> I really want to run the Linux prime search software when I'm in Red Hat 5.2 (I'm
>usually in Windows 98), but the program seems to have no documentation or information
>once it's running. I ran it for 4 hours once and had no idea how to close it. I had
>to use "kill," the only command I could think of to close it. When I got back to
>Windows, I saw that my work had not been saved. I had set the option in Windows for
>disk saves every 15 minutes. Mprime and Prime95 shared the same data files, like
>they are supposed to. What's going on? I'd vote for an mprime on an X-server. I
>want to see SOMETHING while the thing's going. At least show me the iteration #,
>iteration % of total, and seconds / iteration.
(could everyone please set their mailer to wrap at <80 charactors)
Try mprime -m
then choose 6. Test/Continue
It seems a bit odd that it didn't save work when it was killed.
I thought it was supposed to. What signal did you send the process?
Try CTRL+C if kill continually keeps it from saving.
-Lucas
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