Posts by Richard Giles

1) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Shutting down for re-boot. (Message 63932) Posted 3 May 2021 by Richard Giles Post: Hi. I've recently started running CPDN tasks on my Linux box again. Am I correct in remembering that HadAM4/N216 crash if I reboot the system? It would be nice to know. Thanks. Richard
2) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Trickle won't upload (Message 54588) Posted 27 Jul 2016 by Richard Giles Post: Thanks for fix and the explanation Les. Your fix worked, so the task is now marked as completed. Richard
3) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Trickle won't upload (Message 54576) Posted 26 Jul 2016 by Richard Giles Post: Hi, This task http://climateapps2.oerc.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/result.php?resultid=19755776 has finished executing on my machine, but is marked as "in progress" on cpdn's server. There is no corresponding wah2_mex25_c1ul... directory in the climateprediction.net folder, only a couple of zip files: -rw-r--r-- 1 boinc boinc 110305175 Jul 19 13:38 wah2_mex25_c1ul_200812_13_410_010610873_0_10.zip -rw-r--r-- 1 boinc boinc 15139 Jul 11 05:31 wah2_mex25_c1ul_200812_13_410_010610873.zip The "boinccmd --get-messages" command shows that the system has been trying to upload this 10th trickle several times a day. When I use boincmgr to retry the upload: uploading starts but hangs after about 70% of the file is uploaded, as confirmed by boinccmd: $ boinccmd --get_file_transfers ======== File transfers ======== 1) ----------- name: wah2_mex25_c1ul_200812_13_410_010610873_0_10.zip direction: upload sticky: no xfer active: no time_so_far: 13472.478700 bytes_xferred: 69337088.000000 xfer_speed: 0.000000 Is there anything I can do? This task has consumed about 10 days of cpu time and I'd prefer it not to be wasted! Thanks in advance. Richard
4) Questions and Answers : Wish list : A Wiki (Message 51783) Posted 7 Apr 2015 by Richard Giles Post: Thanks for the welcome and the replies. I think I made it clear that I'm not in a position to carry this one through... perhaps that's just a convenient excuse that may start to wear thin! I wasn't criticising anyone - just feeding back some frustration. I found the FAQ fine for getting started. It was when I wanted to make sure that the tasks on my machine were completing OK that I started to find the process of getting information a bit taxing. I thought I'd struck gold when I found this sticky: http://climateapps2.oerc.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=5481 But the links are broken! Essentially my first review of the (excellent) information given here http://climateapps2.oerc.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/results.php?hostid=1350111&offset=0&show_names=0&state=0 about the tasks running on my machine has not been very encouraging. Over the last few months the CPU time ascribed to tasks with status "completed" is 2.8e6 seconds while the same number for those whose status is "error while computing" is 7.3e6 seconds! That sounds like a big waste of electricity and perhaps not really worth leaving the machine switched on for! I see now that it looks like a very recent thread may be relevant: http://climateapps2.oerc.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=8064 But I've still got work to do before I understand it! Thanks again. Richard
5) Questions and Answers : Wish list : A Wiki (Message 51769) Posted 5 Apr 2015 by Richard Giles Post: Just getting a bit frustrated digging around the forum to get answers to the questions I have. There's clearly lots of expertise about. Wouldn't a Wiki be worth the investment (of other people's time!)? It might save the experts from being pestered with questions that they've answered before. And it should make life easier for the ignorant (e.g. me) as well as saving us from the embarrassment of asking daft questions. All the best, Richard