no new work because???

raimond.detempe
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What does this last sentence mean? I quote:

17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Message from server: No work sent
17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Message from server: (won't finish in time) BOINC runs 42.7% of time, computation enabled 100.0% of that

Richard Haselgrove
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no new work because???

Quote:

What does this last sentence mean? I quote:

17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Message from server: No work sent
17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Message from server: (won't finish in time) BOINC runs 42.7% of time, computation enabled 100.0% of that


A possible bug in BOINC clients later than v6.6.31

It's being investigated.

mikey
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RE: What does this last

Quote:

What does this last sentence mean? I quote:

17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Message from server: No work sent
17-7-2009 22:38:25 Einstein@Home Message from server: (won't finish in time) BOINC runs 42.7% of time, computation enabled 100.0% of that

It could also mean you have several projects running at the same time on your pc and Boinc now thinks it can't download a task from Einstein and finish it in time since your other projects have deadlines too. It could also mean you have Boinc set to only run part of the day, not 24/7, and in conjunction with the above sentence won't finish any work downloaded before the deadline due to time constraints.

Bikeman (Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein)
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Well, the scheduler went to

Well, the scheduler went to great length trying to find suitable work:

From the scheduler logs:

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2009-07-18 10:51:57.5738 [PID=8935 ] Request: [HOST#1832389] client 6.6.36
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5746 [PID=8935 ] [debug] [HOST#1832389] Resetting nresults_today
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5747 [PID=8935 ] [send] CPU: req 10800.43 sec, 0.00 instances; est delay 6021062.94
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5747 [PID=8935 ] [send] work_req_seconds: 10800.43 secs
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5747 [PID=8935 ] [send] Not using matchmaker scheduling; Not using EDF sim
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5747 [PID=8935 ] [send] available disk 45.47 GB, work_buf_min 0
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5747 [PID=8935 ] [send] active_frac 0.999691 on_frac 0.428116 DCF 0.984096
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5753 [PID=8935 ] [send] [HOST#1832389] is reliable; OS: Microsoft Windows Vista, error_rate: 0.008100, avg_turn_hrs: 117.710 max res/day 16
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5753 [PID=8935 ] [send] set_trust: random choice for error rate 0.008100: no
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5753 [PID=8935 ] [mixed] sending locality work first
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5753 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file h1_0860.90_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5753 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file l1_0860.90_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5753 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file h1_0860.95_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5753 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file l1_0860.95_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5754 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file h1_0861.00_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5754 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file l1_0861.00_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5754 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file h1_0861.05_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5754 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file l1_0861.05_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5754 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file h1_0861.10_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5754 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file l1_0861.10_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5754 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file h1_0861.15_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5754 [PID=8935 ] [locality] [HOST#1832389] has file l1_0861.15_S5R4
2009-07-18 10:51:57.7571 [PID=8935 ] [locality] send_old_work() no feasible result older than 336.0 hours
2009-07-18 10:51:57.7577 [PID=8935 ] [locality] in_send_results_for_file(h1_0860.90_S5R4, 0) prev_result.id=0
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2404 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 56023817: unscaled 17515.91 scaled 40275.69
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2404 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#56023817] deadline miss 6061338 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2406 [PID=8935 ] [mixed] sending non-locality work second
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2408 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996588: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2408 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996588] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2409 [PID=8935 ] [send] [HOST#1832389] [WU#55996588 p2030_53843_39697_0054_G63.21-00.56.C_4.dm_198] WU is infeasible: Existing workload
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2409 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996588: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2409 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996588] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2410 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996589] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2411 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996589] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2411 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996575] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2412 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996625] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2412 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996626] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2413 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996387] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2414 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996581] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2414 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996392] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2415 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996629: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2415 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996629] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2415 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996541] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2416 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996499] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2416 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996532] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2417 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996612] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2417 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996618] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2418 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996560] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2419 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996595] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2419 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996626: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2419 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996626] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2420 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996580: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2420 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996580] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2420 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996622] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2421 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996483] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2421 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996598] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2422 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996578: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2422 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996578] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2422 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996612: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2422 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996612] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2423 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996593: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2423 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996593] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2424 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996508: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2424 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996508] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2424 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996505: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2424 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996505] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2425 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996614: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2425 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996614] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2425 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996596: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2425 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996596] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2426 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996629: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2426 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996629] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2426 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996569: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2426 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996569] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2427 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996619: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2427 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996619] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2427 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996485] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2428 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996613] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2429 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996551] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2429 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996552] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2430 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996544: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2430 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996544] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2430 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996615] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2431 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996591] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2431 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996554] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2432 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996501] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2432 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996563] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2433 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996521] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2434 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996561] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2435 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996516] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2448 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996576] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2449 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996513] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2449 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996611] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2450 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996605] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2450 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996590] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2451 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996583] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2451 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996606] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2452 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996599] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2452 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996599] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2453 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996608] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2454 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996584] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2454 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996630] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2455 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996610] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2455 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996602] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2456 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996602] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2456 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996603] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2457 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996603] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2457 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996604] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2459 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996625] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2460 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996615] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2460 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996531] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2461 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996627] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2461 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996583] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2462 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996581] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
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2009-07-18 10:51:58.2463 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996587] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2464 [PID=8935 ] [send] est. duration for WU 55996587: unscaled 26416.43 scaled 60741.33
2009-07-18 10:51:58.2464 [PID=8935 ] [send] [WU#55996587] deadline miss 6081804 > 1209600
2009-07-18 10:51:58.7804 [PID=8935 ] Sending reply to [HOST#1832389]: 0 results, delay req 60.00
2009-07-18 10:51:58.7806 [PID=8935 ] Scheduler ran 1.518 seconds

From what I get, this seems to be the crucial line:

Quote:

2009-07-18 10:51:57.5747 [PID=8935 ] [send] CPU: req 10800.43 sec, 0.00 instances; est delay 6021062.94


which is info sent by the client. Note the "delay" of 6 million seconds or ca 70 days ... The scheduler then tries several candidate jobs and always concludes that the "delay" plus the estimated runtime of the job exceeds the remaining time to the deadline ... and finally gives up.

So yes, it's a problem of the client that asks for new jobs but at the same time tells the server that the work will not be finished in the next three months...

Under Linux, I've downgraded from 6.6.x to 6.4.5. again. Not sure why for Windows 6.6.x is now recommended while under Linux it's still considered an unstable development version. I've seen so many odd scheduling effects in 6.6.x (which should be identical for Windows and Linux as it's not OS specific) that I don't feel comfortable running 6.6.x, x <= 36

CU
Bikeman

Richard Haselgrove
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RE: From what I get, this

Message 93827 in response to message 93826

Quote:

From what I get, this seems to be the crucial line:

Quote:
2009-07-18 10:51:57.5747 [PID=8935 ] [send] CPU: req 10800.43 sec, 0.00 instances; est delay 6021062.94

which is info sent by the client. Note the "delay" of 6 million seconds or ca 70 days ... The scheduler then tries several candidate jobs and always concludes that the "delay" plus the estimated runtime of the job exceeds the remaining time to the deadline ... and finally gives up.

So yes, it's a problem of the client that asks for new jobs but at the same time tells the server that the work will not be finished in the next three months...

Under Linux, I've downgraded from 6.6.x to 6.4.5. again. Not sure why for Windows 6.6.x is now recommended while under Linux it's still considered an unstable development version. I've seen so many odd scheduling effects in 6.6.x (which should be identical for Windows and Linux as it's not OS specific) that I don't feel comfortable running 6.6.x, x <= 36

CU
Bikeman


There's been some progress on the development front. Other people have homed in on that "delay" figure: the first attempt at fixing it made things worse, but a later one is reported to be better. Now all we need is a compiled v6.6.38, and then we can test it.....

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I've built the new client

Message 93828 in response to message 93827

I've built the new client from source and will test it. Got one machine on Malaria complaining about the same things, so it's a good testbed there.

tullio
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RE: Under Linux, I've

Message 93829 in response to message 93826

Quote:

Under Linux, I've downgraded from 6.6.x to 6.4.5. again. Not sure why for Windows 6.6.x is now recommended while under Linux it's still considered an unstable development version. I've seen so many odd scheduling effects in 6.6.x (which should be identical for Windows and Linux as it's not OS specific) that I don't feel comfortable running 6.6.x, x <= 36

CU
Bikeman


I am using 6.6.31, which declares to be 6.6.29 on 5 BOINC projects. The only one which gives problems is CPDN Beta.
Tullio

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RE: I am using 6.6.31,

Message 93830 in response to message 93829

Quote:
I am using 6.6.31, which declares to be 6.6.29 on 5 BOINC projects. The only one which gives problems is CPDN Beta.
Tullio


I run 6.6.31 too on Linux (Fedora 11 x86_64) and mine reports 6.6.31 on all projects (7) I'm attached to (Einstein task). Difference might be I run 64bit BOINC and you seem to run 32bit... Also haven't seen other reports (well, not from other ppl) about this. Are you sure your core client got updated to 6.6.31? I simply extract files from the archive downloaded from BOINC-site, then copy the 3 main files to correct folder, replacing older files.

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I've been tearing out hair

I've been tearing out hair over several problems that made no sense,including BOINC asking Einstein for work for the GPU (not the CPU) which was resulting in no more work for Einstein. I couldn't find any place where I had requested GPU work for Einstein, since AFAIK Einstein didn't use CUDA. In fact, I couldn't find any place that I COULD have specified such an option. I was using CUDA on SETI, which is in a pretty sorry state these days and confusing the issue because it can't receive results in a timely fashion. Their system seems badly overloaded.

On a hunch, after reading the messages on this thread, I removed the latest version of BOINC (installed recently) and installed 6.4.7, the most recent earlier version that I could find on the BOINC site. Within minutes it was clear the problem had been resolved. I now have several new tasks crunching for Einstein. Maybe the new version is fine and something got corrupted here? But this older version is working, so i'll stick with it.

Patrick

Vista 64-bit ultimate, 8GB RAM, Phenom II X4 940, nvidia 8800GT.

Richard Haselgrove
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RE: ... which was resulting

Message 93832 in response to message 93831

Quote:
... which was resulting in no more work for Einstein.


I've used pretty much every version of BOINC in the v6.6 range since v6.6.14, and I think you're misinterpreting how it works.

It does indeed poll every attached project to see if - just perhaps - it might have launched a CUDA app since it last looked: but it also checks for, and downloads, CPU work according to an independent set of priorities.

There may have been reasons why you didn't get CPU work - the changed definition of existing debt values is a case in point - but it wasn't the result of the fishing expedition for potential CUDA work.

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RE: There may have been

Message 93833 in response to message 93832

Quote:
There may have been reasons why you didn't get CPU work - the changed definition of existing debt values is a case in point - but it wasn't the result of the fishing expedition for potential CUDA work.

True but it would be nice to turn that off in future Boinc versions, for those of us that chose too of course. Maybe on by default but able to be switched off thru an option. Several people have pointed to it as the cause of their problems, not knowing that it most likely is not. If we could tell them to turn that off and the problem continues, which it will of course, then the trouble shooting could continue. For those that don't use CUDA yet it is a thing they know nothing or very little about.

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