Posts by Bill F

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 108873)
Posted 25 Feb 2024 by Profile Bill F
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And where did they go ? not now showing as available and not in progress
2) Message boards : Number crunching : New BOINC Version for Mac (Message 108844)
Posted 14 Feb 2024 by Profile Bill F
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OBTW Mac Users....

BOINC Version 7.24.3 Recommended version (MacOS 10.13+)

Was released on 30 Jan 2024

This version fixes a problem that causes GPU apps to fail after a Mac OS upgrade to Sonoma

Bill F
3) Message boards : Number crunching : New BOINC versions 22 May 2023 (Message 108442)
Posted 3 Jul 2023 by Profile Bill F
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changelog for 7.22x version

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Release_Notes

Add not-in-use computing prefs ...

only on local prefs ... not web one .



Please submit as a question on the BOINC Client section of the BOINC Message Boards

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_index.php
4) Message boards : Number crunching : New BOINC versions 22 May 2023 (Message 108427)
Posted 29 Jun 2023 by Profile Bill F
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A new version of the BOINC client is available for Windows, Mac, and Android

Available at https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php
5) Message boards : News : Thank you! (Message 105385)
Posted 10 Mar 2022 by Profile Bill F
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Wayno

WCG has not ended just down to move total operations to a new home.

Bill F
6) Message boards : News : Thank you! (Message 104087)
Posted 8 Jan 2022 by Profile Bill F
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I'm having two problems.

First, there's no work.

Second, I'm running two computers and I have one task on each. But Rosetta isn't showing up on the other one.
OK. Since Rosetta isn't sending me any work just now,, there's nothing to show. But I probably would have been aware of this earlier, had I seen it on my other computer.

So, I think the first problem is more important. are others getting work? Is there some reason I'm not? What can i do/

Thank you.

Ross
Vbox (python) always available.
Traditional 4.20 work, intermittent. I see a batch every few days that is eaten up within a few hours.

If you can't do the python stuff, attach to something else, (e.g. WCG which has cancer work continuously and a bit of Covid) and leave rosetta asking for work too, so you'll get some batches of 4.20 when it comes.



Looking at the details of your computer its hard to tell if you have Vbox or not.
If you have Vbox then you need to check the details page about your your computer and make sure that Python is allowed. We discuss that in detail over in number crunching.

Another project to join up with is SiDock. Fast turn around tasks. Also protein folding.
Another one is QuChem. Also a protein folding group.
No high memory demands like Python here. You need around 2.5GB of memory per core if you going to run Python dedicated on your machine.
And for better help, come post your story over in number crunching. There are a couple of guys there that are really good at this.


You may want to reload BOINC on your 2nd system that is not communicating with Rosetta it's last connection was on 1 Oct 2021, 2:09:53 UTC. Both of your systems have fairly old versions of BOINC installed (7.16.11 from Sept 2020. The current version is 7.16.20 and can be down from https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php
7) Questions and Answers : Web site : Spam Posting (Message 102038)
Posted 9 Jun 2021 by Profile Bill F
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When I reported a spam posting the system posted this error

Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /projects/boinc/rosetta/html/inc/forum_email.inc on line 40

Thanks Bill F
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 100691)
Posted 4 Mar 2021 by Profile Bill F
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People deserve a proper break and I'm not inclined to demand they're dragged in to suit, what are essentially, hobbyists.
No need to go in, just do a remote login & restart. If it fixes it, good. If not, then it can wait till they do go in.

If it wasn't for people in these forums, no-one would've thought of this...

But people do and start coming out with stuff about "community" and "Rosetta is us", which I will always find head-shakingly bizarre #Cranks
Which is probably why Rosetta is such a small project - that very lack of community.

Right, it's the "community" that motivates people to join and contribute to projects and hang around.
Not even sure what "community" means in this context. Traffic in forums by a few dozen people?
The kind of community that, when tasks stop coming down in the middle of a Xmas holiday, immediately sees comments about the loss of good will? Some "community".
Is this some kind of joke I'm not getting? Even though I'm laughing anyway?
Astonishing self-obsession and lack of proportionality.


For a Small project it has a good base, not counting Users that do not allow data export, 32,000+ Users on 88,000+ Systems contribute daily.

Bill F
9) Message boards : News : Thank you! (Message 100264)
Posted 31 Dec 2020 by Profile Bill F
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While you are waiting now is a good time to update your BOINC version if back aways.

Bill F
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 100261)
Posted 30 Dec 2020 by Profile Bill F
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I don't have a serious problem with it, if this project "take a break". It's not a problem for me to find something else to do. I'm running Folding@Home now - and not permanently. I will be back.

But I just think it would be nice to get some info about what is happening - or not happening. And why. Just something. Anything.

It would not take many minutes. Please?


Well TN-Grid and World Community Grid both have research work for Covid as a suggestion.

Bill F
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Updated BOINC Clients 7.16.11 - Windows 64-bit and Mac OS X (64-bit Intel) (Message 100157)
Posted 26 Dec 2020 by Profile Bill F
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Since i'm out of work in this system i thought i'd give the new BOINC version a try.
Unfortunately it still requires user intervention to go from HTTP to HTTPS- detaching & re-attaching to the project and loosing all my historical stats stored locally on that system.

Exited BOINC, ran the new BOINC version installer.
After installing and running benchmarks it had in it's event log
26/12/2020 09:56:01 | Rosetta@home | You are attached to this project twice. Please remove projects named Rosetta@home, then add https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/

So i detached & re-attached using the supplied URL from the event log as an existing user.


It looks like you have a pair of major player systems with big NVIDIA GPU's. Your current stat's show very good averages on Rosetta.

Bill F
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Rosetta 4.1+ and 4.2+ (Message 100031)
Posted 14 Dec 2020 by Profile Bill F
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I am one of those Ralph users that patiently wait.... Most times I miss out as other members scoop up any work super fast.

I have been a Ralph member since Jan 2018

Bill F
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Rosetta 4.1+ and 4.2+ (Message 99235)
Posted 4 Oct 2020 by Profile Bill F
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You are using a REALLY old version of Boinc, is that by design or you just haven't updated?
BOINC is just the manager (it's the project's applications that actually process work), and if something isn't broken, then don't fix it.
The only useful thing in the last few versions is that the latest one appears to support a project going from HTTP to HTTPS without the user having to do it.
I may eventually upgrade when i've had enough of the Notices about using an old URL.


You may want to read some of the release notes 7.6.22 forward to current again. The BOINC manager has also upgraded Library's that the applications use and GPU tables for newer GPU's as well as improvements in Task scheduling and Task time estimates. It may not be broke but it might be improvable.

Bill F
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Updated BOINC Clients 7.16.11 - Windows 64-bit and Mac OS X (64-bit Intel) (Message 98921)
Posted 9 Sep 2020 by Profile Bill F
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Version 7.16.11 of the BOINC client software has been released for Mac OS and Windows.

Download at https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

Release notes at https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Release_Notes

Bill F
15) Message boards : News : Switch to using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) (Message 97297)
Posted 9 Jun 2020 by Profile Bill F
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Android version v. 7.4.53 has a Certificate issue in it and it can not connect with Rosetta ( and a few other projects). The BOINC programmers started working last week to recompile 7.4.53 with the current Certificates and post for user upgrade. Hang in there lots of people affected,

Bill F
16) Message boards : News : Switch to using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) (Message 97146)
Posted 2 Jun 2020 by Profile Bill F
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A patched version of the Win 64 BOINC client has been released and moved to "Recommended Version" It resolves the one issue.

7.16.7 at https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

Bill F
17) Message boards : Number crunching : Updated BOINC Clients (Message 94139)
Posted 11 Apr 2020 by Profile Bill F
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its not even doing basic things like saying:
computation for task xyz finished
Starting task xyz
In that Manager, select Options, Event log options.
are file_xfer, Sched_ops and task ticked?


even with 5 tasks ready to report and a manual report (i dont know why they didnt report when finished)
That is the way Rosetta is set up. It contacts the Scheduler to get more work, but not just to report completed work (unless it is just after requesting more work & reporting completed work & it realises it needs more to meet the cache settings).



When task completes ... status in the Client changes to "Uploading" and a the Data is sent to the Project. Then the status changes to "Ready to report". Stat's for the project in the Client are updated after the next scheduled successful communication. BUT your data has already been sent and you have nothing to fear.

Bill F
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Updated BOINC Clients (Message 94137)
Posted 11 Apr 2020 by Profile Bill F
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its not even doing basic things like saying:
computation for task xyz finished
Starting task xyz
Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
Reporting 1 completed tasks
Requesting new tasks for CPU

even with 5 tasks ready to report and a manual report (i dont know why they didnt report when finished) there were no messages.

Doesnt leave me with much confidence that things are happening as they should



Get the Task numbers and go to the Project and look at your Tasks and see what the status of the task is,

Bill F
19) Message boards : Number crunching : Updated BOINC Clients (Message 94135)
Posted 11 Apr 2020 by Profile Bill F
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Ive updated 2 clients to the latest version, both on WIN 10 64 bit computers

I keep getting the following:
11/04/2020 2:41:00 pm | Rosetta@home | update requested by user
11/04/2020 2:41:03 pm | Rosetta@home | Project requested delay of 7 seconds

and then nothing, it wont go back for new work by manually updating. there is no more communication after that.

will normally come back and say requesting work for the CPU
downloading x work units or no work from project.

my 3rd client which i haven't updated will connect to the server find when i click update and is able to get new work.

i feel like the server/boinc client isnt communicating properly.


I had the same concern regarding communications and status, but after looking at the system from my account from the Project side (a different project) WU's were being completed and uploaded and new work was coming down when needed by the scheduler.

Bill F
20) Message boards : Number crunching : Updated BOINC Clients (Message 93944)
Posted 9 Apr 2020 by Profile Bill F
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I would suspend your processing under "Activities" then look under the "Help
tab on the BOINC client is a "check for updates" selection.

Bill F


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