Posts by tom

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 100118)
Posted 23 Dec 2020 by tom
Post:
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.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Problems and Technical Issues with Rosetta@home (Message 99762)
Posted 25 Nov 2020 by tom
Post:
for some reason, i have been set to ONE work unit a day for quite a while now. after literally years of processing lots of work units, trouble-free, i still don't understand why. afaik, it started when boinc switched to ssl, but since i can successfully connect to other sites over ssl, the switch over (yes, i switched, too) shouldn't have nuked my ability to communicate with the project. and no, i don't see any errors in the event log, although i'm not very expert at looking through it.

currently running:
boinc 7.16.11
mac os x 10.7.5
mac mini server i7
3) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : something broke (Message 98058)
Posted 13 Jul 2020 by tom
Post:
thanks, that’s good to know.

in the meantime, i notice messages in the log about “daily quota of 1 exceeded”.

it’s really, really hard to test whether things are working when i have to wait 24 hours to try again...

so how can i request that this daily quota thing be increased to something more reasonable, like maybe *2*?
4) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : something broke (Message 97614)
Posted 25 Jun 2020 by tom
Post:
that would make sense if the computer were showing any signs of misbehaving, or if i hadn't been running rosetta successfully for years, right up to the ssl changeover. neither the ram nor the paging file are likely to have changed at exactly that moment, and without affecting anything else.

i'm guessing that it's a software setting somewhere, or an incompatibility with my antique operating system, rather than a a hardware problem. but if i'm wrong, i'll buy you a cappuccino.
5) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : something broke (Message 97613)
Posted 25 Jun 2020 by tom
Post:
i don't know what to look for, but here's today's "log file of rejection" (apologies for the formatting, or lack thereof):

Thu 25 Jun 12:40:02 2020 |  | Starting BOINC client version 7.16.6 for x86_64-apple-darwin
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, file_xfer_debug, work_fetch_debug
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Libraries: libcurl/7.58.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0g zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.13.0
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | OpenCL CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2635QM CPU @ 2.00GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: Apple, driver version 1.1, device version OpenCL 1.1)
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | No usable GPUs found
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Host name: server.local
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2635QM CPU @ 2.00GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7]
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clfsh ds acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pbe pni pclmulqdq dtes64 mon dscpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 tpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 xapic popcnt aes pcid xsave osxsave tsctmr avx
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | OS: Mac OS X 10.7.5 (Darwin 11.4.2)
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Memory: 8.00 GB physical, 112.31 GB virtual
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Disk: 464.96 GB total, 112.06 GB free
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Local time is UTC -4 hours
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Last CPU benchmark was 37 days 13:04:30 ago
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | General prefs: from http://orbit.psi.edu/oah/ (last modified 28-Jun-2008 12:55:40)
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Host location: none
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | General prefs: using your defaults
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Reading preferences override file
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Preferences:
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | max memory usage when active: 8192.00 MB
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | max memory usage when idle: 8192.00 MB
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | max disk usage: 112.09 GB
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: Prefs update
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: Startup
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:03 2020 |  | Setting up project and slot directories
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:04 2020 |  | Checking active tasks
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:04 2020 | Rosetta@home | URL https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 2431861; resource share 100
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:04 2020 |  | Setting up GUI RPC socket
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:04 2020 |  | Checking presence of 0 project files
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:04 2020 |  | Running CPU benchmarks
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:04 2020 |  | Suspending computation - CPU benchmarks in progress
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:33 2020 | Rosetta@home | project resumed by user
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:33 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: project resumed
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:35 2020 |  | Benchmark results:
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:35 2020 |  | Number of CPUs: 8
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:35 2020 |  | 3106 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:35 2020 |  | 8072 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:37 2020 | Rosetta@home | update requested by user
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:37 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: project updated by user
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 | Rosetta@home | piggyback_work_request()
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 1.000
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 | Rosetta@home | piggyback: resource CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] set_request() for CPU: ninst 8 nused_total 0.00 nidle_now 8.00 fetch share 1.00 req_inst 8.00 req_secs 174240.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] request: CPU (174240.00 sec, 8.00 inst)
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 | Rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:39 2020 | Rosetta@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:41 2020 | Rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:41 2020 | Rosetta@home | No tasks sent
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:41 2020 | Rosetta@home | Project requested delay of 31 seconds
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:41 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: RPC complete
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103246.468618
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio 0.000 can't request work: scheduler RPC backoff (25.94 sec)
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 | Rosetta@home | skip: scheduler RPC backoff
Thu 25 Jun 12:40:46 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:12 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: Backoff ended for Rosetta@home
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103276.549328
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 1.000
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | can fetch CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | CPU needs work - buffer low
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | checking CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] set_request() for CPU: ninst 8 nused_total 0.00 nidle_now 8.00 fetch share 1.00 req_inst 8.00 req_secs 174240.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | CPU set_request: 174240.000000
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] request: CPU (174240.00 sec, 8.00 inst)
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:16 2020 | Rosetta@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:17 2020 | Rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:17 2020 | Rosetta@home | No tasks sent
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:17 2020 | Rosetta@home | Project requested delay of 31 seconds
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:17 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] backing off CPU 805 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:17 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: RPC complete
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103282.606869
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio 0.000 can't request work: scheduler RPC backoff (25.95 sec)
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 800.16, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 | Rosetta@home | skip: scheduler RPC backoff
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:22 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:48 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: Backoff ended for Rosetta@home
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103312.687143
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 770.08, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 | Rosetta@home | can't fetch CPU: project is backed off
Thu 25 Jun 12:41:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103372.857669
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 709.91, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 | Rosetta@home | can't fetch CPU: project is backed off
Thu 25 Jun 12:42:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103433.017598
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 649.75, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 | Rosetta@home | can't fetch CPU: project is backed off
Thu 25 Jun 12:43:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103493.180618
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 589.59, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 | Rosetta@home | can't fetch CPU: project is backed off
Thu 25 Jun 12:44:53 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:25 2020 | Rosetta@home | update requested by user
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:25 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: project updated by user
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 | Rosetta@home | piggyback_work_request()
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 1.000
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 | Rosetta@home | piggyback: resource CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] set_request() for CPU: ninst 8 nused_total 0.00 nidle_now 8.00 fetch share 1.00 req_inst 8.00 req_secs 174240.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] request: CPU (174240.00 sec, 8.00 inst)
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 | Rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:28 2020 | Rosetta@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:29 2020 | Rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:29 2020 | Rosetta@home | No tasks sent
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:29 2020 | Rosetta@home | Project requested delay of 31 seconds
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:29 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: RPC complete
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103534.301206
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio 0.000 can't request work: scheduler RPC backoff (25.99 sec)
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 | Rosetta@home | skip: scheduler RPC backoff
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:34 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:52 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: Backoff ended for Rosetta@home
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103554.352940
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 1.000
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | can fetch CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | CPU needs work - buffer low
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | checking CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] set_request() for CPU: ninst 8 nused_total 0.00 nidle_now 8.00 fetch share 1.00 req_inst 8.00 req_secs 174240.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | CPU set_request: 174240.000000
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] request: CPU (174240.00 sec, 8.00 inst)
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:54 2020 | Rosetta@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:56 2020 | Rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:56 2020 | Rosetta@home | Not sending work - last request too recent: 26 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:56 2020 | Rosetta@home | Project requested delay of 31 seconds
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:56 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] backing off CPU 401 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:45:56 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: RPC complete
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103561.428058
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio 0.000 can't request work: scheduler RPC backoff (25.95 sec)
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 395.60, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 | Rosetta@home | skip: scheduler RPC backoff
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:01 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:27 2020 |  | [work_fetch] Request work fetch: Backoff ended for Rosetta@home
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103591.505680
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 365.52, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | can't fetch CPU: project is backed off
Thu 25 Jun 12:46:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103651.655769
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 305.37, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | can't fetch CPU: project is backed off
Thu 25 Jun 12:47:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 |  | choose_project(): 1593103711.804728
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 21600.00 sec
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- project states ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 0.307 prio -1.000 can request work
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] --- state for CPU ---
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] shortfall 174240.00 nidle 8.00 saturated 0.00 busy 0.00
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | [work_fetch] share 0.000 project is backed off  (resource backoff: 245.22, inc 600.00)
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | choose_project: scanning
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 | Rosetta@home | can't fetch CPU: project is backed off
Thu 25 Jun 12:48:31 2020 |  | [work_fetch] No project chosen for work fetch
6) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : something broke (Message 97611)
Posted 25 Jun 2020 by tom
Post:
i've been running rosetta for years on a mac mini w/macos 10.7, until the switch to ssl.

i switched the url (trivial), deleted and re-added rosetta, and i think i updated to a newer version of boic. and now all of a sudden i get a "computing error" on every single work unit, with 0 cpu time used.

what broke?


You have a "Signal 11" error for every work unit, that's on your end

"signal 11, or translated a segmentation error pointing to a problem with your memory, virtual memory (page file) or that it's a bad batch of tasks. However, if you're the only one returning these as an error and consistently over two or more projects, you best go look into a problem with the RAM or page file on that computer"


While a segfault can be caused by faulty hardware, WU's consistently segfaulting right away with no CPU time used points to a software problem.


True but no one else is screaming about them


i wouldn't be "screaming" either, if i assumed that the work units just weren't coming in because of the covid lockdown, or i was too busy crunching other projects or with other stuff.

i'll post a log file below, once i figure out how to do that.
7) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : something broke (Message 97610)
Posted 25 Jun 2020 by tom
Post:
thanks for the suggestion, but i'm running a mac mini (macos 10.7) with an intel i7 processor. since a significant number of other users are probably using the same cpu chip, it isn't likely.
8) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : something broke (Message 97431)
Posted 17 Jun 2020 by tom
Post:
i've been running rosetta for years on a mac mini w/macos 10.7, until the switch to ssl.

i switched the url (trivial), deleted and re-added rosetta, and i think i updated to a newer version of boic. and now all of a sudden i get a "computing error" on every single work unit, with 0 cpu time used.

what broke?
9) Message boards : News : Switch to using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) (Message 96771)
Posted 25 May 2020 by tom
Post:
i'm not even seeing 1 task per day - right now it's been zero for about a week. requesting an update doesn't work, so i can't even see what's wrong. (before updating i was happily crunching along, and *nothing* else has changed at my end.)
10) Message boards : News : Switch to using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) (Message 96716)
Posted 22 May 2020 by tom
Post:
i haven't seen any new work units since before i switched to ssl. i had assumed that the old url was being shut down, and that things would go back to normal after the change. am i doing something wrong?






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