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11) Questions and Answers : Windows : Unable to get the Project to send me work. (Message 35832)
Posted 5 Jan 2009 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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This host was formerly attached using 5.x BOINC, but I recently upgraded to 6.4.5 after putting a GTX 260 into it. In the process, I also moved my BOINC data folder to another drive since I was running low on space. Unfortunately, when I copied my projects over, 6.4.5 did not recognize the old work so I lost the 4 CPDN models it was working on.

Since doing this, it (CPDN) has only allowed me to download 1 work unit. Am I correct in assuming this is due to the other 4 models being left in limbo? How can I get it to download 3 more?

Thanks for any advice.
12) Questions and Answers : Windows : How the $$$# (Message 35831)
Posted 5 Jan 2009 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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So far as I can tell there is no way to contact anyone, anywhere,via email if I have a problem. ( wotht he experitment and model) but I am forced to post and hope a person with authority notices it. The contact support is a webring. impossoble to contact and impossible to leave.
If i wanted to mention my experiment wanted to stop workign, for example/ or if i kept getting a main servers are down call again later message for the first time in 5 years. ubless of course it\'s some sort of club that i wandered into and should never have been let into?


New to the internet? Tons of websites do this and it works fine. When I post a question, people here reply very quickly - not only mods, but also other people crunching the experiment.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Help resetting team link (Message 29098)
Posted 1 Jun 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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5) So, has the founder updated his email address on his Account page? (It\'s an option near the top.)

I think the main problem is that the Team Founder made a new account. So changing his email address to the old address doesn\'t automatically make him TF.

He needs to log in with either the old account, or with the account key of that old account, before he can make any changes. Since he can\'t request the account key to be sent to him as the old email address is defunct, that\'s giving him the problem. Had he not made a new account, but just changed the email address on the old account, there wouldn\'t have been a problem.

So as the 3rd option he just has to wait another 3 weeks until the option to take over the team is given free to him.

Why 2 months? To give team founders time to react. What if someone is on vacation or in the hospital for some time? There\'s also a 3 month wait after which you can try again, if you get waved off by a TF or miss the window at which you can take over as TF.


Jord - can you change the link for us?
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Help resetting team link (Message 29020)
Posted 27 May 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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Here is what it says when I click the link:

Founder change has already been initiated by pmondo on 20 Apr 2007.

Thanks for your help Les,
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Help resetting team link (Message 28992)
Posted 26 May 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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So:
If you want someone to just go in and click \"approve\", prove, in a way that will \'stand up in a court of law\', that both the \'old\' and \'new\' person\'s that you mention are, indeed, one and the same.

PS
Why isn\'t the team founder posting here, either instead of, or as well?
This could be considered as suspicious.



I sent pmondo a link to this thread, hopefully he\'ll answer any questions you have to prove he is the founder.

As to why he\'s not the one posting this, I guess I\'m just slightly more proactive and spend more time hanging out on this forum.

Honestly, I could care less about who the founder is. I just would like someone to please fix the URL to our team website (see my original post) -- and this seems to be the only way to get it done. We\'ve been working on this for 7 months now...
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Help resetting team link (Message 28974)
Posted 25 May 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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Did the founder recieve an email?


No, he doesn\'t have that email address anymore.

If the team founder does not respond to your email challenge within 2 months time, then the team founder option will be given to the person who sent the email.


Grrrrr....

It\'s not my email challenge. The person who initiated the transfer/challenge (pmondo) *is* the original team founder, but he has long since changed email addresses so he has no way of getting in until his attempt to challenge himself is complete. He is trying to transfer it to his new address.

Why 2 months? That seems a little ridiculous to me. Old owner and new owner are the same person, can\'t someone just go in and click \"approve\" for us?
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Help resetting team link (Message 28939)
Posted 24 May 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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Did someone follow the transfer team link?


Yes.

Did the founder recieve an email?


No, he doesn\'t have that email address anymore.
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Help resetting team link (Message 28832)
Posted 21 May 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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If the founder receives that mail, he\'ll know which address he used to create the team, and can use the procedure to retrieve the password.


Nice! I think someone else on my team is fixing this. Thanks guys, glad the project updated to include that feature for us.



Hmm, so it\'s been a month and nothing has happened. Can someone help us at the project level?

-ST
19) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : I really wish I could buy a CPDN T-Shirt (Message 28328)
Posted 30 Apr 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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I was disappointed that the mugs aren\'t available anymore. Would like even more so to buy a CPDN t-shirt. :) I\'m proud to be taking part in this project!!

Bring on the merchandise!
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Help resetting team link (Message 28240)
Posted 28 Apr 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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If the founder receives that mail, he\'ll know which address he used to create the team, and can use the procedure to retrieve the password.


Nice! I think someone else on my team is fixing this. Thanks guys, glad the project updated to include that feature for us.
21) Message boards : Number crunching : Help resetting team link (Message 28173)
Posted 27 Apr 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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Just saw this link on our team page:

\"Request team founder transfer\"

Looks like our founder has initiated that, what is the next step? Thanks!
22) Questions and Answers : Windows : Another file_xfer_error (Message 27982)
Posted 18 Apr 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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What I find a little odd is the change in the speed of the model recently, from 1.425s/ts to 1.53 at the most recent trickle, which is often a sign of PC instability (or, alternatively, that the model is running on a different PC to the one it started on).


Yes, I had to move the model from one PC to another when I lost a cruncher. That is why you see the change. Thanks Mike,

I will try the torture test.

-Sangamon
23) Questions and Answers : Windows : Another file_xfer_error (Message 27974)
Posted 18 Apr 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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I also see this in the results ID.

http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/result.php?resultid=6244699

Model crashed: umshell1.f: ATM_DYN : NEGATIVE THETA DETECTED. GA

Model crashed: umshell1.f: ATM_DYN : NEGATIVE THETA DETECTED. GA

Model crashed: umshell1.f: ATM_DYN : NEGATIVE THETA DETECTED. GA

Model crashed: umshell1.f: ATM_DYN : NEGATIVE THETA DETECTED. GA
Fatal crash! :-(
24) Questions and Answers : Windows : Another file_xfer_error (Message 27971)
Posted 18 Apr 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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I\'ve been reading threads about this where I can find them, and there seems to be multiple causes to this. I just want to confirm my initial understanding of the following log:

4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Computation for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 finished
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_5.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_6.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_7.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_8.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_9.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_10.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_11.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_12.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_13.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_14.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_15.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:13 AM|climateprediction.net|Output file hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_16.zip for task hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 absent
4/18/2007 3:13:14 AM|climateprediction.net|Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
4/18/2007 3:13:14 AM|climateprediction.net|Reason: Unrecoverable error for result hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1 (<file_xfer_error> <file_name>hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_5.zip</file_name> <error_code>-161</error_code></file_xfer_error><file_xfer_error> <file_name>hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_6.zip</file_name> <error_code>-161</error_code></file_xfer_error><file_xfer_error> <file_name>hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_7.zip</file_name> <error_code>-161</error_code></file_xfer_error><file_xfer_error> <file_name>hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_8.zip</file_name> <error_code>-161</error_code></file_xfer_error><file_xfer_error> <file_name>hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_9.zip</file_name> <error_code>-161</error_code></file_xfer_error><file_xfer_error> <file_name>hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_10.zip</file_name> <error_code>-161</error_code></file_xfer_error><file_xfer_error> <file_name>hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_11.zip</file_name> <error_code>-161</error_code></file_xfer_error><file_xfer_error> <file_name>hadcm3ohe_0ne1_05678651_1_12.zip</file_nam

As I see it, since the first entry says \"computation for task finished\", it failed due to a model issue and not my computer. Right? This one was about 30% complete according to BOINC when it failed on me overnight.

Thanks,
25) Questions and Answers : Windows : Exited with zero status but no \'finished\' file? (Message 27898)
Posted 14 Apr 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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Hi Sangamon, fancy meeting you here!

No need to worry about that message, it should disappear again in a day or so. It is benign, if annoying.

If it lasts for a few days, you can shut down BOINC and do a system reboot. That usually gets everything resynched again.


Hello Mew, thanks for the quick response! Whew, glad to read this. I had about 1500 hours on that model, so I didn\'t like the idea of resetting it..

But, whatever you do, DON\'T PRESS THE RESET BUTTON! This will delete your model(s)!


Haha, no worries. I know what that does, which is why I brought it here to ask about it.

Thanks folks,

-ST
26) Questions and Answers : Windows : Exited with zero status but no \'finished\' file? (Message 27892)
Posted 14 Apr 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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Just saw this in my messages section:

4/13/2007 6:34:49 PM|climateprediction.net|Task hadcm3ohe_20wj_05742821_1 exited with zero status but no \'finished\' file
4/13/2007 6:34:49 PM|climateprediction.net|If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.

Should I be concerned? Should I do anything? Thanks,
27) Questions and Answers : Windows : New Motherboard Changes Deadline (Message 27410)
Posted 20 Mar 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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There\'s a post by Thyme Lawn on the php forum here

http://www.climateprediction.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=5097

and suggestions from Dagorath on this forum

http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=4951



Perfect, thanks!!



Just following up to say that this worked perfectly. Opened one of my backups, edited the client_state.xml file, copied the <report_deadline> values and pasted them into the current running client_state.xml file.
28) Questions and Answers : Windows : 6 week inactivity = Reassigned WU\'s? (Message 27409)
Posted 19 Mar 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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Thanks for the response Les,

And just because a model gets re-issued does not mean that you can\'t continue with it; it just means that the researchers will get a second opinion on that dataset.


I see. Just seems like a waste of months of CPU time, so I\'d prefer to avoid the above happening. I\'ll try your workaround though, hopefully that will do the trick.

Cheers,
29) Questions and Answers : Windows : New Motherboard Changes Deadline (Message 27408)
Posted 19 Mar 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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There\'s a post by Thyme Lawn on the php forum here

http://www.climateprediction.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=5097

and suggestions from Dagorath on this forum

http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=4951



Perfect, thanks!!
30) Questions and Answers : Windows : 6 week inactivity = Reassigned WU\'s? (Message 27401)
Posted 19 Mar 2007 by Profile Jack Shaftoe
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I searched for this and couldn\'t find a solid answer. Some people speculated that 6 weeks of inactivity (no trickles) would result in the WU being reassigned.

Anyone have any evidence of this? I have 4 WU\'s that are 40% complete in queue waiting for another pair in front of them to finish. [long story]


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