RE: [PyMOL] multi cpu rendering

[EPF \(E. P. Friis\) <EP...@no...>]

Hi Neil
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Have you tried the command
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set max_threads, 4
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That should enforce 4 threads, even on single CPU machines. Then it's up
to the kernel scheduler to distribute them to the defferent CPUs
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Cheers,
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Esben
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	-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pym...@li...] On Behalf Of Neil
Ranson
	Sent: 19. april 2005 13:34
	To: PyM...@li...
	Subject: [PyMOL] multi cpu rendering
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	Dear All,

	I've been preparing figures for a manuscript on a Sun v40z with
4 x Opteron 850 cpu's and 8Gb of memory (and Suse9.0). When I start
pymol:

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	> pymol.com -c script.pml

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	pymol says that it detects 4cpu and enables multithreaded
rendering, but I never see it using more than one cpu.=20

	Especially for producing ray traced movies, I'd really like to
see the multiprocessing benefits.

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	Does anyone have any suggestions?

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	Cheers,

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	Neil

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