I1:        PID: 499770
03:33:58:I1:        CWD: /var/lib/fah-client
03:33:58:I1:       Exec: /usr/bin/fah-client
03:33:58:I1:*******************************************************************
03:33:58:I2:<config/>
03:33:58:I1:Opening Database
03:33:58:I1:Generating RSA key......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................++++-................................++++-
03:34:00:I1:F@H ID = <censored>
03:34:00:I3:Loading default resource group
03:34:00:I1:Listening for HTTP on 127.0.0.1:7396
03:34:00:I3:Loaded 0 wus.
03:34:00:I1:OUT1:> GET https://api.foldingathome.org/gpus HTTP/1.1
03:34:02:I1:OUT1:< HTTP/1.1 200 HTTP_OK
03:34:02:I3:gpus = {
03:34:02:I3:  "gpu:13:00:00": {
03:34:02:I3:    "vendor": 4318,
03:34:02:I3:    "type": "nvidia",
03:34:02:I3:    "description": "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB",
03:34:02:I3:    "uuid": "<censored>",
03:34:02:I3:    "cuda": {"platform": 0, "device": 0, "compute": "6.1", "driver": "12.4"},
03:34:02:I3:    "device": 7170,
03:34:02:I3:    "supported": true
03:34:02:I3:  }
03:34:02:I3:}
trl@homeserver:~$
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trl@homeserver:~$ nvidia-smi
Fri Apr  4 04:13:16 2025
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.120                Driver Version: 550.120        CUDA Version: 12.4     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB    Off |   00000000:0D:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
|  0%   32C    P8              5W /  120W |       5MiB /   3072MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                              GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|  No running processes found                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
trl@homeserver:~$
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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Click the settings icon. It gives you an option to select the GPU and to choose how many CPUs you want to use. Once you make your selections, press fold. It should start up.
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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It does not auto fold after installation :) you need to manually start folding.
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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I tried clicking the settings icon. I get this

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Can you take a screenshot of your system info section withing the client web page?
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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Thanks for writing back.

> Can you take a screenshot of your system info section withing the client web page?

I don't think there is one or maybe we're not talking about using "https://v8-4.foldingathome.org/machines" but rather something like http://192.168.0.6:10000"

Is there something I can snag from a command line on the machine instead? A log file or something?
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In your main fah page, there is icon which has letter "i" in the circle. Click on that, take a screenshot.
You will never need to use any other URLs other than v8-4.foldingathome.org (maybe in the future it will change once client gets an update or something)
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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Here it is. I don't see an "I". You can "Magnify Image"...

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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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The i is in a disk, second from right.
It is disabled because the machine is disconnected.
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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The client may not be running.
Or the client may have failed to connect to the api or node servers.
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First create an account and log in. Then actually start the fahclient through the folding@home shortcut on the desktop or in start menu (web page is not the client)
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They are logged in, because the account button has the person icon.
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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The displayed machine is a disconnected machine linked to the account. There does not appear to be a local client running.
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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No change in symptom so far as I can tell.
Reading comments.... Could I possibly have two accounts?

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trl@homeserver:~$ systemctl status fah-client.service
Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of fah-client.service changed on disk. Run 'syste>
● fah-client.service - Folding@home Client
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fah-client.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2025-04-05 05:13:25 UTC; 1 day 20h ago
   Main PID: 1728 (fah-client)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 115823)
     Memory: 25.3M (peak: 26.8M)
        CPU: 16.712s
     CGroup: /system.slice/fah-client.service
             └─1728 /usr/bin/fah-client --config=/etc/fah-client/config.xml --log=/var/log/fah-client/log.txt ->

Apr 05 05:13:25 homeserver systemd[1]: Started fah-client.service - Folding@home Client.
lines 1-12/12 (END)...skipping...
Warning: The unit file, source configuration file or drop-ins of fah-client.service changed on disk. Run 'systemctl daemon-reload' to reloa>
● fah-client.service - Folding@home Client
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fah-client.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2025-04-05 05:13:25 UTC; 1 day 20h ago
   Main PID: 1728 (fah-client)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 115823)
     Memory: 25.3M (peak: 26.8M)
        CPU: 16.712s
     CGroup: /system.slice/fah-client.service
             └─1728 /usr/bin/fah-client --config=/etc/fah-client/config.xml --log=/var/log/fah-client/log.txt --log-rotate-dir=/var/log/fah>

Apr 05 05:13:25 homeserver systemd[1]: Started fah-client.service - Folding@home Client.$
OK, let's try it

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$trl@homeserver:~$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
[sudo] password for trl:
trl@homeserver:~$ systemctl restart fah-client.service
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ====
Authentication is required to restart 'fah-client.service'.
Authenticating as: Thomas R.Leith (trl)
Password:
==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ====
trl@homeserver:~$ systemctl status fah-client.service
● fah-client.service - Folding@home Client
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/fah-client.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Mon 2025-04-07 01:47:22 UTC; 9s ago
   Main PID: 111981 (fah-client)
      Tasks: 2 (limit: 115823)
     Memory: 11.0M (peak: 11.6M)
        CPU: 97ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/fah-client.service
             └─111981 /usr/bin/fah-client --config=/etc/fah-client/config.xml --log=/var/log/fah-client/log.txt --log-rotate-dir=/var/log/f>

Apr 07 01:47:22 homeserver systemd[1]: Started fah-client.service - Folding@home Client.
trl@homeserver:~$
## Log File

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trl@homeserver:~$ cat /var/log/fah-client/log.txt
*********************** Log Started 2025-04-07T01:47:22Z ***********************
01:47:22:I1:*********************** Folding@home Client ***********************
01:47:22:I1:    Version: 8.4.9
01:47:22:I1:     Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
01:47:22:I1:        Org: foldingathome.org
01:47:22:I1:  Copyright: 2023-2024, foldingathome.org
01:47:22:I1:   Homepage: https://foldingathome.org/
01:47:22:I1:    License: GPL-3.0-or-later
01:47:22:I1:        URL: https://v8-4.foldingathome.org/
01:47:22:I1:       Date: Nov 20 2024
01:47:22:I1:       Time: 14:47:19
01:47:22:I1:   Revision: 360fe71b1bd05bb89814bfb97b73a5bda84802d6
01:47:22:I1:     Branch: master
01:47:22:I1:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
01:47:22:I1:    Options: -Wsuggest-override -faligned-new -std=c++17 -fsigned-char
01:47:22:I1:             -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie
01:47:22:I1:   Platform: linux 4.19.0-27-cloud-amd64
01:47:22:I1:       Bits: 64
01:47:22:I1:       Mode: Release
01:47:22:I1:       Args: --config=/etc/fah-client/config.xml
01:47:22:I1:             --log=/var/log/fah-client/log.txt
01:47:22:I1:             --log-rotate-dir=/var/log/fah-client/
01:47:22:I1:     Config: /etc/fah-client/config.xml
01:47:22:I1:****************************** CBang ******************************
01:47:22:I1:    Version: 1.7.2
01:47:22:I1:     Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
01:47:22:I1:        Org: Cauldron Development
01:47:22:I1:  Copyright: Cauldron Development, 2003-2024
01:47:22:I1:   Homepage: https://cauldrondevelopment.com/
01:47:22:I1:    License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
01:47:22:I1:       Date: Nov 19 2024
01:47:22:I1:       Time: 21:54:38
01:47:22:I1:   Revision: 443c54e909eb8d8994405a18fb328b5b05a623a5
01:47:22:I1:     Branch: master
01:47:22:I1:   Compiler: GNU 8.3.0
01:47:22:I1:    Options: -Wsuggest-override -faligned-new -std=c++17 -fsigned-char
01:47:22:I1:             -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -O3 -funroll-loops -fno-pie
01:47:22:I1:             -fPIC
01:47:22:I1:   Platform: linux 4.19.0-27-cloud-amd64
01:47:22:I1:       Bits: 64
01:47:22:I1:       Mode: Release
01:47:22:I1:***************************** System ******************************
01:47:22:I1:        CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2440 v2 @ 1.90GHz
01:47:22:I1:     CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 62 Stepping 4
01:47:22:I1:       CPUs: 32
01:47:22:I1:     Memory: 94.34GiB
01:47:22:I1:Free Memory: 1.16GiB
01:47:22:I1: OS Version: 6.8
01:47:22:I1:Has Battery: false
01:47:22:I1: On Battery: false
01:47:22:I1:   Hostname: homeserver
01:47:22:I1: UTC Offset: 0
01:47:22:I1:        PID: 111981
01:47:22:I1:        CWD: /var/lib/fah-client
01:47:22:I1:       Exec: /usr/bin/fah-client
01:47:22:I1:*******************************************************************
01:47:22:I2:<config/>
01:47:22:I1:Opening Database
01:47:22:I1:F@H ID = --censored--
01:47:22:I3:Loading default resource group
01:47:22:I1:Listening for HTTP on 127.0.0.1:7396
01:47:22:I3:Loaded 0 wus.
01:47:22:I3:gpus = {
01:47:22:I3:  "gpu:13:00:00": {
01:47:22:I3:    "vendor": 4318,
01:47:22:I3:    "type": "nvidia",
01:47:22:I3:    "description": "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB",
01:47:22:I3:    "uuid": "6e85d1db-b793-ad40-aeb2-fbec86dd3ff2",
01:47:22:I3:    "opencl": {"platform": 0, "device": 0, "compute": "3.0", "driver": "560.35"},
01:47:22:I3:    "cuda": {"platform": 0, "device": 0, "compute": "6.1", "driver": "12.6"},
01:47:22:I3:    "device": 7170,
01:47:22:I3:    "supported": true
01:47:22:I3:  }
01:47:22:I3:}
trl@homeserver:~$
## Configuration

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trl@homeserver:~$ cat /etc/fah-client/config.xml
<config/>
trl@homeserver:~$
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Re: FAH 8.4.9 Installed, not folding

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F@H ID is not the account token
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