Posts by Padanian

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Please abort WUs with (Message 8315) Posted 4 Jan 2006 by Padanian Post: Have a look at this http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/workunit.php?wuid=3833695 It seems like a recursive computing error.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Have Graphics Arrived? (Message 4505) Posted 27 Nov 2005 by Padanian Post: ATI 9250 graphics card here on P4 3.2GHz/HT works for me.
3) Message boards : Number crunching : can it really be so slow ? (Message 1114) Posted 8 Oct 2005 by Padanian Post: I've been watching my Windows PC's closer and the only machines that seem to get stuck at 1% are the dual core boxes, both the AMD and the Intel. My P4 3.4 ghz with HT hasn't had the problem yet that I've caught it, and none of the single CPU boxes have had it recently. The dual core boxes are experiencing it almost daily now, where one of the two units will get stuck at 1%. Each time, a simple restart of BOINC fixes it. No, i've just got one HT machine, and it get stuck this morning at 83.33% There are two different problems. One where it gets stuck at 1%, and the one where it gets stuck at 83.33%. For many folks the solution to the 83.33% issue was to "leave application in memory" and if running more then one project, to extend the time between "switches" from the default of 60 minutes, to 90-180 minutes (depending on the speed of the machine). With the 83.33%, the calculations become much more complex and take longer. If you are switching between projects every 60 minutes, then it may not reach the next step (91.66%) before the switch and then will restart at the 83.33% when it switches back. David Kim is looking at both of these issues for fixes. I'm well aware of the workaround, though neither leaving the app in memory, nor increasing the switching time helped me.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : can it really be so slow ? (Message 1108) Posted 8 Oct 2005 by Padanian Post: I've been watching my Windows PC's closer and the only machines that seem to get stuck at 1% are the dual core boxes, both the AMD and the Intel. My P4 3.4 ghz with HT hasn't had the problem yet that I've caught it, and none of the single CPU boxes have had it recently. The dual core boxes are experiencing it almost daily now, where one of the two units will get stuck at 1%. Each time, a simple restart of BOINC fixes it. No, i've just got one HT machine, and it get stuck this morning at 83.33%
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Crunching stucks on 83.33% (Message 1105) Posted 8 Oct 2005 by Padanian Post: One more of those stuck WU. Detaching Rosetta.
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Crunching stucks on 83.33% (Message 1036) Posted 6 Oct 2005 by Padanian Post: The dreaded 83.33% bug is affecting many of us. There's another thread about this topic...
7) Message boards : Number crunching : can it really be so slow ? (Message 936) Posted 4 Oct 2005 by Padanian Post: It happened to me with this last WU. 2 hours spent on 1%. I had to abort the WU and resume, after that a computation error showed up. And no, I don't release Rosetta from memory. Maybe I shall try to attribute rosetta to one logical CPU only to avoid what Shaktai is supposing here above me. I think the devs must look seriously into this, because is affecting the whole BOINC efficiency very much.
8) Message boards : Number crunching : can it really be so slow ? (Message 909) Posted 2 Oct 2005 by Padanian Post: I had a WU stuck at 83.66% for 5 hours (2.8GHz P4). It suddenly jumped to 91.66, and then back to 83.66% per 5 or 6 times. I had to kill it. Are you running more then one project on that computer, so that it is switching projects. If so, under general preferences try increasing the "time" between project switches to 120 minutes instead of the default 60. From 83.33% on, the calculations are more complex and take longer. Another option is to "leave in memory". I had this same problem, and increasing the time between switches solved it. I'll try this one out. Thanks It worked out http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/workunit.php?wuid=112718
9) Message boards : Number crunching : can it really be so slow ? (Message 890) Posted 2 Oct 2005 by Padanian Post: I had a WU stuck at 83.66% for 5 hours (2.8GHz P4). It suddenly jumped to 91.66, and then back to 83.66% per 5 or 6 times. I had to kill it. Are you running more then one project on that computer, so that it is switching projects. If so, under general preferences try increasing the "time" between project switches to 120 minutes instead of the default 60. From 83.33% on, the calculations are more complex and take longer. Another option is to "leave in memory". I had this same problem, and increasing the time between switches solved it. I'll try this one out. Thanks
10) Message boards : Number crunching : can it really be so slow ? (Message 864) Posted 1 Oct 2005 by Padanian Post: I had a WU stuck at 83.66% for 5 hours (2.8GHz P4). It suddenly jumped to 91.66, and then back to 83.66% per 5 or 6 times. I had to kill it.
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Unable to download work (Message 638) Posted 27 Sep 2005 by Padanian Post: Ok, I managed to understand why it doesn't download. The switch: Do work while computer is in use? must be yes. It doesn't sound like intentional, though.
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Unable to download work (Message 634) Posted 27 Sep 2005 by Padanian Post: It's not I don't any new work. The point is that I can only attach Rosetta, and all the files inherent to the project are scheduled for download, but never downloaded.
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Unable to download work (Message 609) Posted 27 Sep 2005 by Padanian Post: From the look of your computers, rosetta thinks you have downloaded work... Are there are large number of files in the trasfers tab? Rosetta should download quite a large amount of data for your first WU... Sounds like a comms issue... but odd that you can attach ok... Paul Yes, there are a large number of files, around 40/50 files. None of them is downloaded, though. SETI and LHC work ok and comms are fine.
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Unable to download work (Message 601) Posted 27 Sep 2005 by Padanian Post: I just attached Rosetta to BOINC 27/09/2005 14.48.45\|http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/\|Using your default project prefs 27/09/2005 14.48.45\|\|Insufficient work; requesting more 27/09/2005 14.48.52\|\|Insufficient work; requesting more 27/09/2005 14.48.52\|http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/\|Requesting 8640.00 seconds of work 27/09/2005 14.48.52\|http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/\|Sending request to scheduler: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta_cgi/cgi 27/09/2005 14.48.54\|http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/\|Scheduler RPC to http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta_cgi/cgi succeeded 27/09/2005 14.48.54\|rosetta@home\|General preferences have been updated 27/09/2005 14.48.54\|rosetta@home\|New host venue: home 27/09/2005 14.48.54\|\|General prefs: from rosetta@home (last modified 2005-09-27 13:56:58) 27/09/2005 14.48.54\|\|General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 27/09/2005 14.48.54\|rosetta@home\|Host location: home 27/09/2005 14.48.54\|rosetta@home\|Using your default project prefs It stays like this for hours. It doesn't download a single byte. All files in transfer have 0 byte. Retrying doesn't help. Other activities are suspended waiting for Rosetta.