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Number crunching :
no work from project AGAIN!!!
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BigDawg Send message Joined: 16 Apr 04 Posts: 113 Credit: 6,927 RAC: 0 |
looks like their are no wu,s agian. have been trying for 9 hours to get some and getting the "no work from project" message |
Angstrom Send message Joined: 20 Sep 99 Posts: 205 Credit: 10,131 RAC: 0 |
There are some around but its patchy. One of my computers managed to pick up a couple of days worth about an hour ago but I've just let another log on and its back to no units available. Just got to keep on trying. Easy for me to say cause I'm on broadband. It must be really frustrating for those with a modem. Neil |
BigDawg Send message Joined: 16 Apr 04 Posts: 113 Credit: 6,927 RAC: 0 |
good thing i have broadband also or i would be pullin my hair out :) |
jodeum Send message Joined: 6 Apr 01 Posts: 26 Credit: 18,073 RAC: 0 |
It's not that hard. You learn to start downloads, go somewhere else for awhile and then come back to see if it's done. |
Guido_A_Waldenmeier_ Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 482 Credit: 4,774 RAC: 0 |
i have download 10 wU s 1 hour ago people go to perferences and pass on your keep work for.. Persönlich bin ich immer bereit zu lernen, obwohl ich nicht immer belehrt werden möchte.[/url] [/url] |
Mighty Mik Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 47 Credit: 1,559,905 RAC: 0 |
My box was sitting on over 25 WU to hand in last night, today it's crunching on about 10. <a> [/url] |
CyberGoyle Send message Joined: 2 Jun 99 Posts: 160 Credit: 3,622,756 RAC: 26 |
I am getting a pile of WU's about every 8 hours or so. <a> |
Sir Ulli Send message Joined: 21 Oct 99 Posts: 2246 Credit: 6,136,250 RAC: 0 |
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STE\/E Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 1137 Credit: 5,334,063 RAC: 0 |
Easy for me to say cause I'm on broadband. It must be really frustrating for those with a modem. ========== Yes, so am I on Broadband, it can be trying at times but if I keep at it I will eventually get more WU's ... |
Joseph Mallek Send message Joined: 24 Oct 03 Posts: 16 Credit: 228,398 RAC: 1 |
I had the same problem, so I forced project updates, monitoring the messages in between, getting "No work available, when on the last update the data server suddenly parted with 9 WUs. Interesting how it can go from no work available to suddenly downloading 9 WUs. Does anyone know if reducing the work preference cache actually increase the odds of getting WUs. Maybe the data server holds off on filling a WU cache order until it has enough WUs available; not downloading any partial orders. The larger the order, the harder it is to fill, especially with Berkeley having trouble keeping up with demand. Try reducing the size of your work preference cache and see if that makes it easier to get WUs. A few WUs beats none at all. > looks like their are no wu,s agian. have been trying for 9 hours to get some > and getting the "no work from project" message > > |
STE\/E Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 1137 Credit: 5,334,063 RAC: 0 |
A little trick that seems to work for me is to keep forcing a update until it's say's something like 10 min's until the next try. It seems if I stop forcing the updates when I see that message that I will get some WU's after the 10 min's. That doesn't work every time but it works enough for me that I keep enough work units cached that way to keep running the Project ... |
Joseph Mallek Send message Joined: 24 Oct 03 Posts: 16 Credit: 228,398 RAC: 1 |
Actually, I've been using 56k dial up without much of a problem, so long as the data server is working. I use the "Disable BOINC network access" function to control BOINC when the system is off line. When it's time, I simply go on line, enable BOINCs network access, let it do it's business (as long as the data server is operational)and then disable the network access again when done. The WU situation wasn't that bad until the demand suddenly increased beyond Berkeley's initial capacity to keep up with it. I'm not a competitive number cruncher, just someone who wants to contribute to the search. > Easy for me to say cause I'm on broadband. It must be really frustrating for > those with a modem. > ========== > > Yes, so am I on Broadband, it can be trying at times but if I keep at it I > will eventually get more WU's ... > > |
Rom Walton (BOINC) Send message Joined: 28 Apr 00 Posts: 579 Credit: 130,733 RAC: 0 |
One of our splitters had died because the *nix machine hosting it had run out of swap space. We have fixed that problem, so handing out new results should continue on as before. ----- Rom BOINC Development Team, U.C. Berkeley |
BigDawg Send message Joined: 16 Apr 04 Posts: 113 Credit: 6,927 RAC: 0 |
well its 2:45am mountian daylight time sunday july 18th And i just got A NO WORK FROM SERVER MESSAGE. HOPE this is just a fluke!! EDIT: ok its 2:55 now and the server gave me 2 regular wu's(not the long ones)and ran out of work again. |
ric Send message Joined: 16 Jun 03 Posts: 482 Credit: 666,047 RAC: 0 |
Thankyou Rom for information if hardware is failing no setting on client side will help. Everything runs smooth, PoorBoy's hint can realy help. I'm not sure if it's just luck or Zufall, but when PoorBoy's mentioned hint is not working, I went to the account page, changed "anything" in the profile of home/shool/work, made update and then updated the client. This helped me more than one time, but can also be coincidence.. ric |
BigDawg Send message Joined: 16 Apr 04 Posts: 113 Credit: 6,927 RAC: 0 |
the hint seems to have done the trick. tried it and viola, i have wu's again. so i would say the hint works good Thanks |
Igmond Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 5 Credit: 17,236,685 RAC: 5 |
I've been having some problems as well getting WU's but they seem to come in bunches. My clients will go for a long time with no work from S@H then will fill the queue. Prob still just working out the bugs. |
Daniel Schaalma Send message Joined: 28 May 99 Posts: 297 Credit: 16,953,703 RAC: 0 |
PoorBoy's method has also served me well in the past. I have some rather fast computers, so I tend to keep my cache settings rather large (10-12 days worth), so when the server says "no work available", there is plenty of time to refill the cache before I run out of work. But then, all of my computers except for one are totally dedicated to the SETI project, and my main machine runs the client continuously until whatever I am working on starts to lag, at which time I shut down the client until I am finished working or gaming. Happy Crunching... Regards, Daniel. |
STE\/E Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 1137 Credit: 5,334,063 RAC: 0 |
I'm the same way Daniel, I run Seti exclusively if at all possible. I don't have near the PC's you have but I still need 30-35 WU's a day to keep my 3 PC's running. In a few weeks I will probably need 50 a day when I add another hungry mouth to the Stable ... I try to keep 7-8 Days of WU Cached in case there's a problem with the server & we can't get any for a few days... |
Daniel Schaalma Send message Joined: 28 May 99 Posts: 297 Credit: 16,953,703 RAC: 0 |
Well, I guess I'm pretty lucky, PoorBoy, in that I work for an ISP/Computer repair/computer builder/computer seller shop, so I get pretty good prices on hardware. Computers are my hobby, so working where I do is kind of like an alcoholic working in a distillery :) As far as joining your team, I already belong to my Company's team. We have been expanding, and adding new services such as Wireless Broadband Internet, that the rest of my team mates have not yet had the time to switch over to Boinc from Seti Classic yet, but thanks anyway for the invitation... Regards, Daniel. |
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