I wanted to create a place for all of the new participants to drop their questions and get help in getting started and with running Rosetta. The hope is that we can build a good supplement to the FAQs.

If you are a newbie, welcome to Rosetta!! Post your questions in here. If you are not a newbie, post a question and the answer here that you know the newbies will have. And try to provide links where they can get more details on the issue.

Q: Progress Percent not advancing?
A: Rosetta recomputes the progress percent at the end of each model. The model number is shown in the graphic. As long as the "steps" are continuing to progress, it is working. Once it completes the model it is working on, it will recompute the progress. At that point the progress % will be determine by looking at the time it took to complete the first model, as compared to your WU runtime preference. If your WU runtime preference is low (<4hrs) you will frequently see the progress % jump from 1.xx to 100%, or into the 50% range. Basically, each different protein takes a different time to crunch a model. Some proteins will crunch for several hours to complete a single model. Others will crunch a model every 5 or 10 minutes. It is the nature of the science being done with Rosetta.

BOINC and Rosetta have measures in place that will abort work units that aren't running properly. So, in general, unless you see some specific advice to the contrary, you should NOT abort work units (WUs).