Posts by Fred Verster

Message boards : Number crunching : HELP - Consistant 0% Progress - Client Problem?

( Message 6934 )
Posted 1750 days ago by Fred Verster

Hi, this morning I noticed several tasks running High Priority , but
don't make any progress after 105 hours! Still at 0%.

Seems useless to let it run, so deleting these is the only(?) option?
Atleast for the 4 tasks that are running now, all with 0% progress after >50 hours.

Message boards : Number crunching : HELP - Consistant 0% Progress - Client Problem?

( Message 6263 )
Posted 2366 days ago by Fred Verster

16-2-2011 11:59:41 Docking Restarting task 1hvk1hbv_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_19536_75277_0 using charmm34 version 623
16-2-2011 11:59:42 Docking Restarting task 1hvk1hbv_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_19530_195401_0 using charmm34 version 623
16-2-2011 11:59:42 Docking Restarting task 1hvk1hbv_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_19843_57465_0 using charmm34 version 623
16-2-2011 11:59:42 Docking Restarting task 1hvk1hbv_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_23011_479024_0 using charmm34 version 623

Hi, long time since I posted here, but now I again noticed some tasks, see above,
showing no progress at all.

Are they empty, CPU, Q6600 is showing 100% usage,(4 x 25%), so that isn't likely!
Everyone else experiencing this abnormal behavior?

Some other WU's are pauzed , for whatever reason and they are all 4 exactly at 2 hours and 40 minutes and xx seconds.

Should I delete these WU's???

I answer this myself: YES, delete them all! OK ......Done .........
They were due 14-15 and 16 feb.2011, so a little late and probably also empty?!

Message boards : Number crunching : A lot of errors in Docking WU's and 5 other projects.

( Message 6103 )
Posted 2443 days ago by Fred Verster

This morning I had a look at one of the rigs and noticed [url=http://docking.cis.udel.edu/community/show_host_detail.php?hostid=29738]error's on this host
[/url].

Problem appeared to be a too small Swap-Page ,
which was set by hand. Never had any issue whit this.
Maybe, cause 6 projects are running on this one and it
has the Keep in Memory activated.
Have set it to automatic size of page file , after a reBOOT, all seems OK.

Last validated task.

I don't even know if a 'wingman' is used and in case it is, my apologies for these errors.

Message boards : Number crunching : New work units completing in 38 seconds

( Message 6009 )
Posted 2534 days ago by Fred Verster

Hi.

Getting these short one's again, there only running for about 40min each.

1g351dif_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_9522_172920_0

So your running out of tasks to send.

Looked at my host's doing Docking, but only seeing 'normal runtimes'
of about ~3 hours to 3:30 hours.
All 1d4idif_mod14crossdockinghiv_1xxx_yyyyyy_0 , found 1 with 2:20
hours, but none with only ~40 minutes, to complete.
SETI@home sometimes has ' Ghost's WU's' or empty WU's
through heavy RADAR Blanking, they take a few seconds to 'complete'.

Message boards : Number crunching : WU's , being started randomly, after they've been, switched or pauzed?

( Message 5835 )
Posted 2696 days ago by Fred Verster

WU'aren't finished per WU. If one, two or four are stopped/switched with other WU's, a new one's are being started. Randomly, so lateron more and more WU's are running High Priority , too.

If they'll be finished in time, afterall.
What's up, Doc?
Seeing the sheer number of post's, regarding bad/empty/faulty/whateverwhat WU's, does anybody know or have a clue, to what is going on?

[ADDED] But at least they appear the be OK, till now, probably a code-glitsh, don't know, but if I use Keep application in memory when pauzed , I get an out off memory, message!

Message boards : Number crunching : HELP - Consistant 0% Progress - Client Problem?

( Message 5826 )
Posted 2698 days ago by Fred Verster

Ahh, I have 32 Docking WU's pauzed looks like a task which was switched after 60min. pauzed and another is started, but it looks they are finishing normally. Atleast, I hope so.
Now 3 are running [i]High Priority ,(1 0.04CPU+GPU SETI)

How could this happen? I did uncheck keep in memory, when pauzed!
I think, this shouldn't happen, in the first place.
Network trouble @ SETI, empty WU's, WU's randomly starting . . .
Knock on wood :)

Message boards : Number crunching : HELP - Consistant 0% Progress - Client Problem?

( Message 5822 )
Posted 2698 days ago by Fred Verster

Hi, well the empty; no-progrss WU's , are gone, atleast looks that way.

Now, 1 host, running VISTA x86, has almost only Docking WU's, but they all
have been started (~100), some are in High Priority , not consistent with their deadline, though. When switching projects , again BOINC starts a new WU, instead of finishing the one it was working on, IMO :
Maybe it has something to do with BOINC 6.10.37.?

Has anyone seen this odd behavior, before or now?

Atleast, work is done, but 'this' seems to be blocking BOINC, getting other task's!

Message boards : Number crunching : Output file absent

( Message 5808 )
Posted 2703 days ago by Fred Verster

Hi, I tried to delete some unfinished WU's , but that's impossible, cause, they are in use .
Stopping BOINC may/can help.
Also skipped, keep files in memory .
Probably also best to avoid more then 250-500 task's per core, boinc.exe, goes crazy and can take up to 100% CPU, on one core!

Message boards : Number crunching : HELP - Consistant 0% Progress - Client Problem?

( Message 5806 )
Posted 2703 days ago by Fred Verster

Hi, for the 3th time I'm seeing tasks with >100 K seconds runtime and no progress?!?
It is not only counter-productive but very annoying too.
Have a look ???
This WU !?
A waste of resources, IMO.
What can be done, except setting some debug flags, if it's a client error .
I still have some on 1 host and it seems best to me to abort all of them.
It's only a waste of time letting them run.
*BOINC 6.10.18 started the trouble on one of my (3) host's (QUAD's)

Has anyone looked into this, or has some sort of explanation?
Btw, I've changed BOINC versions 3 times, cause BOINC 6.10.xx* doesn't handle large amounts of WU's, (ofcoarse from different projects), well, if you have to many WU's in 'cache', boinc.exe can rise to >20% if there are > 4000 task's in cache.
Or it looses contact with local host.
I only have a 3 day's cache, which appears to work better.

This problem , exists about half a year! I've read 'somewhere', that it should be set and forget , maybe set and forgive, but baby-sitting BOINC can be pretty time consuming and I have something, you can call a life, too :)

10)

Message boards : Number crunching : HELP - Consistant 0% Progress - Client Problem?

( Message 5784 )
Posted 2709 days ago by Fred Verster

Hi still got some tasks. Which never end, presumably, 0% progress.
Best to abort them? I think.

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