I've only got one horns5 but it's running fine under Ubuntu 18.04 at Google Colab.

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The strangest part is: some work units that have failed on my machines have succeeded elsewhere (example), and some that have failed elsewhere have succeeded on mine (example).

No problem this end, two running at the moment and no failures.

I just had one horns5 fail on my computer after about 20 minutes while another is past that point and about half finished.

The error message for the one that failed looks likely to mean a problem in an input file.

The strangest part is: some work units that have failed on my machines have succeeded elsewhere (example), and some that have failed elsewhere have succeeded on mine (example).

This could mean that the application is picking up a random number from somewhere and using it as part of its input.

If this in not deliberate, it could be the application program using the contents of some memory location without first setting it to a known value.

I just had one horns5 fail on my computer after about 20 minutes while another is past that point and about half finished.

The error message for the one that failed looks likely to mean a problem in an input file.

I now have three horns5 tasks running at once on my computer, all of them well past 20 minutes.

I just had one horns5 fail

That’s the same error Grant reported this morning. Interesting that those ones detected a problem and exited, while the others have just fallen over in a heap. Of course if, as you suggest, they’re using uninitialised data somewhere, anything could happen…

No problem this end, two running at the moment and no failures.

Same

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At least this time around the with the horns5 Tasks i've had more Valid ones than errors. Last time it was easily 90% were errors.

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Grant
Darwin NT

for 5 months i have been producing exactly one error-free task a day. it's hard to do more than that when there's a limit, wouldn't you think?

as for why i'm supposedly "producing errors", i'm running the same software that the project provided, on the same computer that has run it for years. and just coincidentally, these "errors" only started with the switchover to secure http.

not interested anymore.

As we have tried to explain to you before: the limit is there to protect the project from hosts that fail to perform useful work, and if the problem were related to SSL you wouldn’t be able to download any tasks in the first place. It genuinely is coincidence that your trouble started around the same time as the switch.

You’re not alone in finding that application version 4.20 doesn’t work on older versions of Mac OS, though the only resolution seems to be “try a different project”.

You’re not alone in finding that application version 4.20 doesn’t work on older versions of Mac OS, though the only resolution seems to be “try a different project”.

Or waiting a bugfixed version for Mac....

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Plenty of WUs ready to go (11 million queued jobs), but all i get is No Tasks sent when requesting new work to replace returned work (Ready to send is zero).
In progress has fallen from 550k down to 400k.

Someone needs to give the servers a kick.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Yes, something’s clogged up. Tasks are trickling through now and again, so it’s not completely stopped. But I’m not sure we’ll get much attention from the server admins at 02:30 on Christmas morning… :-⁠)

Someone needs to give the servers a kick.

I think it's difficult during Christmas's week

P.S.
Mary Christmas to all of you!!

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buon natale a tutti

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11 million queued jobs

What matters are "Tasks ready to send" on the Server Status Page and that is near 0.

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Plenty of WUs ready to go (11 million queued jobs), but all i get is No Tasks sent when requesting new work to replace returned work (Ready to send is zero).
In progress has fallen from 550k down to 400k.

Someone needs to give the servers a kick.

Everyone says ditto.

Usually I send a post pre-Xmas msg suggesting a reboot of to make sure everything's ok for the holiday period. This year I was a bit distracted.

The week of Monday 4th January is favourite now - and not the beginning of that week either.
At least I get time to set up my new PC properly now I'm home. Lots of tweaking to do

Merry Christmas.

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Are you saying that no one can remote into and reboot the servers? Is so, that is not good. There is a _lot_ of computing and good will lost if there are millions of jobs available and no one can download them.

Are you saying that no one can remote into and reboot the servers? If so, that is not good.
There is a _lot_ of computing and good will lost if there are millions of jobs available and no one can download them.

In the past, some holidays have been out of all and any contact.
That may not be the case this time, but it's a possibility.
Point being, it'll be fixed when it's fixed and complaining repeatedly in the forums has rarely ever solved it

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