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Posts by Skip Da Shu

1) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Update preferences doesn't stick. (Message 41585)
Posted 1 Feb 2011 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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I changed my resource allocation, hit update, it waited awhile and returns with the allocation unchanged. 3 times.
2) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : platform 'i586-mandriva-linux-gnu' not found (Message 38661)
Posted 9 Jan 2010 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Grrrr. Stupid Mandriva packagers.

They\'re compiling it wrong. So the server is saying \"Hey, I don\'t have a app for that platform. Now if you were asking for i686-pc-linux-gnu, we\'d be all set.\"

Here\'s what I\'d do if I were you. I\'d run down all the work on your machine, if there is any. Uninstall BOINC using the package manager. Grab BOINC from here. Follow the instructions here to install.

And if you really want to help, file a bug against the package. Point the packager to this Wiki page and tell them to make note of the configure command.


I believe there are other ways around this (using the anonymous platform method) but that seems like a pain to me.


I CAN NOT believe this problem STILL exists... somebody handed me a Mandriva machine (2010) and I was installing BOINC for them... after getting around the gui_rpc_auth.cfg problem where the manager will not attach to the client I\'d hoped I was done... attach any project... and I get this crap... 7 months later. They need to take a look at the Debian package. It just works.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload problem (Message 37342)
Posted 25 Jun 2009 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Apparently this didn't happen after all, and that server is still physically in Switzerland.


It is indeed.
I've just heard that it's up again and I'm reconfiguring it.
Interestingly, the link to the 2005 problems refers to both power supplies on uploader1.atm failing. This is the same machine that failed recently, only more severely. I think it's about time to retire that hardware and any future machine appearing on that url will be new.


Reading that historical account of the 'Bern Floods' I thought I picked up that ya'll are using Dell stuff. Living about 10 miles from Dell you'd be surprised how many Dell server parts are laying around within a 50m radius of here. Next time you need a PSU post up the model... we might be able to locate one in a matter of hours. I'd call Steve first... about 3 miles up the hwy from me... unless he's 'cleaned up' he has an entire room in his house full of Dell stuff... mostly server stuff... I don't ask. LOL.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : problem uploading (Message 37338)
Posted 24 Jun 2009 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Number Crunching is also the appropriate section for posts about problems; there are currently 2 threads there discussing it.


Les, I agree this s/b in number crunching... but...

The link in this (below) on the front page directs folks here.

Recent updates

* Server space shortage
2009-06-10 This image denotes that this item is a news item rather than an addition of a new page.


Think maybe that should be redirected to news thread in number crunching.

5) Message boards : Number crunching : Just a thought... Donated / Loaned Hardware (Message 37202)
Posted 13 Jun 2009 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Mo/Milo, I know this is a long-shot but...

The folks that crunch for CPDN are a wide and varied group. I'm sure the jobs folks have also range all over the place from mere Rocket Scientist to highly esteemed Sanitation Engineer. However, I strongly suspect that there's a higher than average % of folks that are somehow connected to IT (and/or are just hobby hardware geeks). As I sit here and ponder the disk space and power supply problems going on my eyes keep drifting to my 'parts shelves'. Specifically to the 7 extra HDDs, 4 extra power supplies and 17 power cords over there. Now my stuff is officially certified 'Junk' and all older than dust. But I can't help to wonder if someone else has access to or happens to have a spare PSU or a "raid array" of the same make/model that ya'll need. Not likely but posting up the specific make/model of the parts needed wouldn't take more than a couple minutes and we might just get lucky. Maybe somebody with more means than I would be willing to ship ya'll a PSU as a 'loaner'. Who knows? Maybe worth a shot in the future.

Hmmmm... Now that reminds me, where is that old dead ProLiant server box I kept around for the PSU and SCSI card.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : HADAM3P NOT Compatible with Pentium3s & AthlonXPs (Message 36894)
Posted 9 May 2009 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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I am using an Athlon XP 2400 chip and was getting this sort of problem with HADAM3P.


Those really old systems are susceptible to VCore voltage drops when models are running. I have an old Athlon MP 1200 system that does this. It can run most applications fine, but climate models and other BOINC apps don't always finish. By monitoring the voltages, I found the problem. Turns out the only fix is a new motherboard. :(
Unless the BIOS allows you to set the vcore.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : to how many computers is a WU sent? (Message 35942)
Posted 16 Jan 2009 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Please see my post here in reply to a similar question on our other board.
.......................
Les,
Unencumbered by any actual knowledge...

I was thinking that it\'s not a matter of modifying the edit in code but rather some parameterization to set \"\'X\' # of units will be sent out\" so that the edit is passed / message not triggered.
Oh well, no response needed... just rambling thoughts.
8) Message boards : Number crunching : upload server (Message 35941)
Posted 16 Jan 2009 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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The server has its new RAID array and has had an OS upgrade, but there are problems with the array that mean it can\'t come back on line yet. This is supposed to have been worked on this afternoon and I\'ll hopefully find out more tomorrow.
As it\'s in a different department where I don\'t have machine room access I have to depend on the sysadmin there to deal with it.
...........
Offer \'em a 12-pack, It\'ll be fixed within the hour.
In days long gone this would always get my mainframe batch jobs through much faster at month-end.
9) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Boinc on ubuntu server (Message 35940)
Posted 16 Jan 2009 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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For Xubuntu/Ubuntu you may also need to install the libstdc++5 package. It\'s been too long for my memory to be accurate on this but... I don\'t think this is required for CPDN but it is for some BOINC project apps. There were some posts on this back around Nov/Dec 2007... I\'ll take a quick look because I thought I\'d documented what projects require what back then.
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Workunit error - check skipped (Message 35075)
Posted 21 Sep 2008 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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I am noticing that most if not all of my WUs returned that are marked as \"success\" have \'valid state\' as \"Workunit error - check skipped\". Because some of these are OC\'d dedicated crunchers I was about to undertake an across the board reduction in clock speeds until I checked a couple \'not overclocked\' machines http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=8270 and see it getting the same result. Am I really contributing anything at all these days? Is this \'normal\'?
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Where do all the errors come from? (Message 31571)
Posted 3 Dec 2007 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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If the answer to Mike\'s question is positive, have you recently run stability checks on the machine? Unless I looked at the wrong entries, the machine had 10 Models in WinXP SP1, none of which were successful. (Yes, three show \'Success\' but they, too, failed; boinc entries must be taken with a grain of salt.)

24 hours of dual Prime-95 wouldn\'t hurt. Just to be sure.


The problem appears to be the IA32 libs. However, it appears I tested stable under WinXP SP1 with FSB set at 216 and default vcore. Then at some point unknown bumped the vcore a notch and the FSB to 218 and didn\'t run a full test (OCCT or Prime95). I haven\'t got Prime95 installed yet but backed the FSB down to 215 and left vcore up 1 notch just to be safe until I can find/install Prime95 or another stress tester. Thanx
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Where do all the errors come from? (Message 31570)
Posted 3 Dec 2007 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Did you install IA32 support in Ubuntu? (I gather that Ubuntu 64-bit does NOT support 32-bit apps by default).

I used a package manager and found an IA32 library noted as \'shared 32bit libs for AMD64 system\'. Installed that and it has resolved the code 22 on QMC and E@H WUs. Assuming it\'ll do the same for CPDN but have a couple more hours before I can get another one to verify.

Thank you VERY much.

UPDATE: A CPDN HadSM3 Slab WU has now running for about 5 minutes. :-)
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Where do all the errors come from? (Message 31563)
Posted 2 Dec 2007 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Well ya\'ll didn\'t make me feel all warm and fuzzy about solving my errors... let\'s take a run at it.

Today (after a few days of winding down WUs on the machine) I formated the HDD and installed Xubuntu v7.10 (64bit) on this machine. It\'s been running WinXP for some time with multiple projects on it. It\'s an AMD X2 4200+ with 2 x 256MB of PC4000 RAM. It\'s a dedicated number cruncher as is normally \"headless\".

I installed the v5 stdc++ libs (Gutsy comes with v6) required by several project apps (QMC, E&H, Lieden, WCG and perhaps CPDN). Use the package install to get the AMD64 version of BOINC v5.10.8 up and running as a daemon. I encountered these errors:

Sat 01 Dec 2007 06:24:50 PM CST|QMC@HOME|Reason: Unrecoverable error for result three_ad_anthracene.3996_0 (process exited with code 22 (0x16, -234))

Sat 01 Dec 2007 06:25:47 PM CST|climateprediction.net|Reason: Unrecoverable error for result hadsm3fub_0107_005913005_1 (process exited with code 22 (0x16, -234))

Sat 01 Dec 2007 06:25:51 PM CST|Einstein@Home|Reason: Unrecoverable error for result h1_0666.20_S5R2__265_S5R3a_1 (process exited with code 22 (0x16, -234))

Sat 01 Dec 2007 06:25:53 PM CST|World Community Grid|Reason: Unrecoverable error for result dddt0201k0629_ZINC06913243-0000_00_0 (process exited with code 22 (0x16, -234))


One thing that makes me think it\'s app dependent is that one of WCGs other apps runs fine.

Any thoughts?

PS: I see \"execv: No such file or directory\" in this returned result http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/result.php?resultid=7013096
14) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Merging old dead computers (Message 27807)
Posted 9 Apr 2007 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Deleting won\'t happen, because the workunits do not get purged from the database. The units crunched on your machine are still being used for science, so they can not remove it. This project is different from others that have a separate database for the units, CPDN does not. It keeps it on the online database.

They auto-hide, so just ignore them.


Look at 50038
15) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Merging old dead computers (Message 27805)
Posted 9 Apr 2007 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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I have 17 computers listed that I no longer have and / or they no longer crunch. 11 (about to be 12) of these have not contacted the server in over 13 months. We should have the ability to delete them after this much time. If that\'s not possible will you set up an email address where we can send you machine numbers and you delete them from the database? -- Skip
16) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Unable to merge computers (Message 20068)
Posted 9 Feb 2006 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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... I don\'t think that facility was created...

Is not host merging and deleting a stock part of BOINC? Does CPDN have/run no jobs that clean up / remove / purge old returned and/or old unreturned work from the ques/dBs? Is this what you are refering to as not being created?


But I\'m sure they know about the \'problem\'.


Do I detect a \'wee bit\' of sarcasm here? Not much of a \'problem\' when you only have 3 computers listed and only 1 that does anything... I\'d guess that it\'s really 1 computer (why will they not merge? They appear identical)


At the moment, they are busy with the science, which is what their funders want.


Ahhh the old \'science card\'. Well let me give you the stock reply also then... there is NO science without the crunchers.
17) Questions and Answers : Preferences : CPU speed + errors + continuous trickling (Message 20064)
Posted 9 Feb 2006 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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If set to blank screen, there should be no calculations done. You could verify that by watching Task Manager when Blank screen kicks in.


Wait a minute here... how do you see the task manager after the screen goes blank??!

General comment on Memtest86+ & Prime95: I find memtest to be a good final memory test. If I can get it to run w/o erros I don\'t have memory errors with anything I run. In fact Test5 on AMD XPs (especially dual channel) will find things nothing else does. So, great tool and a prerequesit for any sort of stable OC\'ing set up.

However, I have some reservations about the absoluteness of Prime95. I personally believe CPDN to be a better FPU / CPU tester than Prime95. If P95 runs for an hour then the machine is ready to be tested with CPDN. Suspend all the other projects and if it runs overnight it\'s \'good to go\'.

I\'d be curious to see the General Prefs massic80 is using. Also has either machine been tweaked at all? I\'d better read on.
18) Questions and Answers : Preferences : Unable to merge computers (Message 20062)
Posted 9 Feb 2006 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Sorry, no way around it of which I\'m aware.

In time, the machine count can become a meaningless indicator. Unfortunate, because it renders comparative stats questionable to meaningless.


So with a big stick in hand, who\'s arm do we need to twist to get some clean-up done?

I\'ve got old machines whose last activity was 2004. Machines with no id, no units, no ip, no nothing... a trash entry. Machines who finished all work in 2005 or have only past due w/u\'s from 2005... all forms of trash. I\'ve taken to hidding them as it\'s such a mess.

Who do we need to write to get some action in this area?

19) Message boards : Number crunching : To Completion Time (Message 16466)
Posted 6 Oct 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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... text deleted...
If you suspended the slab unit now and set no new work for CP. I would estimate that around 1400 of 3600 hours to 28 Feb would be taken completing the sulphur model. That\'s about 39% of your time rather than the set 25%. It will then catch up on work on other projects before giving CP more time to do the slab before its deadline.

If you continue doing the slab, CP will end up taking much more of the time available than 39%. So if you want to avoid this, and keep resource usage more in line with what you have set, it could be sensible to suspend the slab model for 5 months. Since you are only 9 hours into the slab, this is what I would recommend.
... text deleted

Good clear thinking! I\'m now upset with myself that I didn\'t think of suspending the slab and running the other one 1st. Duh. Thanx much Crandles.
20) Message boards : Number crunching : To Completion Time (Message 16445)
Posted 5 Oct 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Are the estimated time to completion predictions for AMD based Windows machines close to reality for the sulfer cycle WUs?

One of my machines is working a slab WU (1.75% complete) with 9 hours crunched and an estimated remaining of about 334 hours. Since CPDN gets 25% of the machines time, that\'s 6 hours per day or about 55 days to complete. Well before the 9/2006 deadline. However, 55 days from now will put us into early December. Still no problem... but... I have a sulfer cycle 4.19 WU sitting in que behind it with a deadline of 2/28/2006 that has not started and has an estimated remaining of about 1543! If I did the math right, 1543 at 6 per day is around 257 days. And this thing will not start till December 1st! Unless someone tells me that the estimated completion time will run down way faster than the actual time crunched... I need to abort this WU before it starts.

For some reason when I upgraded from 4.45 to 4.72 I downloaded both of these WUs.
21) Message boards : Number crunching : Announcement: Database residual problem - misallocated WUs (Message 14285)
Posted 11 Jul 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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>
> Greetings from Andorra.
>
Josgre62,
Howdy from Austin, Texas. I want to see if I can persuade you to turning a small 5% or 10% of your CPU time to doing SETI for a week or two. We have a little cross team situation that you could make a big difference on ;-)

See <a href="http://www.boincsynergy.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=11539#11539/href">this</a> thread on the BOINC Synergy forums for more info or you can get a hold of me at my <a href="http://home.austin.rr.com/skipsjunk/html/contact.html">website</a>. Thanx, Skip

<img src="http://www.boincsynergy.com/images/stats/comb-134.jpg">
<br>Click <a href="http://home.austin.rr.com/skipsjunk/html/boincdv.html">HERE</a> for the most current version of BoincDV.
22) Questions and Answers : Windows : Duplicate Computer Names/Merge hosts problem (Message 12369)
Posted 7 May 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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&gt; With the projects one and only programmer so busy with the science part, it is
&gt; unlikely that problems such as this will be even thought about anytime soon.
&gt;
&gt; The 'glitch' was a change in the way that BOINC checks the processors internal
&gt; type info and 'publishes' it. I think it was an attempt to fix an earlier
&gt; problem with extracting the data, and it has created another problem.

CPDN has an additional problem that didn't show up on the other projects. I changed CPUs in one of my machines and was able to merge it back with the old host on LHC (and I think on all the projects except CPDN, will confirm). It doesn't seem to want to merge "AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+" and "AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm)" even though everything else is the same.
23) Questions and Answers : Windows : Best way to remove old machine from project.... (Message 12368)
Posted 7 May 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Latest DEV version of BOINC (4.37) has option, by project, to set "No New Work". Otherwise you can also create a different profile (venue) and set it to 0 days between connects. Assign old machine to that profile and it'll get no further work.
24) Questions and Answers : Windows : Climate prediction trying to update by connecting to SETI server?! (Message 10710)
Posted 11 Mar 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Exit BOINC and go to your BOINC folder/directory.
Open Windows Exporer and on the file Account_ClimatePrediction.net.xml right click.
Select Open with...
Select NotePad

Check and correct as needed these 3 lines:

http://climateprediction.net/
5xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
climateprediction.net

I think what you have is cross-linked the projects... I've done it before but I don't know how I got there. You might also want to check the account....xml files for the other projects you are attached to.

Hope this solves it for you, Skip
25) Questions and Answers : Windows : alpha versions 4.2x require signed files (Message 10451)
Posted 6 Mar 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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&gt; There is a workaround for this... Check <a> href="http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=11887"&gt;this</a> out
&gt; for a full explaination.

Yea, but the link is to the "all my servers are down" site ;-)
26) Questions and Answers : Windows : alpha versions 4.2x require signed files (Message 10029)
Posted 26 Feb 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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&gt; &gt; Any chance CPDN will be correcting this soon?
&gt;
&gt; Yes. Where "soon" is an unknown period of time. They are a bit short staffed
&gt; at the moment, and are
&gt; concentrating on getting the Sulphur Cycle model finished. Which is in a few
&gt; weeks.
&gt;
&gt; BOINC v4.19 is it until you get a "message from the server". And 4.19 has
&gt; known problems with certain proxies.
&gt;

OK, I'll just suspend CPDN for awhile and check back later. Thanx.
27) Questions and Answers : Windows : alpha versions 4.2x require signed files (Message 10012)
Posted 25 Feb 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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I can not get a new work unit on two of my machines because the input files are not signed as required by all versions of BOINC &gt; 4.19.

Any chance CPDN will be correcting this soon?

Thanx, Skip

PS: See LHC messages for lots of details
http://lhcathome.cern.ch/forum_thread.php?id=1141
28) Questions and Answers : Windows : BOINC icon not showing in systray (sometimes) (Message 10011)
Posted 25 Feb 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Instead of rebooting you can usually just logoff and logon and your systray icons will all show up... usually ;-)

29) Message boards : Number crunching : Bad for CPU to run 100%, 24/7 @ 62 degrees? (Message 10009)
Posted 25 Feb 2005 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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&gt; &gt; Could I please add my name to Graham's question - how do all of you
&gt; measure
&gt; &gt; the temperature? Should everyone running cpdn 24/7 be doing this,
&gt; whatever it
&gt; &gt; is?
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; I just occasionally feel the temp of the air coming out of the back with
&gt; my
&gt; &gt; hand. I clean inside and out from time to time with a mini paint brush
&gt; and
&gt; &gt; vacuum cleaner.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;
&gt; Try SpeedFan, it's what I use.
&gt; http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

Or MotherBoardMonitor, MBM, last version I got was MBM5370.exe
It will monitor fans speeds, temps, etc. etc. with various options for display and alarms and the ability to adjust how often it polls for the data. On my "warmer" machines I run it from startup as a systray icon and let it keep logs.

Skip
30) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Deleting a host (Message 4802)
Posted 29 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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I have retired host #19182 as it was a 199Mhz P1 w/ 64Mb running Win98. It shows TC = 0, RAC = 0 and "No trickles!" but when I try to delete it it says "error: existing results". Can ya'll delete it for me or do something so I can delete it?

Thanx, Skip Da Shu
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31) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Signature test thread to test siggy with cpdn.. (Message 4161)
Posted 15 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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hopefully...
<img src="http://www.setisynergy.com/images/stats/5383cpdn.png">
32) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Signature test thread to test siggy with cpdn.. (Message 4157)
Posted 15 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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Hmmmm

<img src="http://www.setisynergy.com/images/stats/5383cpdn.png">
33) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Signature test thread to test siggy with cpdn.. (Message 4156)
Posted 15 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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34) Questions and Answers : Wish list : BOINC / Project - user defined base priority variable for win (Message 4154)
Posted 15 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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I would like the ability to set the process priority running windows gui version. For example \"low\" is ok for some machines but on dedicated basket crunchers I\'d like to define that to something higher... like \"below normal\" or \"normal\". It would have to be host level so maybe as an option under the \"settings\" menu or at the host/project level by adding to the right click on a project menu.

Thanks, Skip

Win XP and 2K

35) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Ability to delete a not used workunit (Message 4153)
Posted 15 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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&gt; And on a not totally unrelated subject, it would be nice to be able to
&gt; 'retire' PCs. I retired a celeron 1100 in favour of a 3GHz P4 last week, but
&gt; it won't let me merge it as I have no other PC with the same name, and it
&gt; won't let me delete it (Error: existing results) because it did return some
&gt; trickles, during alpha and beta testing. Also I reformatted a linux box the
&gt; other day and put XP on it but it won't allow me to delete (Error: existing
&gt; [linux] results) the old version of that either. Topics that need to be
&gt; addressed some time.

Ditto. The box I want to delete is 19182 and it only has error'd w/u associated with it while trying to run BOINC 4.07 on win 98SE. Can ya'll deleted it and it's associated errored work units?



36) Message boards : Number crunching : CPDN Boinc memory footprint (Message 3973)
Posted 12 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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37) Message boards : Number crunching : CPDN Boinc memory footprint (Message 2854)
Posted 3 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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&gt; Maybe they took this out of the email they send out when you join, but my
&gt; email (invitation to join beta) explicitly said that CPDN would take up 50 MB
&gt; of RAM as well as up to 500 MB of hard drive space. And of course there is
&gt; the whole 1 month to process a work unit... I hope they didn't take it out
&gt; because I think people should be warned. CPDN is not for the faint of heart
&gt; :) 50 MB isn't much for me to spare (have 1 GB) but I can see it being a
&gt; problem for older systems.
&gt;

I remember some time ago seeing this now that you mention it. Probably on the board before the project opened up. It definitly eliminates my oldest machine a 200mhz thinkpad with 64Mb and a 3Gb drive. Thanks for the reminder. I've been blanketly adding this project on the other boxes as I went to 4.05 and probably would've done the same on the antique.

Skip
38) Questions and Answers : Windows : Visual Fortran run-time error (Message 2786)
Posted 3 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
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&gt; &gt; Ditto on my XP Pro, SP2, AMD XP3200+ @2.23Ghz w/ 1G ram. I have screen
&gt; prints
&gt; &gt; and the stdtxt, stderr files if someone wants to provide an email address
&gt; to
&gt; &gt; send them to.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Interesting thing is I'm running the same account/combo of BOINC 4.05 w/
&gt; CPDN,
&gt; &gt; SETI &amp; PREDICTOR on 5 other machines and the combo of BOINC 4.05 w/
&gt; SETI
&gt; &gt; only on 4 more machines and am only haveing problems with this one.
&gt; These
&gt; &gt; vary from a Dell P2 @ 400Mhz to P4s @ 2.8Ghz machines. Most running XP
&gt; Pro SP1
&gt; &gt; but some with NT Server and 1 Win 2K SP4 and 2 with XP Pro SP2. The
&gt; other two
&gt; &gt; with XP Pro SP2 are AMD XP24s.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; The prior day it crapped out a couple HADSM runs early and ask if I
&gt; wanted to
&gt; &gt; send a report to MS (I declined the generous offer) but I didn't capture
&gt; any
&gt; &gt; info then due to time constraints.
&gt;
&gt; After reading the cross post (Carl in Germany) I checked and found out one
&gt; thing different on this machine... it's the only one using the SP2 firewall
&gt; the other two are using Norton Internet Security. I'll change that and see
&gt; what happens over the next 24hrs.

No good first time it started up with a new HADSM3 task it gets the fortran error right away and sits. If I ok, or suspend/unsuspend it starts back up and gets the error in under 3 seconds.... Looking for other ideas.

39) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Boinc doesn´t start the modell (Message 2776)
Posted 2 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
Post:
&gt; &gt; might be possible. I noticed some checksum errors earlier. But I tried
&gt; to
&gt; &gt; reset the project...no it says:
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; climateprediction.net - 2004-08-28 15:35:44 - Message from server: No
&gt; work
&gt; &gt; available (daily quota exceeded)
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; Will try again tomorrow - so far its SETI instead of CP ;)
&gt;
&gt; Ah, yes. Carl set a <a> href="http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=252&amp;post=1730#1370"&gt;daily
&gt; download limit</a> of 4 work units per machine after somebody managed to eat
&gt; up 5,000 during the beta test ;)

I fixed my firewall problem yesterday and am still getting the 'daily quota exceeded'. What's it take to reset this? What are the timing rules... 24 hours from when?

Skip
40) Message boards : Number crunching : Unexpected problem downloading files (Message 2775)
Posted 2 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
Post:
&gt; Same Problem here. After detaching and reattaching several times I was able to
&gt; download without checksum error.
&gt; But when the client starts to work I get a strange error pop-up-box. The title
&gt; bar reads: "Visual Fortran run-time error"
&gt;
&gt; and it goes on: "forrtl: severe(17): syntaxerror in NAMELIST input, unit 57,
&gt; file
&gt; %boincpath%/projects/climateprediction.net/61h_000032843/jobs/spec3a_sw_3_asol2b_hadcm3"
&gt;
&gt;
&gt; Does anyone know what this means?
&gt;
&gt; The client stops crunching after this message and hangs at 1 sec. CPU time.

Had same problem and it APPEARS to have been the Win XP Pro SP2 Firewall. The other boxes using NIS firewall don't have the problem. Trying to get CPDN W/Us to confirm but SETI and LHC are working fine now.
41) Questions and Answers : Windows : Visual Fortran run-time error (Message 2714)
Posted 2 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
Post:
&gt; Ditto on my XP Pro, SP2, AMD XP3200+ @2.23Ghz w/ 1G ram. I have screen prints
&gt; and the stdtxt, stderr files if someone wants to provide an email address to
&gt; send them to.
&gt;
&gt; Interesting thing is I'm running the same account/combo of BOINC 4.05 w/ CPDN,
&gt; SETI &amp; PREDICTOR on 5 other machines and the combo of BOINC 4.05 w/ SETI
&gt; only on 4 more machines and am only haveing problems with this one. These
&gt; vary from a Dell P2 @ 400Mhz to P4s @ 2.8Ghz machines. Most running XP Pro SP1
&gt; but some with NT Server and 1 Win 2K SP4 and 2 with XP Pro SP2. The other two
&gt; with XP Pro SP2 are AMD XP24s.
&gt;
&gt; The prior day it crapped out a couple HADSM runs early and ask if I wanted to
&gt; send a report to MS (I declined the generous offer) but I didn't capture any
&gt; info then due to time constraints.

After reading the cross post (Carl in Germany) I checked and found out one thing different on this machine... it's the only one using the SP2 firewall the other two are using Norton Internet Security. I'll change that and see what happens over the next 24hrs.

42) Questions and Answers : Windows : Visual Fortran run-time error (Message 2710)
Posted 2 Sep 2004 by Profile Skip Da Shu
Post:
Ditto on my XP Pro, SP2, AMD XP3200+ @2.23Ghz w/ 1G ram. I have screen prints and the stdtxt, stderr files if someone wants to provide an email address to send them to.

Interesting thing is I'm running the same account/combo of BOINC 4.05 w/ CPDN, SETI &amp; PREDICTOR on 5 other machines and the combo of BOINC 4.05 w/ SETI only on 4 more machines and am only haveing problems with this one. These vary from a Dell P2 @ 400Mhz to P4s @ 2.8Ghz machines. Most running XP Pro SP1 but some with NT Server and 1 Win 2K SP4 and 2 with XP Pro SP2. The other two with XP Pro SP2 are AMD XP24s.

The prior day it crapped out a couple HADSM runs early and ask if I wanted to send a report to MS (I declined the generous offer) but I didn't capture any info then due to time constraints.

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