Posts by [B^S] mavau

21) Message boards : Number crunching : FAMOUS SUCCESS/FAILURE RATIO (Message 39941) Posted 14 Jun 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: Thanks for the info. Another completed model with:'Workunit error - check skipped'. famous_u0my_1799_200_006633677 Looking at the Work unit page, it seems connected with "Too many total results" as you say. To sum up, those two messages are just BOINC artefacts. They don't concern CPDN and are nothing to worry about: Workunit error - check skipped Too many total results
22) Message boards : Number crunching : FAMOUS SUCCESS/FAILURE RATIO (Message 39937) Posted 14 Jun 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: Latest results: famous_u0pt_1999_200_006633780 I don't understand the difference in credit. famous_u0pq_1999_200_006633777_3 That one completed with a workunit error?
23) Message boards : Number crunching : Famous credit question (Message 39912) Posted 10 Jun 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: Hi, No need for apologies. I had noticed it last week myself. I was away for a few days and came back to find 7 Famous models running and a vertical drop in RAC. But it took me time to decide something might be wrong. First, no credit appeared on the main Tasks page, so I thought it was delayed. Then I saw credit was given on the Task ID page. So I looked at some computers with Famous running to check their speed. (I'm running 8 models concurrently on the Core i7 so I thought it might be an issue.) I also noticed some slowdown in other people's results on BOINC Synergy. Next, I didn't have much luck searching the forums and only found the thread with your message through Google. It might be useful if someone posted more detailed information about the new models. Cheers Maurice
24) Message boards : Number crunching : Famous credit question (Message 39904) Posted 10 Jun 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: Since running Famous, I've noticed my RAC has been falling sharply. The core i7 is down from over 4,000 per day to less than 3,000. The first Famous run increased my RAC. There was mention of a slower model being beta-tested here; Is this the result? And shouldn't there be an adjustment?
25) Message boards : Number crunching : FAMOUS SUCCESS/FAILURE RATIO (Message 39880) Posted 8 Jun 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: Two crashes so far: famous_u0nl_1599_200_006633700_4 famous_u0mr_1599_200_006633670_1 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4] Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition, Service Pack 2, (06.00.6002.00)
26) Message boards : Number crunching : FAMOUS SUCCESS/FAILURE RATIO (Message 39497) Posted 7 Apr 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: It\'s true I haven\'t had many issues with my models. This one is an XPS MT. Cleaning it up after 8 months has cut the fan noise down. Otherwise, I think the Vista Service Packs have helped with the occasional power outage. I remember when you had to be extra careful shutting down, particularly on my laptop, probably due to delayed disk activity . But this desktop has only had one possibly related iceworld. One thing I do is get Windows Update to ask me when to install patches, so I can shut down BOINC first (OTOH, I keep everything updated). Another is check temperature. (I have to take my laptop apart every 6-8 months to clean it up) Finally, sorry to say that with the 8 models running, I\'ve let go of regular backups.
27) Questions and Answers : Getting started : What can i do with my Credit? (Message 39496) Posted 7 Apr 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: Hi Jim, Where do I trade them?
28) Message boards : Number crunching : FAMOUS SUCCESS/FAILURE RATIO (Message 39486) Posted 6 Apr 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: The last model finished successfully 6835949 So 4 out of 5 Details for this machine: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz [Intel64 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4] Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition, Service Pack 2, (06.00.6002.00) No overclocking Running 24/7 alongside Milkyway on the GPU when available. Also used for daily work and surfing and games... FYI I\'ve just checked that my one failure was only a success on a Xeon running Darwin. Hope this helps
29) Message boards : Number crunching : FAMOUS SUCCESS/FAILURE RATIO (Message 39474) Posted 5 Apr 2010 by [B^S] mavau Post: One is still running. 6835949 One failure Three successes 6835757 6835847 6836187 I notice my failed model has one success noted.
30) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WU\'S ? (Message 38365) Posted 22 Nov 2009 by [B^S] mavau Post: Things seem OK now. Thanks again to Milo and Les and all the moderators. For one thing,I was surprised I was the first to notice. On the other hand I sent my message to the other forum. If any one is interested it\'s also very useful: My thread is here The CPDN forum home page is here
31) Questions and Answers : Windows : Manager Not Retain Size (Message 35057) Posted 19 Sep 2008 by [B^S] mavau Post: Just checking, I didn\'t notice the problem. On the other hand, I was given to understand that you don\'t have to minimize the manager, but just close it (Alt-F4 or red cross) and access it from the icon bottom right. This has been standard procedure for some time. A few years ago, this used to shut everything down, and I remember the change surprised me. From what I understand, the manager we can see is just a user interface. The only time I get the changed window is after restarting a PC. If I want more detail, I resize the window to my liking, ad the changes stick till next restart (which is usually Microsoft\'s patch Tuesday).
32) Questions and Answers : Windows : No updates/trickle for several days (Message 35056) Posted 19 Sep 2008 by [B^S] mavau Post: I don\'t think it is a serious problem. I had the same sort of message yesterday. 18/09/2008 11:50:00\|\|Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down. 18/09/2008 11:50:51\|climateprediction.net\|Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks 18/09/2008 11:51:57\|climateprediction.net\|Scheduler request failed: HTTP internal server error 18/09/2008 12:19:42\|climateprediction.net\|Sending scheduler request: To send trickle-up message. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks 18/09/2008 12:23:16\|\|Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 18/09/2008 12:23:17\|climateprediction.net\|Scheduler request failed: Server returned nothing (no headers, no data) 18/09/2008 12:25:17\|\|Access to reference site failed - check network connection or proxy configuration. 18/09/2008 13:23:22\|\|Suspending network activity - user request At the same time, I experienced a very slow Internet connection, with several time-outs in trying to access web pages. What I usually do in such cases/ Suspend network activity in BOINC manager. Pull the power plug on the router. Put it in again. Wait a while. Just a guess: either the box needs the occasional reset, or the line is down somewhere. If the servers are down, you can see that on this page. As an aside: I was previewing the message and didn\'t see the BBcode or my signature. I\'ll try to track that down.
33) Questions and Answers : Windows : Hardware problem or just bad luck? (Message 34216) Posted 4 Jul 2008 by [B^S] mavau Post: Re Inspiron 9400 My models completed successfully, but I noticed CPU throttling events in Event Viewer. Using Christian Diefer\'s fan control gui I saw cpu temperature going up to 90Ã‚Â°C, at which point the Intel utility throttled back. Well, time for some cleaning up after a year and a half\'s crunching 24/7 mostly. You will find all the necessary information on this page. It\'s unfortunate you have to take the whole laptop apart to get at the grids behind the fans, which is where the crud builds up. It took me a careful hour\'s work. The result: temperature down to under 60Ã‚Â°C, fan running slow and noiselessly most of the time. One final note: since you have to disconnect the BIOS battery, you have to enter setup to reset the clock on startup.
34) Questions and Answers : Windows : Hardware problem or just bad luck? (Message 34089) Posted 17 Jun 2008 by [B^S] mavau Post: Following a second HadCM3 22 error with negative theta, I\'m now running 2 HADAM models for the first time. Inspiron 9400 laptop, Core 2 Duo 2GHz, Vista SP1, 2GB RAM. I\'ll let you know if there\'s any problem. Though so far the only issue I\'ve had with HADAM is the drop in credit. btw, I\'ve been looking for recent info on the negative theta issue. My first one was in April. My understanding was it was a bad model. Since then I\'ve completed a control model, but then got that second error. On the 22 error: it is a BOINC error, but you can find more information at the end of the error messages. You can check my latest one here. (error 22 at the topand the negative thetas at the bottom). Finally, regarding Vista. I\'ve also suffered the problems mentioned in the past. Not waiting long enough for things to complete. I\'ve been extra careful since and I\'ve noticed prolonged disk activity when shutting down BOINC with a HADAM model. The Program Files directory issue has to do with permissions. What happens is that it won\'t let BOINC run on startup. I just activate it manually on the rare occasions I shut the computer down.
35) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Fatal error in last minute of WU, but still reports success. Admin, please examine! (Message 29086) Posted 31 May 2007 by [B^S] mavau Post: My latest completed model (on Vista) has the same type of error messages (a bit of a shock for me too, at first). When it finished, the last trickle was not credited immediately. Things got sorted out on the next database update. Since the database was down for a while starting yesterday afternoon till this morning and trickles haven\'t been updated since then, I can see why you could be missing more. There used to be missing trickles issues some time ago. If I remember correctly, they are taken into account as soon as the next one comes in and/or the database is updated.
36) Message boards : Number crunching : CPDN and Vista (Message 29064) Posted 29 May 2007 by [B^S] mavau Post: Kathryn, regarding Vista updates, I had the same setup as yours on my XP machine. I was happily surprised at first (February through March) at how Vista was able to change a lot of things without having to reboot so I forgot to change the setting. Since Vista\'s update policy seems to be the same as XP, changing the update setting to prompt should save a lot of problems. (Could someone put it in a sticky?) Pooh Bear, about running as an administrator: I think that what happened when I installed BOINC on my new machine was that Vista created the necessary permissions for the current user and group in the program files subfolder. I\'ve had a few issues with permissions with other programs but not with BOINC. Leendert, I\'m not familiar with Total Commander. I had an issue where I had to recover from a backup on XP. There is a lot of info on the Climate Prediction Board . My problem model had reported an error but it was able to complete. The \'result already reported as error\' may be a new feature. Do try Pooh Bear\'s method. What I would also do is take notes of the security settings first. And see if there are any differences. Best of luck
37) Message boards : Number crunching : CPDN and Vista (Message 29028) Posted 28 May 2007 by [B^S] mavau Post: Sounds like a pemissions and/or firewall problem. A few questions: Where is BOINC installed? What are the permissions for the directory? Do you run as an administrator? Is BOINC allowed through the firewall? Why did you have to recover from a backup? The only problem I had with Vista was logging off without stopping BOINC first. I haven\'t had any problems since, even though auto updates logged me off twice, so I suppose the shutdown process has been improved by the hotfixes. And I completed my first model on Vista yesterday. However, there may be permissions problems when installing Boinc in the program files folder. I have full permissions set for administrators and my main user on the BOINC folder and climate_prediction subfolder. I\'ve also given ordinary users full control on the BOINC folder, but the permissions have not been inherited for the subfolders, which is probably why BOINC manager doesn\'t work for my other users. I\'ll check and let you know.
38) Message boards : Number crunching : Status of plans for shorter wus? (Message 27278) Posted 11 Mar 2007 by [B^S] mavau Post: Sorry I took a bit of time before thanking you all for the effort in offering a lot of updated information in both forums. I think the news and announcements thread is great. My point in the conversation was it would be nice to have the links on the left here. Cheers, Maurice
39) Message boards : Number crunching : Status of plans for shorter wus? (Message 27074) Posted 25 Feb 2007 by [B^S] mavau Post: When I mentioned the results from classis, Imeant what you can see when you click on results on the left. That\'s where I\'d like to see more news and links.
40) Message boards : Number crunching : Status of plans for shorter wus? (Message 27070) Posted 25 Feb 2007 by [B^S] mavau Post: Les, thanks for your reply. Regarding the search link. It doesn\'t have to be a tweak of the forum system. It could be inserted in the list on the left, or at the top next to the search site box. For developments, just some news. For results, the page that is linked to the home page is two years old, and shows results from classic. So, again some news. The readmes: another useful link to add on the home page. Editing the files. It\'s just that it helped me once and used to be talked about much more. That is something for the forums. To sum up, I was just trying to think of ways to make it easier to access useful stuff and news.

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