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11) Questions and Answers : Windows : c limateprediction.net Credits not showing up on "Projects in which you are participating" (Message 42543)
Posted 4 Jul 2011 by Profile Warped
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You have not made any errors. As you say your credits are showing on this site.

The credits are made available via an xml file which uses more resources than the project has available at present. Just be patient - they will eventually be added. Recently this has been happening about once a month.
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Download problems (Message 42330)
Posted 5 Jun 2011 by Profile Warped
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To ease the load on the servers, I have suspended the work on my models until the server situation is at least stabalised.

It's sad that such an important scientific endeavour is hamstrung by ongoing resource issues.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Hadcm3n crash (Message 42103)
Posted 3 May 2011 by Profile Warped
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There could be any of a number of causes.

Check out the links in This Post.

Is it possible that it was busy saving (i.e. at the checkpoint) when you exited? Did you suspend the model before backing-up?
14) Message boards : Number crunching : HadCM3 Full Resolution model low credits (Message 42102)
Posted 3 May 2011 by Profile Warped
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I don't know why this is happening, so I will take a look, and maybe come up with an 'Official Permanent Fix' (sounds ominous :-( ).

That would be appreciated. These models are definitely yielding less credit.

If adjusted, at least it will make us feel good about selecting these models and help meet some of the deadline requirements.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Oddly short deadline (Message 42061)
Posted 29 Apr 2011 by Profile Warped
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This has been discussed at some length (with further links) here.
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload problems (Message 42023)
Posted 26 Apr 2011 by Profile Warped
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As for editing client_state.xml, make sure you've completely exited BOINC-client before trying to edit the file, this includes exiting any BOINC-service or whatever it's called under Linux, if not the info in client_state.xml will just be overwritten with new info as BOINC runs.

If you have exited BOINC, and afterwards edited client_state.xml and the wrong URL somehow gets re-created on next start of BOINC, this would be very interesting, since it's much easier to test-out things that happens with just a re-start of client, and not something that only happens on 1st. download of a task...


Hi Ingleside.

For security reasons I run BOINC in a user account, not as root. It is only possible to edit the client_state.xml file when logged in as root. I tried everything I could think of, including rebooting and going straight to the root account in order to edit the file, making sure that BOINC was not running at all. I also edited the client_state_prev.xml file. I am sure that I was able to correct all instances of the misspelled "hnndler" in both files. Hence my suspicion that the file is somehow updated from the website in Oregon.

I aborted the task and have changed my preferences to run only the Southern Africa tasks, which happen to be the only type now available. This is running fine, except that the graphics file seems to have been corrupted on download. I can see that the model has not turned to an ice world but that is all (no timestep or other information). This is not a major issue as I can view the checkpoint progress via "Properties" in BOINC.
17) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Happy Easter (Message 42017)
Posted 24 Apr 2011 by Profile Warped
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Happy Easter to you all.

18) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload problems (Message 42016)
Posted 24 Apr 2011 by Profile Warped
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My feeling is to agree that it is not merely a PNW issue.
I have found references to malformed URLs on more than one upload server.

I think the best strategy would be for the CPDN sysadmins to search the apache logs on our servers and try to find out which models are failing, and use them to pull out the info about the client types that are failing.

I do agree that it would be good to find out whether this happens with other BOINC projects.

...so I have another item on my to-do list!

Jonathan
CPDN SysAdmin


Welcome Jonathan!

From what I can gather, the problem seems particularly severe in PNW tasks for Linux. Would it be possible to disable the distribution of these work units to Linux clients until resolved?

I have tried editing the client_state.xml file to no avail. Does the client make any contact with the URL http://boinc1.coas.oregonstate.edu/cpdn_cgi_main/ at any stage prior to upload? Could it be an error emanating from them?
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Credit anomalies (Message 40474)
Posted 1 Sep 2010 by Profile Warped
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Have a look at the "Total Credit, last months" graphs of myself and Doc.Brown.

Although the totals are similar, Doc.Brown is a relatively new contributor and seems unaffected by the loss of credit.
20) Message boards : Number crunching : 159,333 FAMOUS models cant download any ! (Message 40263)
Posted 29 Jul 2010 by Profile Warped
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Thanks Les.

I left the machine to try overnight and it got one just after midnight.

Patience is a virtue!
21) Message boards : Number crunching : 159,333 FAMOUS models cant download any ! (Message 40255)
Posted 28 Jul 2010 by Profile Warped
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The quota formula is not being applied in my case.

I have not had a single work unit for over a week now and am getting the following:
28/07/2010 19:45:20 climateprediction.net update requested by user
28/07/2010 19:45:22 climateprediction.net Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
28/07/2010 19:45:22 climateprediction.net Requesting new tasks
28/07/2010 19:45:37 climateprediction.net Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
28/07/2010 19:45:37 climateprediction.net Message from server: No work sent
28/07/2010 19:45:37 climateprediction.net Message from server: (reached daily quota of 2 tasks)
22) Message boards : Number crunching : HADAM3P's too much RAC weight? (Message 38439)
Posted 2 Dec 2009 by Profile Warped
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I would like to know:

Is Virtual Boss\'s elegant explanation correct?

Does the Loch Ness Monster exist?

What lies beyond the edge of the Universe?


Suggested answers:
I think so.
Yes, at least in theory.
The Mulitverse.
23) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Is there any danger to processors from intensive use? (Message 38129)
Posted 16 Oct 2009 by Profile Warped
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Welcome James.

The short answer is that the system should easily handle permanently running CPDN. These programmes are relatively easy on the CPU and produce less heat than others such as Prime95.

I suggest you start by downloading a free application to monitor the system. My suggestion would be http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ or any of a number, such as motherboard monitor or speedfan. Do a search - there are many.

Note that there is a difference between what is called the CPU temperature and the actual core temperatures. It\'s the core temperatures that are important. If these run at no more than about 65 deg C, then you have absolutely nothing to worry about. If they are any higher then post a reply and we\'ll have to do more work on the issue.
24) Message boards : Number crunching : ONLY ONE MODEL TYPE AVAILABLE (Message 38036)
Posted 27 Sep 2009 by Profile Warped
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Does this mean that Coupled models are now a thing of the past?
25) Message boards : Number crunching : Do you know Boincstats is reporting but Free DC is not? (Message 37949)
Posted 4 Sep 2009 by Profile Warped
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Well, Bok, I think you\'ve done us all a service there. This board is much better than it has been for a while - the truncations seem to have stopped.


Hear, Hear. At last I can read the News and Announcements thread again! Well done, Bok.
26) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload problem (Message 37319)
Posted 22 Jun 2009 by Profile Warped
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I see that the “phkup” upload server is down again. Does anyone have the 411 on when it will be back up? I have 2 HadAM3p WUs that will report in the next 20 hours. I have already suspended the one with only 3 hours to completion.


It was down most of the weekend. I recall seeing somewhere that this server is in Berne, Switzerland, although I'm not sure what role it plays (i.e. which work units it receives), or who looks after it.
27) Questions and Answers : Preferences : can\'t upload avatar on climateapps2 (Message 35732)
Posted 22 Dec 2008 by Profile Warped
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I get this error message:

\"Fatal error: Call to undefined function ImageJPEG\"...

I have tried jpegs and pngs all 100x100 and < 4KB


I also get an error message \"Fatal error: Call to undefined function imageCreateFromJpeg() in /var/www/boinc/projects/cpdnboinc/html/inc/image.inc on line 16\"

Seems there\'s a problem somewhere.
28) Questions and Answers : Windows : Problems to upload... (Message 35573)
Posted 22 Nov 2008 by Profile Warped
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One of the CPDN upload servers (cpdn-upload1) has been giving problems, and will be down over the weekend. It should be restarted on Monday in a new location, where it can be monitored more closely and a proper diagnosis/fix put in place.


Hopefully that explains my upload problems:
2008/11/22 14:15:39|climateprediction.net|Started upload of hadsm3mh_kj42_006004844_4_1.zip
2008/11/22 14:15:41|climateprediction.net|Temporarily failed upload of hadsm3mh_kj42_006004844_4_1.zip: HTTP error
2008/11/22 14:15:41|climateprediction.net|Backing off 1 hr 35 min 41 sec on upload of hadsm3mh_kj42_006004844_4_1.zip
29) Message boards : Number crunching : Trickles and Credits (Message 34738)
Posted 25 Aug 2008 by Profile Warped
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Have the XML updates fallen over again? I seem to recall the new file name requirements being an issue earlier in August.
30) Message boards : Number crunching : Has Milo just made space or actually installed the new server? (Message 28704)
Posted 15 May 2007 by Profile Warped
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Despite the news item (see link at the top right of the home page) seeming to indicate that the data migration is still underway, my 10-year uploads are happening without error. The last post by mo.v in the \"News and Announcements\" thread is also ambiguous in that it seems that Milo has merely made space on an already full server.

My question, therefore: Is the new server now fully operational, with plenty of storage space? If so, shouldn\'t the news item and the announcement thread be updated?


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