Posts by KWSN Sir Clark

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Upload failures (Message 60599) Posted 5 Jul 2019 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: It seems to be working now I'm sure Les will clarify but my backlog cleared.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Error while computing??? (Message 59467) Posted 19 Jan 2019 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Why don't they cancel the batch from the server and cancel the units from the machines ? Yep. There's a facility to do this. Other projects like WCG do it if a WU is not needed due to a quorum being met by a late returning WU. I'm not sure whether it works on tasks that are already in progress on a host. Hopefully the project folk here can sort it.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Error while computing??? (Message 59463) Posted 18 Jan 2019 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Note to all: All batch 781 tasks can be aborted. Could this be sent to Boinc Managers automatically by the server?
4) Message boards : Number crunching : What Happened ??? (Message 58098) Posted 19 Apr 2018 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Hmmmmmmmm. I have 7 listed as in progress on here but actually only have two still crunching. The rest should have been reported.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Fortran error in HadCM3 short models (Message 57432) Posted 4 Dec 2017 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: I got the following error in three UK Met Office HadCM3 short models. Third one running okay so far. Task 20912062 Task 20912065 Task 20912064
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Credit Status (Message 57215) Posted 27 Oct 2017 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Hear hear. I've never understood the obsession with credits. Credits are and always will just a measure of showing your dedication to a project. The science is infinitely more important than a number which means nothing much to anyone else except "oh I see he's crunched more than me".
7) Message boards : Number crunching : wah tasks failed (Message 52529) Posted 11 Sep 2015 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Just had the one WU but it errored out on Win 7 64bit with the 13 absent zip file errors
8) Message boards : Number crunching : No work for Windows? (Message 52511) Posted 9 Sep 2015 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Just picked up a HADCM3 Short so it's trickling out slowly.
9) Message boards : Number crunching : hadam3p_pnw task not making progress (Message 50411) Posted 8 Oct 2014 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: hadam3p_pnw_w1j9_2003_1_009087131_0 Put up a big fortran run time error box. Forgot to screenshot it before I quit it. D'oh!
10) Message boards : Number crunching : ANOTHER UPLOAD PROBLEM (Message 50274) Posted 23 Sep 2014 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: It needs a kick up the backside. Just under 2,000 WUs available a no way to report them. Currently got two queued and a third on the way.
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Total results for WU query (Message 31615) Posted 5 Dec 2007 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Model just finished Woohoo!!!!!!!
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Total results for WU query (Message 30461) Posted 9 Sep 2007 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Okay will do....... As you can tell from my results I\'ve not managed to actually finish a model without it erroring out or me having to abort it. I\'m hoping to change this :) Thanks for the feedback.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Total results for WU query (Message 30457) Posted 9 Sep 2007 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Should I continue with this model as it already greatly exceeds the server settings for total results. http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/workunit.php?wuid=6087502
14) Questions and Answers : Windows : Computation error (Message 23605) Posted 14 Jul 2006 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: My backup method: Suspended the project in the Tasks tab. Exit BOINC. Navigate to the folder containing the BOINC folder. Delete any existing backup. Right-click on the BOINC folder and create a ZIP file of it (I use WinRAR). (Creating a RAR file takes a lot longer on my system) Start up BOINC again and resume crunching. Only takes a couple of minutes tops......I do it daily (when I remember) To restore the backup I just delete the BOINC folder and unzip the zip file. Back crunching again within a minute. I\'m only crunching CPDN so I don\'t have other project WUs to worry about.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : How far along are you??? (Message 23604) Posted 14 Jul 2006 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: I got my WU on 6th June and I\'m almost 5% through (almost December 1928). After numerous failed attempts I\'ve managed to stabilise a WU and actually get some decent crunching done and keeping backups too. Only had to restore once. I\'m not crunching as fast as I should because my PC gets quite hot........especially if I\'m crunching and working at the same time (and during hot spells of weather). I\'m mostly crunching at night.
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Opteron 280 crashes - linux (Message 23119) Posted 12 Jun 2006 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Are you actually using that computer??? I kept having this problem and now take regular backups of the BOINC folder. I had a -161 error which manifested at the same time I was viewing a Real Video on the BBC News website. Someone suggested it might be something to do with graphics card even though I didn\'t have the screensaver graphics running. I reckon it\'s either that or memory related.....if something hogs the memory or cpu long enough to cause the fatal error. I suggest you take backups if poss. Suspend the task, exit BOINC and create a backup (I just zip the folder), then restart BOINC and resume the project......2 minutes tops.
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Should I quit CPDN? (Message 23066) Posted 9 Jun 2006 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: Making a backup is easy...........I do it once a day if I remember. I just suspended the WU, exit BOINC and then zip up the entire BOINC folder. I\'m only running CPDN so it doesn\'t affect any other projects.
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc still trying to send trickle although trickle already sent (Message 23040) Posted 6 Jun 2006 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: The trickle was uploaded and the model was progressing normally. Unfortunately it failed when I loaded a video file off another website (the -161 error) which was probably graphics card related. I forgot I had a backup and it reported the model as completed with error. Got a new model crunching nicely and will take regular backups. Will see if the same thing happens with this model. I\'ve got it set to network activity suspended so it\'ll upload the trickles when I\'m awake :)
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc still trying to send trickle although trickle already sent (Message 23035) Posted 6 Jun 2006 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: My Boinc manager (5.4.9) is still repeatedly sending the first trickle of my model (Result ID 5475564) even though it\'s already been sent and successfully receieved (I even have credits for it) Just thought I\'d give you a heads-up in case it\'s a minor server blip.
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Can\'t trickle in (Message 22542) Posted 1 May 2006 by KWSN Sir Clark Post: I got this on my previous trickle and I got the same on my last trickle. Both received fine by the server so no problems with that. I\'m just going to leave it until the model\'s finished.

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