could someone explain whats happened? the one thats not finished yet is suppended. should i abort? why process wus already with validate errors?

They had database trouble today, and are fixing all the erroneous validate errors even as we speak.

Best thing to do is resume the work you have onboard and just let it run. Last time I checked most of the backend processes were still disabled, so you may run out of work temporarily, but it should all take care of itself once they get everything straightened out again.

Alinator

Here is a quick summary of what happened in the past 8 hours:

An admin mistake (SQL command update result set outcome=6;validate_state=2 where id=84114386;) accidentally set all the results in the database into an outcome=validate error state (the first semicolon in the command should be a comma!).

I have corrected these as best as I could. There may be a few hundred results which are not quite in the correct state. Please bear with me while I correct these over the next few days.

I have modified the reporting deadlines for any results that were due in the past 8 hours or the next 4 hours, advancing these deadlines by 12 hours. So results will not be marked as late because of this project downtime.

Hopefully my database repairs will be effective and most Einstein@Home contributors should not notice any problems or unusual behavior with the project.

Cheers,
Bruce
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Well thanks for the update Dr. Allen.

I checked over my account and I don't seem to have any collateral domage to report. Completed, pendings and in progress all seem to be in the correct state.

I've even had one complete and report since the backend came back up (although it had probably been waiting to report for a few hours at least).

<edit> LOL... you have to hate those punctuation errors in command lines though!

<edit2> BTW, if you're going to be in working on database records anyway, I have this task on one of my old timers. It's a reissue from S5R2, but it's one of the long ones and should have never gotten sent to this host at all. However, I have about 480 hours on it and it will complete fine except I need about 2 more weeks to complete it (November 3rd would be fine). That way you don't have to reissue another S5R2 and this old timer can get credit for 5 weeks hard crunchin'! TIA. ;-)

Alinator

Is this one of those errors? Notice I got no credit while 2 others have some, but my results seem ok.

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=34957517
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Is this one of those errors? Notice I got no credit while 2 others have some, but my results seem ok.

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=34957517

Is this one of the mistakes? http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=34921280

Is this one of the mistakes? http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=34921280

No "'finished' file"? This is a first for me--all part of the error? Bits of the log file follow:

10/15/07 12:56:41||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.7 for windows_intelx86
10/15/07 12:56:41||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
10/15/07 12:56:41||Libraries: libcurl/7.16.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
10/15/07 12:56:41||Data directory: C:\\Program Files\\BOINC
10/15/07 12:56:58||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6]
10/15/07 12:56:58||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 mmx
10/15/07 12:56:58||Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 3.85 GB virtual
10/15/07 12:56:58||Disk: 79.17 GB total, 54.34 GB free
10/15/07 12:56:58|Einstein@Home|URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 882874; location: work; project prefs: work


10/15/07 21:34:44|Einstein@Home|Restarting task h1_0314.35_S5R2__43_S5R3a_2 using einstein_S5R3 version 407

10/15/07 22:32:25|Einstein@Home|Task h1_0314.35_S5R2__43_S5R3a_2 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
10/15/07 22:32:25|Einstein@Home|If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.

10/15/07 22:33:13|Einstein@Home|Restarting task h1_0314.35_S5R2__43_S5R3a_2 using einstein_S5R3 version 407
10/15/07 23:13:59||Running CPU benchmarks
10/15/07 23:13:59||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
10/15/07 23:14:31||Benchmark results:
10/15/07 23:14:31|| Number of CPUs: 1
10/15/07 23:14:31|| 1659 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/15/07 23:14:31|| 3090 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
10/15/07 23:14:32||Resuming computation


Jonathan

Is this one of the mistakes? http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=34921280

This appears to be a genuine error in the result.

Is this one of the mistakes? http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=34921280

This appears to be a genuine error in the result.

Actually this looks like a bug in the 4.07 App, probably related to the "new checkpointing code", so the 4.09 might have it, too.

BM

Here is a quick summary of what happened in the past 8 hours:

An admin mistake (SQL command update result set outcome=6;validate_state=2 where id=84114386;) accidentally set all the results in the database into an outcome=validate error state (the first semicolon in the command should be a comma!).

So true. This is the first downtime I can remember for quite some time, and most participants probably didn't even notice it because of work caches.

CU
H-BE
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An admin mistake (SQL command update result set outcome=6;validate_state=2 where id=84114386;) accidentally set all the results in the database into an outcome=validate error state (the first semicolon in the command should be a comma!).

Show me someone who say's they have not done that kind of thing and I'll show you a liar.

Looks like you have done a good job of recovery and also a big thanks from me for
running such a stable and trouble free project - From the crunchers point of view.

It happens. Reminds me of some server mistakes I made when I was really tired. Great job getting it fixed so quickly!

You'll get to love the --i-am-a-dummy mysql client setting. Also available with a less offensive name under --safe-updates. If you do an UPDATE without a WHERE clause, it will give an error. Saved my a** a couple of times.

I think you can set it in my.ini under the [client] section, to make it the default.
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You'll get to love the --i-am-a-dummy mysql client setting. Also available with a less offensive name under --safe-updates. If you do an UPDATE without a WHERE clause, it will give an error. Saved my a** a couple of times.

I think you can set it in my.ini under the [client] section, to make it the default.

One of my WU's got hit too:
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=34956676

So far it's been sent out six times. I know my machine is
stable (1 yr on EAH), and at least one other wingman
is stable too. Both got errors anyway. Help!

One of my WU's got hit too:
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=34956676

My first validate error:
wuid=35000079
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Another one:
wuid=35044433
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My intention is to manually grant credit for the validate errors that result from the bug in the 4.07 App (and only those). Please be patient with me while I find out how to do this without messing up the database. And keep reporting them!

BM

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/result.php?resultid=86705754 Is this a validate error? Thanks in advance
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Another one:
wuid=34944693
Can I do something to prevent errors; upgrade to beta 4.13 ?
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Based on Bernds comments uping to 4.13 should fix it. If not, he definitely needs to know.
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Is RID=87685693 also one of these 4.07 validation bug problems? If so, would appreciate the manual fix thanks!

There is also another wingman in the same WU quorum that has a validate error as well. I'm sure he'd like the fix too if possible, thanks.


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Cheers,
Gary.

Think I might have one here :: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=35045658

That was using 4.07


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I got a hit on http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu//workunit.php?wuid=34960047 along with 4 others who have errored out. Only one person has validated.

[edit]Person who validated used 4.02.

I have begun to manually grant credit for validation errors from the 4.07 App that resulted from the "sorting bug" in 4.07. As a first step this applies to workunits with more than one validation error from 4.07, I still have 55 single results on my list that need further investigation.

BM

I have begun to manually grant credit for validation errors from the 4.07 App that resulted from the "sorting bug" in 4.07. As a first step this applies to workunits with more than one validation error from 4.07, I still have a list of 55 single results on my list that need further investigation.

BM

I have begun to manually grant credit for validation errors from the 4.07 App that resulted from the "sorting bug" in 4.07. As a first step this applies to workunits with more than one validation error from 4.07, I still have 55 single results on my list that need further investigation.

I have begun to manually grant credit for validation errors from the 4.07 App that resulted from the "sorting bug" in 4.07. As a first step this applies to workunits with more than one validation error from 4.07, I still have 55 single results on my list that need further investigation.

I'm not Bruce, but I'll respond anyway. :-) I also make your host IDs clickable.

Dr. Allen,
I took one box off of Einstein because I discovered it had virtually nothing but validate errors: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/results.php?hostid=956316 (Win2k)

Some more errors here: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/results.php?hostid=974305 (Ubuntu 6.06LTS)

The above are AMD boxes, which, in my experience, don't always play nice with Einstein. I was surprised to see an error with my "new" Intel box: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/results.php?hostid=1062708 (Ubuntu 6.06LTS)

In the interest of full disclosure, I want to mention that I've been experiencing a LOT of communication problems lately. The router for my network has become increasingly flaky in recent weeks. Note that my network is 100% wired. If these problems could by caused by communication glitches, then no one should expend any time or effort on this unless I experience further problems after getting the router taken care of. I just need to know if this could be the problem.

If the problem could be with the apps I'm running, I suppose what I'm looking for is some guidance on what version app to run on each box, where to get them, and how to install them without causing further problems.

Some more errors here: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/results.php?hostid=974305 (Ubuntu 6.06LTS)

This host was fine up until a few days ago. Now it's getting Signal 11 errors. You might want to try the beta app for that host.

DirectX 9.0c November 2007 update (Multilingual).
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Jord

-The BOINC FAQ Service
-CUDA/CAL Stream FAQ

I'm not Bruce, but I'll respond anyway. :-)

DirectX 9.0c November 2007 update (Multilingual).