Posts by Bill H

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Why do I keep getting a 'Computation Error'? (Message 48149) Posted 11 Feb 2014 by Bill H Post: It may not correspond with your error but I live in an area that gets power cuts. They are not that frequent (say once a month or so) and they don't last long, usually a minute max, however they do cause Computational Error on the Climate Prediction application every damn time. Does anyone know if there is there any way that I can set up BOINC so that CP will restart at the last clean-point or something? Bill H
2) Message boards : Number crunching : No work available (Message 43333) Posted 30 Oct 2011 by Bill H Post: Just checked: I have all the projects in the list selected. I also have the box checked that allows substitution. I have 8gb of RAM (some of which will be in use) and 500Gb of free disk (on the c: drive) and 4 AMD processors. I am running BOINC 6.12.34 (64) The response from the server was:- 30/10/2011 14:43:16 \| climateprediction.net \| Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 30/10/2011 14:43:16 \| climateprediction.net \| Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU 30/10/2011 14:43:18 \| climateprediction.net \| Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 30/10/2011 14:43:18 \| climateprediction.net \| No work sent (I think - couldn't look in the two places simultaniously) that there were 2 -EU jobs 'available' Does this mean I'm only requesting GPU work? (and if so how do I change it?) Bill H
3) Message boards : Number crunching : No work available (Message 43331) Posted 30 Oct 2011 by Bill H Post: The servers say that work is available but it won't give me any. I have not (to my knowledge) set any preferences that would avoid any CP work. Anyone know what could be wrong? Bill H
4) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42544) Posted 4 Jul 2011 by Bill H Post: Despite the new work being flagged in 'News' I still haven't picked up any! PC sitting here with no Climate Prediction to work on :-( Are there still work units still available or will I have to just wait until I get lucky? Bill
5) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42360) Posted 8 Jun 2011 by Bill H Post: Congrats - I seem to be missing out on what (little) work there is to be had :-( Is there a 'Good Time' to request new work (in GMT please)? Bill H
6) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42334) Posted 5 Jun 2011 by Bill H Post: This thread started in mid-May any ideas as to when work may become available -OR- should we (in the short term!), look for other BOINC projects that may need our resources? Bill
7) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42279) Posted 29 May 2011 by Bill H Post: The 'Server Status' reports that one upload server is not working but that the others are all OK and have work to send. While I appreciate that the whole thing is very complex keeping the just table updated with the current server status shouldn't be that difficult - or is it? Meanwhile only one of my processors has CP work and uploads and downloads continue to wait. Perhaps these messages will persuade management to deploy more resources...? All the best in getting things back on track! Bill
8) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42268) Posted 27 May 2011 by Bill H Post: I suspect that the problem is just due to server loading but here are the jobs, which may help diagnosis. Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------- 27/05/2011 11:07:48 \| climateprediction.net \| Started download of hadam3p_eu_2lcd_1980_1_007259338.zip 27/05/2011 11:08:10 \| climateprediction.net \| Temporarily failed download of hadam3p_eu_2lcd_1980_1_007259338.zip: connect() failed 27/05/2011 11:08:10 \| climateprediction.net \| Backing off 9 hr 25 min 21 sec on download of hadam3p_eu_2lcd_1980_1_007259338.zip 27/05/2011 11:08:13 \| \| Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 27/05/2011 11:08:15 \| \| Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. 27/05/2011 11:11:19 \| climateprediction.net \| Started download of hadam3p_eu_2lcd_1980_1_007259338.zip 27/05/2011 11:11:22 \| climateprediction.net \| Started upload of hadam3p_eu_2ry9_1960_1_007229891_0_9.zip 27/05/2011 11:11:44 \| climateprediction.net \| Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_eu_2ry9_1960_1_007229891_0_9.zip: connect() failed 27/05/2011 11:11:44 \| climateprediction.net \| Backing off 11 hr 55 min 32 sec on upload of hadam3p_eu_2ry9_1960_1_007229891_0_9.zip 27/05/2011 11:11:47 \| \| Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 27/05/2011 11:11:48 \| \| Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
9) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42267) Posted 27 May 2011 by Bill H Post: Now BOINC is still waiting for the long-promised downloads but has an upload stuck too. Weather is raining here - but I can't blame that on the simulation, but maybe it accounts for my crabby mood! Bill H
10) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42253) Posted 26 May 2011 by Bill H Post: Well the good news is that I have been alloacted some new work - Hooray!! The bad news is that downloading it has been stuck in the 'Backing Off' for 16 hours - Boo!! It is obvious with Tornados in the US and ash-clouds from Iceland disrupting Air Traffic, that weather prediction should receive a better priority (ie more money?) from government. Trouble is I can't see that the money spent so far has resulted in better prediction(?) Perhaps someone can correct me, but in Norfolk, UK the weather seems the same old thing and the prediction 'It will be the same tomorrow as it is today' is much more likely to be right than the Met Office forcast... Are we (I mean you) getting better at predicting or is the weather itself becoming more complex and hence difficult to analyse? Bill H PS Still waiting for work...
11) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42243) Posted 24 May 2011 by Bill H Post: Yes, I did read your post. I normally run 7am to 10pm but now have tried 24/7. Still no new work. While I think ClimatePrediction is a worthwhile use of spare PC resources (goodness knows we need better weather forcasting!) perhaps you have already collected all the data you need? Should I run alternative activities that maybe need the processor power more? Have we done enough and the research is nearing completion? It would be good to have an update... Bill H
12) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42234) Posted 22 May 2011 by Bill H Post: Still no work - what is going on? My PC is connected and waiting during daylight hours and you'd think that some would come my way. Is the project coming to an end or were the moderators thinking that the End-Of-The-World prediction for the 21st May might be true... It would be useful to have an official position on when the 'No Work' dought will cease - Please Bill H
13) Message boards : Number crunching : NO WORK! (Message 42196) Posted 18 May 2011 by Bill H Post: I have the same issue - no work! Its the first time I've seen it - No comment on when work will be available from the moderators...? GH
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Can't upload for 12 days (Message 41445) Posted 6 Jan 2011 by Bill H Post: I had all four climate prediction jobs terminate unexpectedly and had to start new ones. Even so I have the same problem with uploading. I have 6 x hadam3p queuing up for upload for over a week... Any ideas on when the server will be back on-line? Bill H
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload process locked (Message 39160) Posted 6 Mar 2010 by Bill H Post: Yes -I can confirm the inconsistent part. It appears only to have blocked the AM uploads on my PC. I noticed that a recent SM passed through without a problem. Bill H
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload process locked (Message 39087) Posted 28 Feb 2010 by Bill H Post: Yep - works for me too! Well done for isolating the problem. Let\'s see what the team comes up with for longer term BOINC working? Bill H
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload process locked (Message 39085) Posted 28 Feb 2010 by Bill H Post: The two first models were stuck on 20/2/2010 one at 9:08 the other at 18:31, the latest was this weekend 27/2/2010 at 20:40. They are mostly 20Mbytes+ Bill H
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload process locked (Message 39071) Posted 28 Feb 2010 by Bill H Post: It\'s reassuring to know that this isn\'t just a quirk of my PC and that others have the issue too. All servers are reported to be up so that isn\'t the reason and running the upload at 5:30am should (?) avoid network congestion too! Boinc IS uploading something and this is (presumably) being rejected for a good (or perhaps not so good) reason at the server end. Is there a server log file that might give a clue? Still there must be a lot of systems that don\'t have this problem as it would seem that the majority of users are OK. BTW it\'s not that I was monitoring uploads, more that network performance \"fell off a cliff\" so I couldn\'t ignore it! :-) Cheers Bill
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload process locked (Message 39070) Posted 28 Feb 2010 by Bill H Post: A slightly different message set from Windows 7 Bill H ============================================================== 28/02/2010 06:51:04 climateprediction.net Requesting new tasks for GPU 28/02/2010 06:51:25 climateprediction.net Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 28/02/2010 06:51:25 climateprediction.net Message from server: No work sent 28/02/2010 06:53:53 climateprediction.net Started upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_2.zip 28/02/2010 06:54:25 Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 28/02/2010 06:54:25 climateprediction.net Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_1.zip: HTTP error 28/02/2010 06:54:25 climateprediction.net Backing off 37 min 18 sec on upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_1.zip 28/02/2010 06:54:43 Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. 28/02/2010 06:59:11 Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 28/02/2010 06:59:11 climateprediction.net Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_2.zip: HTTP error 28/02/2010 06:59:11 climateprediction.net Backing off 28 min 58 sec on upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_2.zip 28/02/2010 06:59:27 Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. 28/02/2010 07:28:09 climateprediction.net Started upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_2.zip 28/02/2010 07:31:43 climateprediction.net Started upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_1.zip 28/02/2010 07:33:27 Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 28/02/2010 07:33:27 climateprediction.net Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_2.zip: HTTP error 28/02/2010 07:33:27 climateprediction.net Backing off 2 hr 46 min 30 sec on upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_2.zip 28/02/2010 07:33:41 Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. 28/02/2010 07:37:01 Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 28/02/2010 07:37:01 climateprediction.net Temporarily failed upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_1.zip: HTTP error 28/02/2010 07:37:01 climateprediction.net Backing off 1 hr 44 min 1 sec on upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_1.zip 28/02/2010 07:37:09 Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload process locked (Message 39068) Posted 28 Feb 2010 by Bill H Post: I run my Pc mainly on Vista but also have a Windows 7 disk. I have been using this W7 recently due to the high network load generated by the issue on Vista. The W7 Climate model has now completed and has the same symptoms. Bill H ================================================================= 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.18 for windows_x86_64 28/02/2010 06:32:38 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Data directory: D:\\ProgramData\\BOINC 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Running under account Bill 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor [AMD64 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2] 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Processor: 512.00 KB cache 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni 3dnow mmx 28/02/2010 06:32:38 OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Home Premium x64 Edition, (06.01.7600.00) 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Memory: 8.00 GB physical, 16.00 GB virtual 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Disk: 465.83 GB total, 421.89 GB free 28/02/2010 06:32:38 Local time is UTC +0 hours 28/02/2010 06:32:38 NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 9500 GT (driver version 19562, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 1.1, 1024MB, 88 GFLOPS peak) 28/02/2010 06:32:39 Not using a proxy 28/02/2010 06:32:39 rosetta@home URL http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 1174562; resource share 100 28/02/2010 06:32:39 climateprediction.net URL http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID 1022723; resource share 100 28/02/2010 06:32:39 rosetta@home General prefs: from rosetta@home (last modified 12-May-2007 22:12:12) 28/02/2010 06:32:39 rosetta@home Host location: none 28/02/2010 06:32:39 rosetta@home General prefs: using your defaults 28/02/2010 06:32:39 Preferences limit memory usage when active to 4095.59MB 28/02/2010 06:32:39 Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 7372.06MB 28/02/2010 06:32:39 Preferences limit disk usage to 100.00GB 28/02/2010 06:32:39 climateprediction.net Started upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_1.zip 28/02/2010 06:32:39 climateprediction.net Started upload of hadam3p_mmjn_1986_2_1006350381_5_2.zip 28/02/2010 06:32:39 climateprediction.net Restarting task hadsm3fub_kdqo_006474986_9 using hadsm3 version 607 28/02/2010 06:32:39 climateprediction.net Restarting task hadsm3fub_jnyh_006441571_7 using hadsm3 version 607 28/02/2010 06:32:39 climateprediction.net Restarting task hadsm3fub_jnx6_006441524_8 using hadsm3 version 607 28/02/2010 06:32:48 rosetta@home Restarting task t345__boinc_filtered_loopbuild_threading_cst_lb_tex_IGNORE_THE_REST_16900_6203_0 using minirosetta version 205 28/02/2010 06:32:48 rosetta@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 28/02/2010 06:32:48 rosetta@home Requesting new tasks for GPU 28/02/2010 06:32:54 rosetta@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks

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