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Message 17920 - Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 19:55:13 UTC
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August 26, 2004
We fixed the bogus URL bug and all servers are back up. If your cache is empty of all valid workunits and you have any of the bogus workunits, then reset the project.
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how do i id a bogus URL or bogus WU?

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Message 17924 - Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 20:01:24 UTC - in response to Message 17920.  
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> how do i id a bogus URL or bogus WU?
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> thanks
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> michael
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Ya I also wonder ???

I really don't know what to do.
I have 10 WU in cache, one ready to report but no scheduler respond,
Version 4 was supposed to release today, Should I continue crunching
what I have or reset right away, if I don't will my curRent cache be
compatible with ver 4 when it release...???

That's the problem with this project. Clear Communications.
Only those who reads the board knows about the Bogus story.

Those who don't won't have a clue about what they are talking about
in the last news post.

I guess that the word that comes more often in posts is "guess" !

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Message 17925 - Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 20:18:41 UTC

From what I have read...if the WU starts to download then immediatly stops, it has the wrong URL.

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Message 17926 - Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 20:19:47 UTC

I had about 15 done WUs and i reset project as they told and all went away...
before i did this no schedulers respond and i was all done with my cache...
seems to be some problems again!!!

NO CLUE what is going on....(: no version 4 of boinc ....

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Message 17927 - Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 20:22:16 UTC - in response to Message 17925.  
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> From what I have read...if the WU starts to download then immediatly stops, it
> has the wrong URL.
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Thanks Don,

OK so basicaly if it says "ready to run" it's OK ?

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Message 17958 - Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 21:40:32 UTC

Hmm - I have a bunch of work units that won't upload - wonder if that menas they are bogus?
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Message 17967 - Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 21:54:48 UTC - in response to Message 17958.  

> Hmm - I have a bunch of work units that won't upload - wonder if that menas
> they are bogus?
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Message 17969 - Posted: 26 Aug 2004, 21:59:28 UTC

A bogus unit is a unit that you can not download. It obtains the work unit from the scheduler, but when when the client goes to download, it it never able to.

If you have a unit that never downloads, you have a bogus unit. A bogus unit is *not* a unit that can't be uploaded, or reported on. (This is probably just a temporary outage of the scheduler or something)

I have a couple of bogus units, but i am not going to worry about it. When V4 client comes out, it will blow away the bogus units anyway.

If you do want to get rid of the bogus units, make sure you have finished completing, uploading and reporting on any other units that are valid first, before resetting. No point blowing away perfectly good WU's.

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