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[grave solar]

I used to contribute a little bit of my machine resources to fishtest in the past.
Now I would like to resume that, who can assist me step by step to set up everything correctly again on my new laptop?

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@viscid mulch @sharp drum

[orchid lily]

https://github.com/official-stockfish/fishtest/wiki/Running-the-worker-on-Windows#windows-11108-instructions

[grave solar]

This error happens when im still in this step:
Right click on 00_install_choco_msys2_admin.cmd and select Run as administrator

[orchid lily]

Just proceed with the next step and see if that works

I think it will be fine since you already have a compiler installed

[grave solar]

when I double click 2_install_worker.cmd
nothing happens, it just open a window and close it in less than 0.001 seconds

[sharp drum]

Well

you are invoking msys command in a windows CMD

I don't think that's how stuff works

you need to run whatever script from msys

I don't know honestly how to install the worker on windows

I never tried

I can check later and let you know

[fringe girder]

did you reboot?

it says you didn't

you already have msys2 installed

[sharp drum]

ofc he has is yes

he installed it for compiling SF

so maybe go to next step?

or restart computer?

@grave solar did you get it to work?

it works for me

this is what 02_install_worker.cmd contains

@echo off
::install fishtest worker
C:\tools\msys64\msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -mingw64 -here -c "bash 02_install_worker.sh 2>&1 | tee 02_install_worker.sh.log"

so if you have the wrong address

it will not work

my address is C:\msys64...

So I changed the cmd content with notepad

[grave solar]

@sharp drum Thanks, now it worked

[sharp drum]

np

[grave solar]

@sharp drum now I'm stuck at the last step:
iv. Start the worker

I can't find the worker in the folder

[fringe girder]

i see worker folder right there

[grave solar]

Maybe the problem is that i dont have python?

Is python a must for running the worker?

[fringe girder]

yes

it literally written in python

[grave solar]

In this tutorial its not written how to install python.

[orchid lily]

at seceond 5 mingw is also installing python, so i think it might be already there

[fringe girder]

the problem is probably you used the old instructions before

you have to use mingw 64 prompt

probably

not cmd

[orchid lily]

they are all cmd's

you just double click them

[fringe girder]

is it supposed to run .sh for windows instructions?

this is strange

[orchid lily]

https://github.com/ppigazzini/fishtest-worker-setup/blob/master/02_install_worker.cmd

[grave solar]

I can give access through teamviewer

[fringe girder]

you better off removing everything and then starting from beginning

your old stuff is interfering

most likely

[grave solar]

Last time, peregrine spent half an hour helping me to set up msys mingw, etc., to be able to compile new patches.
So I guess I will just leave everything as it is, I'm afraid to ruin stuff, I wanted to contribute with only 1 core per day anyway.

[fringe girder]

then like i said already

you cant use those instructions

you have to do it from the mingw prompt

hit start and then type mingw and then choose the 64 bit

yeah, not worth it probably if you can't get it to work

[grave solar]

what now?

[fringe girder]

copy the command from where diss linked

after the bash part

[orchid lily]

for the future watch this brilliant video that i made https://discordapp.com/channels/435943710472011776/1032922913499783169/1191837643256901732

[fringe girder]

after you cd to /c/wherever

[sharp drum]

so what issue you are facing now?

[grave solar]

I don't have python installed

[sharp drum]

didn't the script installed for you?

[fringe girder]

it's probably installed but not in path and he isn't using right shortcut

[sharp drum]

Yes then he need to add python to path

but not sure what do you mean by shortcut?

[fringe girder]

if he launch with mingw gcc 64 it should work

but he uses cmd

[sharp drum]

okay I see the issue

he already installed worker with cmd

[grave solar]

What can I do to make sure that python is now installed?

[sharp drum]

he does not need to install it again with .sh

open the worker folder please

copy the address of the worker folder

[grave solar]

C:\Users\Fauzi\Downloads\fishtest-worker-setup-master\worker

[sharp drum]

open mingw

send cd /C/Users/Fauzi/Downloads/fishtest-worker-setup-master/worker

send python -v after

[fringe girder]

python3 -v

[sharp drum]

well we want to check which one is there

[sharp drum]

send pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python

[grave solar]

is there a way to paste the copied test in mingw?
ctrl+v is not working

each command im writing it manually for now

[sharp drum]

right click paste

[grave solar]

should I click another Y to "delete it" ?

[fringe girder]

yes

[grave solar]

Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

[fringe girder]

pacman -Syuu

first

[grave solar]

Y?

[sharp drum]

yes

[fringe girder]

yes

[grave solar]

ok, now its closed

[sharp drum]

open it again

[fringe girder]

open it and run pere comamnd

[grave solar]

this one?

[fringe girder]

no

[sharp drum]

pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-python

[fringe girder]

the install one

[grave solar]

done

[sharp drum]

python -v

[grave solar]

So I guess now I have Python 3.11.7

[sharp drum]

python worker.py

[fringe girder]

almost there

last step

[sharp drum]

wait

[grave solar]

not working, should i first navigate inside the folder?

[sharp drum]

you need to exit first

exit()

[grave solar]

ok done

[sharp drum]

now python worker.py

[sharp drum]

ah you are at wrong address

cd /C/Users/Fauzi/Downloads/fishtest-worker-setup-master/worker

first

[grave solar]

ok

[fringe girder]

yay

we did it reddit

[grave solar]

Well, i entered my username normally, and it worked

but when it ask me for password

i cant type anything

[fringe girder]

it won't show it

[sharp drum]

you can type it's hidden

[fringe girder]

you have to type it blind

[grave solar]

it keep telling me: Invalid or missing credentials

Even though I entered my password blindly

[fringe girder]

if you were inactive for long time ur acct gets deactivated

[grave solar]

I;m inactive only for 3 years

[sharp drum]

no your account is not deactivated

use correct username

and correct password

[grave solar]

ok it worked now

[sharp drum]

username is fauzi2

[grave solar]

Thanks guys ❤️

[sharp drum]

you're welcome

[grave solar]

However, everytime I need to launch the worker, I need to use mingw? or can I launch it from the standard .cmd file that I have in the folder?

[sharp drum]

let me make it easier for you

go to msys folder

[fringe girder]

pere just remote to his machine lol

[grave solar]

Also, it decided by itself to use 3 cores, but I wanted to use only 1 core

[sharp drum]

change in config

[grave solar]

I mean, usually through the cmd method, it asks you how many cores you want to dedicate.
While here it didnt ask

[sharp drum]

and rerun worker

dont you have a config file?

in worker folder?

fishtest.cfg

[grave solar]

Yes found it

[sharp drum]

or something

does it have cores:3?

[grave solar]

concurrency = max(1,min(3,MAX-1)) ; = 3 cores

should I change to:
concurrency = max(1,min(1,MAX-1)) ; = 1 cores
?

[sharp drum]

where is the MAX

variable

assigned

change the MAX

not the equation

you smart 😛

although both works

did you find a place that have MAX = someNumber?

[fringe girder]

he probably opened the .py instead of the config

lol

[grave solar]

I opened this one, but there is no MAX =

[sharp drum]

ah okay

I'm stupid

MAX is not a variable you can change

it's the max cores you have

which is 4

[sharp drum]

so yes

change that to 1

3 to 1

you're right

[grave solar]

I have the following CPU:
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1235U 1.30 GHz

I don't think I only have 3 cores

[sharp drum]

MAX - 1

if you look at equation

it's a clamp

[grave solar]

I thought my cpu has 8 cores or more

[sharp drum]

@fringe girder how to check how many cores he has?

[fringe girder]

he has 2 p core and 8 e core

[sharp drum]

OKay that's the MAX - 1 is the clamp

Which means

[fringe girder]

it is only counting the p cores with hyperthreading i think

[sharp drum]

concurrency = max(1,min(x,MAX-1)) ; = x cores

iif you assign more than the maximum

the equation will clamp it anyways

try 50 cores

instead of x

[grave solar]

ok lets try anyway, I just changed the formula to:
concurrency = max(1,min(1,MAX-1)) ; = 1 cores

[sharp drum]

and it will be clamped

[grave solar]

now i will run the worker

[sharp drum]

you can just put
concurrency = 1

[fringe girder]

yeah

[sharp drum]

if you know you will not put more

than max

[sharp drum]

before running worker

you need to add python to env variables

so that you can use cmd

and better move the worker folder to another place

that is easy for you to access

for example

[grave solar]

ok, how?

[sharp drum]

at desktop

cut and paste to the desired place

the worker folder

[grave solar]

ok just a sec, since i already ran the worker, to test how many cores its using

[sharp drum]

C:\msys64\mingw64\bin
see if python.exe is here

[sharp drum]

ok

[grave solar]

ok, so i cut the worker folder to desktop, and then what?

[sharp drum]

see if python is here

C:\msys64\mingw64\bin

[grave solar]

Even though i closed the worker 1 minute ago, i still cant cut paste the folder:

[sharp drum]

you need to exit the worker

before moving it to another place

[grave solar]

I did

[sharp drum]

close the text editor that is opening fishtest config

as well

[grave solar]

it is, anyway i will restart the laptop.
maybe something is still running behind the curtains

[sharp drum]

no

don't restart computer

close mingw shell

[grave solar]

it is closed...

[sharp drum]

ctrl alt delete
and see if python is running and end the proccess

instead of restarting computer

[grave solar]

here?

[sharp drum]

strange okay you can restart computer later let's continue the procces before moving the worker folder

C:\msys64\mingw64\bin

see if this has python

[grave solar]

restart completed.
do you suggest to move to desktop the whole:
fishtest-worker-setup-master folder
Or only worker folder

[sharp drum]

only the worker since you only care about it now

other stuff we already used

[grave solar]

ok done, pasted to desktop

[sharp drum]

I think I have pasted this 5 times for now

LOL

[grave solar]

yeah but I'm not sure what do I need to do with this link

[sharp drum]

you can either navigate to it manually or just paste any address here

to immediatly go to it

[grave solar]

ok I'm there

[sharp drum]

is there python.exe

[grave solar]

yes

[sharp drum]

open system enviromental variables
and add C:\msys64\mingw64\bin to the path

[grave solar]

To the one on the top or the one in the bottom?

[sharp drum]

whichever you like

one is universal

and one is only for this user

[grave solar]

Done

[sharp drum]

it's already there...........

[grave solar]

oh yes

[sharp drum]

remove it

keep 1

and open cmd

[grave solar]

👍

[sharp drum]

and type python -v

[sharp drum]

close this cmd

now go the worker folder

and in the address bar

write cmd

then enter

[grave solar]

yes

[sharp drum]

now you can run worker from cmd

[grave solar]

then enter what? 😛

[sharp drum]

python worker.py

wait

did it not open cmd for you?

[grave solar]

yes it did, I was waiting for what command to type, but now I understand you meant python worker.py

working like a charm

thanks bro

[sharp drum]

np

[grave solar]

after all this, we got one more core to our fleet