Posts by old_user43157

1) Questions and Answers : Windows : AMD and \"client error\" (Message 29793) Posted 31 Jul 2007 by old_user43157 Post: I am working with people at our IT department for the upgrade. Hopefully it will fix the problem. I don\'t use any other \"high resources\" software on the AMD machine. BOINC was installed on each computer by individual download of the software from the website. Thanks! TG I had a look at the last 17 failures on this computer. All of them have the well known error: exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005) This is one of several similar Windows \"Stop\" error codes, and is usually something to do with the display device. It can sometimes be cured by upgrading the drivers for the display card/chips from the card/board maker\'s web site, and/or upgrading the version of DirectX. It may also be due to some other \'high resource\' program being run at the same time. (Games, video/audio editing/streaming, voip, etc.) There are 5 README files here, one of which is about crashes and other problems. Finally, is the type of display card in the AMDs the same as that in the Intel computer? Some types of ATI cards in AMD computers were causing a problem about 2 years ago.
2) Questions and Answers : Windows : AMD and \"client error\" (Message 29774) Posted 30 Jul 2007 by old_user43157 Post: Hi, I am a little confused. First, I installed the BOINC copy similarly on these computers by simply following the instructions. Why would the preferences be different? Why do I get the error messages on the AMD machine and not the Intel one? I didn\'t do anything different when installing. The problem with the AMD processor is not specific to a single computer. Originally, I had the software installed on 3 AMDs and all of them returned the error messages. I am afraid the remedies suggested are way above my head. I have no idea how I deal with quotes or filesystem permissions. Thanks! TG Mr. Gordi, It looks like we may have been following the wrong trail. Based on these failed work units: http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/result.php?resultid=6608248 http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/result.php?resultid=6599454 ...and others. It\'s either one of three things (most likely #3): 1) Filesystem permissions problem. Make sure you have Full Control on the BOINC folder and ALL subfolders. If BOINC is running as a service, make sure the service account has R/W and is the OWNER of BOINC folder. Else, the group Everyone should have Full Control of BOINC folder. 2) Quotas on the filesystem. If you have quotas installed, check the usage. 3) It appears the app crashes when creating a zip file to send trickles. This might be if your total disk usage set in global preferences gets exceeded when it writes a certain number of trickles. This could also happen if you don\'t have enough free space on the drive; this is also set in global preferences. If so, BOINC may be denying disk usage to CPDN. Try increasing your total disk usage quota in the global preferences (website) and clicking Update on the CPDN project.
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : AMD and \"client error\" (Message 29725) Posted 26 Jul 2007 by old_user43157 Post: Thanks for the advice on the display card. I\'ll see what I can do to update the drive. I\'d like to add, however, that I used to run BOINC on 4 machines, 3 of them AMD, and none of the AMD ones seemed to work (you may take a look at my old postings). I don\'t \"kill\" the BOINC. I do exactly as you suggest, i.e. exit under the file menu. TG
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : AMD and \"client error\" (Message 29716) Posted 25 Jul 2007 by old_user43157 Post: The Intel configuration: Windows XP professional with SP2, Pentium(r) 4 CPU 3.00 GHz, 1.49 GB RAM. BOINC: v. 5.2.13 The AMD configuration: AMD Athlon (tm) 64x2 Dual core processor 4400+, 2.2 GHz, 2 GB RAM. BOINC: v. 5.8.15 I am not sure how I can provide links to the work unit that crashes. I don\'t play on any of these computers. The AMD one is used very seldom for some scientific modeling program. Whenever I use that program, I kill all other applications. I don\'t think I use the screen saver function. I am afraid I can\'t find a way to change the option. TG
5) Questions and Answers : Windows : AMD and \"client error\" (Message 29708) Posted 25 Jul 2007 by old_user43157 Post: Hi, I run BOINC on two computers (Windows), one with an AMD and one with an Intel processor. Of the 38 models run om my AMD machine, only 1 has been successful with all others displaying \"Client error\". All 8 runs on the Intel machine were successful. Any remedy for the AMD machines? I am no computer expert and cannot make any changes in a program, so please make the advices as easy as possible. Thanks! T. Gordi
6) Questions and Answers : Windows : Client Error message (Message 24679) Posted 12 Oct 2006 by old_user43157 Post: I have BOINC installed on 6 computers, 1 PC with Intel (XP), 4 PCs with AMD (XP), and 1 mac with PPC (OS X). Looking at the history of my account for the first time (I have had the program running since early last year), I have noticed almost 90% \"Client Error\" as results of the models that have run. All of them on the AMD machines. In fact, none of the AMD machines ever resulted in any successful end of the models! I am very disappointed of so much time being wasted. Does anybody know why it doesn\'t work on AMD PCs? T. Gordi
7) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : My mac never completes a work (Message 17848) Posted 7 Dec 2005 by old_user43157 Post: Following on the last mail, I have now run the program for a couple of days and it has already started over on 2 jobs. None of them got over 5%. For the last one the message is: Couldn\'t write state file Unrevoverable error for result sulphur-..(process got signal 10) request_reschedule_cups:process exited Computation for resultsulphure_... finished This is followed for a similar message for the second process (Dual G5: 2 processes) The installations went smoothly and I can\'t blame the software anymore. I wrote \"installations\" because I had to first install something, that I think went to the library folder, and then the program. This was according to the instraction on the download file that asks OS X users to do this. Any ideas? Toufigh
8) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : My mac never completes a work (Message 17702) Posted 4 Dec 2005 by old_user43157 Post: I just did. Let\'s see how this one works. Thanks! TG tgordi: Did you upgrade to Boinc 5.2.13 ?
9) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : My mac never completes a work (Message 17674) Posted 3 Dec 2005 by old_user43157 Post: And it should be waste and not waist, of course. :-)
10) Questions and Answers : Macintosh : My mac never completes a work (Message 17673) Posted 3 Dec 2005 by old_user43157 Post: I have had the BOINC running on my OS X.4 for over 2 months. It has never completed a single task successfully. At the most it has completed 12% of an assigned task and then there are some problems and it starts a new work. It seems that there is some problem with connection to the server. On my PC (Windows XP), I get the same message, but the task continues to run until a successful connection is made. On the Mac, however, it aborts the task after a single failed connection attempt. Is this common or have I installed the program incorrectly? It feels like a waist of time and resource. I am also concerned about the fate of the unfinished task. Best regards, T. Gordi
11) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Need help (Message 15971) Posted 13 Sep 2005 by old_user43157 Post: Thanks for the reply! I am not opening new account. I am trying to start a new model using my present account. I can see on my mac (home computer) the other model (run on a pc at work). Under PROJECTS tab I click on \"Attach new project\". It asks for URL and account key. When I enter them, the message board gives the following: Already attached to http://climateprediction.net/.
12) Message boards : Cafe CPDN : Need help (Message 15960) Posted 13 Sep 2005 by old_user43157 Post: I apologize for sending this message to this forum but I don\'t seem to be able to find other resource. I have a small problem: I have an account, running a project at my work computer. Now I am trying to install another project at home. It doesn\'t seem to work since the website where I download a project already recognizes my work computer and thinks that I am already attached to the project. Any idea how I can start a new project on my home computer? Thanks! TG
13) Questions and Answers : Windows : BOINC installed. Now what? (Message 7829) Posted 27 Jan 2005 by old_user43157 Post: I have installed the software. It asks for project URL and account ID. The latter I know but what is the former? Thanks!