Hi,

Would anybody be able to help me with a problem with BOINC on a Linux server please? I'm a newbie to it.

I installed it on my Linux server and it seemed to process one work job and now all I get is as follows:
159: 06-Jun-2011 08:54:07 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
160: 06-Jun-2011 08:54:09 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
161: 06-Jun-2011 08:54:09 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
162: 06-Jun-2011 16:06:10 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
163: 06-Jun-2011 16:06:10 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
164: 06-Jun-2011 16:06:15 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
165: 06-Jun-2011 16:06:15 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
166: 06-Jun-2011 19:11:46 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
167: 06-Jun-2011 19:11:46 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
168: 06-Jun-2011 19:11:48 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
169: 06-Jun-2011 19:11:48 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent

The contents of my global_prefs.xml file is:

<global_preferences>
<source_project>https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/</source_project>
<source_scheduler>http://srv4.bakerlab.org/rosetta_cgi/cgi</source_scheduler>
<mod_time>1307223489</mod_time>
<run_if_user_active/>
<idle_time_to_run>3</idle_time_to_run>
<suspend_if_no_recent_input>0</suspend_if_no_recent_input>
<cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>60</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>
<work_buf_min_days>0</work_buf_min_days>
<work_buf_additional_days>0.25</work_buf_additional_days>
<max_cpus>16</max_cpus>
<cpu_usage_limit>100</cpu_usage_limit>
<disk_interval>60</disk_interval>
<disk_max_used_gb>20</disk_max_used_gb>
<disk_max_used_pct>50</disk_max_used_pct>
<disk_min_free_gb>10</disk_min_free_gb>
<vm_max_used_pct>75</vm_max_used_pct>
<ram_max_used_busy_pct>50</ram_max_used_busy_pct>
<ram_max_used_idle_pct>90</ram_max_used_idle_pct>
<max_bytes_sec_down>0</max_bytes_sec_down>
<max_bytes_sec_up>0</max_bytes_sec_up>
</global_preferences>

The project status is all OK https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/rah_status.php

Does anybody have any ideas what could be wrong please?

Thanks in advance,

Richard.

Well, you are getting the message indicating the scheduler request completed... so you don't have a network problem. You settings look reasonable. The project has loads of work units ready to go.... Have you tried updating since the June 6th date shown?

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Rosetta Moderator: Mod.Sense

Well, you are getting the message indicating the scheduler request completed... so you don't have a network problem. You settings look reasonable. The project has loads of work units ready to go.... Have you tried updating since the June 6th date shown?

Hi Mod.Sense,

Thanks for your reply.

I ran the command "./boinccmd --project https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ update" twice for good measure last night.

I've just taken a look at the messages from that point on and they are below.

Do you have any other ideas that I can try please?

Thanks,

Richard.


209: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:39 (low) [rosetta@home] update requested by user
210: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:41 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
211: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:41 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
212: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:44 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
213: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:44 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
214: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:50 (low) [rosetta@home] update requested by user
215: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:50 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
216: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:50 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
217: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:52 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
218: 24-Jun-2011 21:40:52 (low) [rosetta@home] Message from server: Not sending work - last request too recent: 8 sec
219: 24-Jun-2011 21:44:57 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
220: 24-Jun-2011 21:44:57 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
221: 24-Jun-2011 21:45:00 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
222: 24-Jun-2011 21:45:00 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
223: 24-Jun-2011 21:49:07 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
224: 24-Jun-2011 21:49:07 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
225: 24-Jun-2011 21:49:09 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
226: 24-Jun-2011 21:49:09 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
227: 24-Jun-2011 21:53:11 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
228: 24-Jun-2011 21:53:11 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
229: 24-Jun-2011 21:53:14 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
230: 24-Jun-2011 21:53:14 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
231: 24-Jun-2011 21:58:22 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
232: 24-Jun-2011 21:58:22 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
233: 24-Jun-2011 21:58:24 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
234: 24-Jun-2011 21:58:24 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
235: 24-Jun-2011 22:09:43 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
236: 24-Jun-2011 22:09:43 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
237: 24-Jun-2011 22:09:45 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
238: 24-Jun-2011 22:09:45 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
239: 24-Jun-2011 22:35:37 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
240: 24-Jun-2011 22:35:37 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
241: 24-Jun-2011 22:35:39 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
242: 24-Jun-2011 22:35:39 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
243: 24-Jun-2011 22:42:52 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
244: 24-Jun-2011 22:42:52 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
245: 24-Jun-2011 22:43:00 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
246: 24-Jun-2011 22:43:00 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
247: 24-Jun-2011 23:37:43 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
248: 24-Jun-2011 23:37:43 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
249: 24-Jun-2011 23:37:45 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
250: 24-Jun-2011 23:37:45 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent
251: 25-Jun-2011 03:46:53 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
252: 25-Jun-2011 03:46:53 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
253: 25-Jun-2011 03:46:59 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
254: 25-Jun-2011 03:46:59 (low) [rosetta@home] Message from server: Project is temporarily shut down for maintenance
255: 25-Jun-2011 04:47:04 (low) [rosetta@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
256: 25-Jun-2011 04:47:04 (low) [rosetta@home] Requesting new tasks
257: 25-Jun-2011 04:47:07 (low) [rosetta@home] Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
258: 25-Jun-2011 04:47:07 (medium) [rosetta@home] Message from server: No work sent

Usually if disk space or time estimates or other factors were a problem, you would see a more specific message. The other problem often encountered is that other projects are running and BOINC does not REQUEST more work.. but you case specifically shows "Requesting new tasks".

Are you running other BOINC projects? What is Rosetta's resource share? What version of BOINC are you running?

I see your machine has 360MB of memory?? I suppose it is possible that most of the current work units require 512. You might post to the Number Crunching board and see if others have ideas. It is more widely viewed.

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Rosetta Moderator: Mod.Sense

Usually if disk space or time estimates or other factors were a problem, you would see a more specific message. The other problem often encountered is that other projects are running and BOINC does not REQUEST more work.. but you case specifically shows "Requesting new tasks".

Are you running other BOINC projects? What is Rosetta's resource share? What version of BOINC are you running?

I see your machine has 360MB of memory?? I suppose it is possible that most of the current work units require 512. You might post to the Number Crunching board and see if others have ideas. It is more widely viewed.

Hi Mod.Sense,

Thanks for your help.

I am not running any other BOINC projects.

Please see my preferences settings for Resource share and graphics below.

The version of BOINC I have is 6.10.58 i686-pc-linux-gnu

Yes, my machine currently has 360MB of RAM, it's a virtual server. It's due to have it's memory upgraded to 480MB of RAM.

If there are no clues in this post, I'll contact the the Number Crunching board.

Please could you let me know if my problem is at that stage yet.

Thanks,

Richard.


Resource share
If you participate in multiple BOINC projects, this is the proportion of your resources used by Rosetta@home 100
Is it OK for Rosetta@home and your team (if any) to email you?
Emails will be sent from Rosetta/BOINC Admin ; make sure your spam filter accepts this address. yes
Should Rosetta@home show your computers on its web site? yes
Default computer location ---
Percentage of CPU time used for graphics 10
Number of frames per second for graphics 10
Target CPU run time not selected