Posts by old_user1454

1) Questions and Answers : Windows : 500 odd hours down the tube... (Message 4983) Posted 3 Oct 2004 by old_user1454 Post: I guess that this, if anything, is the downside of CPDN. If a SETI/LHC WU vanishes you only lose a few minutes - few hours worth of work....but with CPDN a whole months worth of work is lost if ANYTHING goes wrong. I also did noticed that the hadsm programs being used before the crash were 4.03, and now when I reattached I received 4.04.
2) Questions and Answers : Windows : 500 odd hours down the tube... (Message 4944) Posted 2 Oct 2004 by old_user1454 Post: > I've had this error happen at home and it wasn't "fatal" (i.e. if you quit > & restart it may start the workunit again?) > > > Heya Carl, Tried that, also tried restoring the client_state.xml from the backup copy - also tried a Windows XP "System restore" but it was futile. The client showed that the CPU time as still being 500 hours, and the To Completion time as 80 hours, but it was like the checkpoint side of things had failed.....very strange indeed.
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : 500 odd hours down the tube... (Message 4932) Posted 2 Oct 2004 by old_user1454 Post: 2004-10-02 16:25:56 [---] General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 2004-10-02 15:54:08) 2004-10-02 16:25:56 [---] General prefs: using separate prefs for home 2004-10-02 16:26:07 [climateprediction.net] Resuming computation for result 0238_400027693_0 using hadsm3 version 4.03 2004-10-02 16:26:08 [SETI@home] Deferring computation for result 01mr04ab.2990.18690.579834.182_1 2004-10-02 16:26:08 [LHC@home] Deferring computation for result v64lhc1000pro39s4_6556.52_1_sixvf_62566_0 2004-10-02 16:27:03 [climateprediction.net] Result 0238_400027693_0 exited with zero status but no \'finished\' file Above occurred after a system restart (scheduled, not a crash) Meaning I lost a WU at 83%. Can someone tell me why this happened?
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : Win98 not supported? (Message 4708) Posted 27 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: Timbo, Just make sure you download BOINC V4.09. This is compatible with Win9x. The reason the CPDN download page only shows 2k/XP was due to older versions of BOINC (4.05) causing Win9x machines to grind to a halt and then require a power reset. Crunch away! Scott
5) Questions and Answers : Windows : climateprediction.net - 2004-09-20 19:35:11 - Unrecoverable error for result 2kbk_100140858_0 ( - exit code -5 (0xfffffffb)) (Message 4420) Posted 21 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: CPDN is VERY picky in regards to system stability. Try running a testing program to see if your machine finishes successfully. May also be an error with RAM as well, so might be worth running memtest as well.
6) Questions and Answers : Windows : Inactive result still getting credit? (Message 3558) Posted 9 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: I have the following WU being processed at present on one of my machines: 200396 192321 7 Sep 2004 4:05:11 UTC --- Inactive Unknown New The server state shows as Inactive. Is this anything to worry about? The WU is still receiving credit and is computing correctly. Thanks, Scott
7) Questions and Answers : Windows : Lost all work under V4.05 (Message 3396) Posted 8 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: > > Most likely the client_state.xml file got corrupted in the crash. If > BOINC > > loses that file it forgets almost everything and has to start over. > > <br>John Keck -- BOINCing since 2002/12/08 -- <a> > href="http://www.boinc.dk/index.php?page=user_statistics&project=cpdn&userid=191"><img> > border="0" height="80" src="http://191.cpdn.sig.boinc.dk?188"></a> > > > > > > Pity the program doesn't automatically make a backup copy, or runs two > versions such as client_state01.xml and client_state02.xml..... > > And the annoying thing is, I installed a different AV program and it refuses > to install in any other language apart from Spanish! grrrrr > > All is not lost! I received over 5000 points in credit from the WU that crashed :) :) :)
8) Questions and Answers : Windows : Lost all work under V4.05 (Message 3237) Posted 7 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: > Most likely the client_state.xml file got corrupted in the crash. If BOINC > loses that file it forgets almost everything and has to start over. > <br>John Keck -- BOINCing since 2002/12/08 -- <a> href="http://www.boinc.dk/index.php?page=user_statistics&project=cpdn&userid=191"><img> border="0" height="80" src="http://191.cpdn.sig.boinc.dk?188"></a> > > Pity the program doesn't automatically make a backup copy, or runs two versions such as client_state01.xml and client_state02.xml..... And the annoying thing is, I installed a different AV program and it refuses to install in any other language apart from Spanish! grrrrr
9) Questions and Answers : Windows : Lost all work under V4.05 (Message 3211) Posted 7 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: Hello All, I was in the process of uninstalling an expired AV program which caused a BSOD relating to a sys file, a physical dump took place. I managed to get around this issue with the AV uninstall, however upon rebooting the machine, both SETI and CPDN reset their projects automatically. Upon navigating to the project folders, both still had their WUs in there and required exe files as well. I am perplexed as to why removing an antivirus program and then rebooting would cause BOINC to reset both projects. Needless to say I lost an absolute truckload of completed work, however that is not the main issue. The issue is that they reset automatically. I know there is no way to recover the work. Anyone have any ideas why this would\'ve happened? Thanks, Scott
10) Message boards : Number crunching : How large are trickles and completed WU uploads? (Message 2966) Posted 4 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: > > Hello All, > > > > I believe trickles are around 100 bytes, but how large are completed > WUs? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Scott > > > Final upload of completed WUs (under classic) were about 4.5MB in 3phase model > (a little more with THC experiment). BOINC should be pretty much the same. > <img src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/cpdn/stats.php?userID=56&trans=off"> > > Thanks All! Good thing I have a nice fast Broadband connection :) (Uploads at around 20k/sec and downloads at approx 650 - 800k/sec)
11) Questions and Answers : Windows : Smaller WUs? (Message 2843) Posted 3 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: > All WUs are the same size. In my experience the time to completion for a newly > downloaded job is always way too low, but adjusts fairly rapidly when it > starts. > > Given that both your registered computers are single processor systems I'd > guess that <b>Keep enough work</b> might be set a bit too high in your > preferences. > > <a href="http://www.teampicard.net"><img> src="http://www.teampicard.net/templates/fisubice/images/phpbb2_logo.jpg"></a><a> href="http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/team_display.php?teamid=3">Join > us here</a> > My keep enough work prefs are set to 14 days (In allignment with SETIs 14 day report deadline) Thanks for the info however! Scott
12) Questions and Answers : Windows : Smaller WUs? (Message 2836) Posted 3 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: My machine just downloaded 2 extra WUs, and the \"To Completion\" time on both is only 275 hours. Wus are named: 1sl4000104560_0 1sl5000104561_1 My current WU name begins with 238, with a \"To completion\" time of 450 odd hours. Are these different Wus? Or just me being new to CPDN? Scott
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Can\'t get enough WU for dual HT Box (Message 2806) Posted 3 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: > > have you updated after you changed your preferences? > > > > > > YES! I upped the MaxCPU to 8, as well, and updated again. > > Still only have 2 WU > > What OS are you running? And how much memory does your PC have? Might be worth mucking around with virtual memory options as well.. Found under general preferences. A good test would be to attach to another project such as S@H and see if all "four" processors are utilised.
14) Message boards : Number crunching : How large are trickles and completed WU uploads? (Message 2801) Posted 3 Sep 2004 by old_user1454 Post: Hello All, As the subject states, I am wondering how large the uploads are with CPDN via BOINC. S@H varied from 2k - 30k P@H varied from 3k to 300k I believe trickles are around 100 bytes, but how large are completed WUs? Thanks, Scott
15) Questions and Answers : Windows : How often do machines trickle? (Message 2276) Posted 31 Aug 2004 by old_user1454 Post: Hello All, How often do machines on average trickle? From viewing other peoples results it seems to vary from every 2-4 days. Is this accurate? Scott
16) Questions and Answers : Windows : How does one zoom in? (Message 2274) Posted 31 Aug 2004 by old_user1454 Post: Hello All, TOTAL noob when it comes to CPDN, and am wondering how do you zoom in on a particular area when viewing the screensaver? Thanks hangs head in shame for such a noob query Scott