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1) Message boards : Number crunching : Minirosetta v1.45 bug thread (Message 57730) Posted 9 Dec 2008 by Jim_Clark Post: How much RAM memory do each of those computers have, and how many CPU cores do each of them have? minirosetta is now memory-hungry enough that the answers make a big difference. Also, have you tried a 1.45 workunit with a name which doesn't start with cs_vanilla? Those workunits have been especially troublesome lately. The first one I spoke of has two cores, and - Memory: 1.94 GB physical, 3.78 GB virtual The second one has one core, and - Memory: 1.02 GB physical, 3.91 GB virtual I'll try a non-vanilla workunit. Do they have chocolate? If memory is a critical issue, why can't Minirosetta check available memory at the start, and quit right away if memory is too scarce? Also it seems that the Scheduler ought to observe when a client aborts more than 20 (or some other number) Minirosetta workunits, and then don't send any to that client. Or, better, let clients select the programs that they will accept, as other projects allow.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Minirosetta v1.45 bug thread (Message 57725) Posted 9 Dec 2008 by Jim_Clark Post: I haven't gotten Minirosetta to run successfully on my XP Pro computer since it's inception. Every time there is a new version of Minirosetta or BOINC or any other change that might effect the success of Minirosetta, I give it a try. The rest of the time I abort Minirosetta until I get a Rosetta Beta WU. I run many programs on my computer, even new programs that may need debugging; and Minirosetta is the only one that crashes or hangs my computer. Here are my stats for the last 100 Rosetta WUs: 2 new Rosetta Beta WUs (anticipate success) 2 done (OK) Rosetta Beta WUs 8 failed Rosetta Mini WUs, most 1.40, some 1.45 80 aborted Rosetta Mini WUs, most 1.40, some 1.45 So I waste my time with 88 Rosetta Mini WUs, for 4 Rosetta Beta WUs that are good. (22 to 1) Another computer in my house, an XP HE with 1/5th the horsepower, can sometimes compute Minirosetta WUs. Its stats are: 5 done (OK) Rosetta Mini WUs, most 1.40 3 failed Rosetta Mini WUs, most 1.40
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Minirosetta v1.40 bug thread (Message 57121) Posted 21 Nov 2008 by Jim_Clark Post: On my AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core with Windows XP Pro SP3, and with 2 GB RAM and 100 GB available HD, no Rosetta Mini WU of any version has ever completed successrfully since Rosetta Mini came into existence. . They fail with a compute error or sometimes lockup my computer after wasting time that could be applied to WUs that can complete OK. So I abort all Rosetta Mini WUs until I finally get a Rosetta Beta WU. . This is a lot of work, since I generally need to abort about 30 or more Rosetta Mini WUs to get one Rosetta Beta WU. . About once a week, I allow one Rosetta Mini WU to run, to see if the problem is fixed yet -- which hasn't happened yet. Other project sites such as World Community Grid and PrimeGrid allow me to choose which applications my computer will run. . Why can't Rosetta provide this feature, too? . I would like to run the Rosetta Beta WUs, but if I get tired of aborting hundreds of Rosetta Mini WUs, I may feel forced to abandon Rosetta altogether.
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Minirosetta v1.32 bug thread (Message 55535) Posted 4 Sep 2008 by Jim_Clark Post: Minirosetta 1.28 WUs always crashed my PC, and v1.32 does the same. Updating BOINC to the latest version didn't help. Upgrading my Windows XP Pro to SP3 didn't change the situation, either. This happens on my AMD Athlon Dual Core. My BOINC Manager is now configured in a protected mode now, so Minirosetta v1.32 WUs can't lock up my PC, but the WUs fail with a 'compute error' after 5 hours of wasted work. I don't want to waste my PC on WUs that will fail, so I abort all the Minirosetta WUs when I see them, hoping that I will get Rosetta Beta WUs to replace them. Some project sites such as PrimeGrid and World Community Grid give the user an option to choose which applications (sub-projects) to run. I would like to be able to opt out of Minirosetta until this bug is fixed.
5) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : 1,000 Genomes Project (Message 50931) Posted 24 Jan 2008 by Jim_Clark Post: Here is an interesting article that relates to Rosetta: 1,000 Genomes Project: Expanding the Map of Human Genetics
6) Message boards : Rosetta@home Science : Links related to Rosetta (Message 50930) Posted 24 Jan 2008 by Jim_Clark Post: Here is an interesting article that relates to Rosetta: 1,000 Genomes Project: Expanding the Map of Human Genetics
7) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : signature (Message 46138) Posted 13 Sep 2007 by Jim_Clark Post: It's really hard to find faq's or any other help on signatures. So far, I've found that I can use: http://www.boincstats.com/signature/user_123.gif where 123 is replaced by some id number I am supposed to have. I've tried various id numbers but none seem to work, although once I accidently did get somebody else's signature.

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