10/4/2007 9:53:01 AM|rosetta@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user
10/4/2007 9:53:01 AM|rosetta@home|(not requesting new work or reporting completed tasks)
10/4/2007 9:53:06 AM|rosetta@home|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 509]
10/4/2007 9:53:06 AM|rosetta@home|Deferring communication for 4 min 2 sec
10/4/2007 9:53:06 AM|rosetta@home|Reason: requested by project



I have about 5 machines...they all only run RAH...they all have the Preferences set to 10days of work...all running version 5.10.20. All machines have been set up and working perfectly fine for at least a few weeks, some even 6+ months.

None of my machines have received work in a few days...I have tried the Update button and also the Retry Communications numerous times on all machines over the past few days. No new work is coming to me.

Is RAH down in regards to sending work?

Yes, I've read this thread and although it doesn't solve my problem, there are some non-laymen terms thrown around here (like LTD and debt) that aren't defined.

Can someone please reply regarding my immediate question: why aren't I getting work?

Thanks.

-Eric

p.s. it would be nice if there was a Joe Public, laymen-worded FAQ about the topic of not receiving new work and how to troubleshoot.

How can that possibly be adequate testing? Less than 24 hours? Get real.

Well, again, you do not have enough information. How much was changed in v5.80 as compared to the prior stable release? If there were only a couple lines of code changed, and they pertained to an energy calculation which you confirmed required revision, how much testing would be "adequate"?

...and again, the main problem seems to have been with specific type of work, not with the Rosetta version.

My Dell 9200 Q6600 quadcore arrived today.

Long story short, the only internet access I will have for the next two weeks is via my laptop at the local library.

Once or twice before when I've lost internet access, I've tried unsuccessfully to "sneaker-net" my AMD desktop results to the laptop, and bring the laptop to internet access.

To potentially gain two weeks of 100% Rosetta crunching on a quadcore, I'm willing to try one more time.

If anyone can suggest how I can use a laptop and flash drive to get an isolated quadcore to run Rosetta workunits, I'm game.

Worst that can happen is it doesn't work, and Rosie has to wait two more weeks for my RAC to start increasing again.

Thanx in advance.

When I first signed up here, I assumed that boinc would be your average braindead software, so I made one account for each of my computers. Is there a way to merge those accounts into one?

Since the Einstein@home work units started taking over 60 hours of cpu time, I now only run SETI and Rosetta. Last week when the SETI project went down due to some server problem, all my computers did was Rosetta. Then SETI comes back after a few days of downtime and the problem of Rosetta not getting any new work began. I guess the B in BOINC being Berkeley should tip us off that SETI has priority over who gets what.

I've been getting this error on all 5 PCs[1073741819(0xC0000005)], More WUs have succeeded than errored out of course, Some PCs have updated graphics drivers(PC1 & PC2), Some don't(PC3-5), Some are overclocked to the max(PC2, PC4 & PC5), One is overclocked less(PC1) and One is at stock speed(PC3), 4 use XP x64 and a Native x64 Boinc Client(Crunch3r's Boinc 5.9.0.64, over Boinc 5.9.11 for XP x64) and 1 uses XP Pro and a Native x32 Boinc Client(Boinc 5.9.11 for XP Pro/2000), All Boincs are as updated as I feel is needed at present and the systems worked fine under Seti, I can only guess that since all 5 are using the same 32bit Beta Rosetta application namely:

rosetta@home rosetta_beta version 576

That It might be related to 5.76 somehow and I'm no scientist or programmer, Just a guy who runs PCs that I built Myself(Networked too, Self taught on the Networking, 27 years of computer usage and two computer courses in the early 80's in Basic and Computers[So I know the inner workings of a computer and understand the terms too, But then I've used 7 different OSes since then in 4 different types of computers up to the present time]). But then I'm pretty comfortable with computers and always have been for some reason.

On top of that I'm down to 3 WUs on PC1(1:20:00 almost)[XP x64],
PC2 has about 1.5 days[XP Pro],
PC3 has a little over 17 hours of work[XP x64],
PC4 has about 1.5 days and[XP x64],
PC5 has about 3.5 days[XP x64].

Is there anyway I can get an earlier version of 5.76 or is this less error prone than the earlier versions of the app or am I stuck with this until a newer version comes out?

Oh and I sweep My PCs for adware/spyware/malware and keep My AV software upto date.

The PCs stay pretty cool too, 4 use Vigor Monsoon II cpu coolers and 1 uses an XP120 & a 120mm cpu fan(PC2).

PM would be useful :D

NOT until the opt-out option (defaulted to NO) is available!

Just wait for Misfit and company to start spamming everyone to join their teams.

I've got a couple of terminals here that we use mainly for surfing the web and basic document writing. I was hoping to run R@H on them, but the only problem is that the systems are locked by a program called DeepFreeze, which essentially restores the system to an "original state". Along with this original state is an empty work queue in BOINC.

Does anyone know of a workaround for this? Would installing BOINC to an "unfrozen" partition of the system work?

My mention of cobblestones was a reference to how 100,000 cobblestones equals a TeraFlop, a well-defined computing term. And I think we all agree that credits are simply an approximation thereof.

...so let's not escalate this into a shouting match.

Excuse You!

read this:

Cobblestones

The original name for Credits.
Named after Jeff Cobb, one of the Seti administrators.

A Cobblestone is 1/100 day of CPU Time on a Reference Computer that does:

* 1,000 double-precision MIPS based on the Whetstone Benchmark.
* 1,000 VAX MIPS based on the Dhrystone Benchmark.

you tell me that this precise calculation is fictional? Thats a insult to the person who developed this measurement and spent quite a bit of time coming up with the code and math to make it all work.

I take offense at your slight/insult at another person who is putting time into looking at how linux will work with credits (even though i use windows, i have to acknowledge those who are trying to break the monolithic hold of bill gates). Read this

If your so into credits and the such and not into sharing your cpu in the name of science, then why don't you go elsewhere. I came into this project to donate my cpu time to help finding ways to get to the bottom of diseases such as cancer (my mother in law died from it) and other diseases that this project is helping to find a cure for.

Credits to me is just a way to show what I have done so far. Does credits have anything to do with anything in the real world? I don't think so. Does the results of these work units have something to with the real world? Damn straight they do.