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frakie Send message Joined: 20 Sep 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 150,824 RAC: 0 |
Hi, i'm running BOINC from few days (24h per day), and now it's completely stopped. It has 6 tasks on 100%, ready to report, but the project as a communication deferred status with a 15h delay. Why there aren't new tasks or projects to do?The pc is completely idle now! It's a very resource waste... |
Jakob Creutzfeld Send message Joined: 13 Oct 00 Posts: 611 Credit: 2,025,000 RAC: 0 |
Hi, i'm running BOINC from few days (24h per day), and now it's completely stopped. It has 6 tasks on 100%, ready to report, but the project as a communication deferred status with a 15h delay. Why there aren't new tasks or projects to do?The pc is completely idle now! It's a very resource waste... Hi frakie, there are a couple of thing to check, so please go to advanced view and check: - Is Seti suspended (Projects tab)?. If so, select Seti@Home an click resume on the left side. - Is Seti set to No New task (projects tab)? If so, select Seti@Home and click Allow new tasks on the left side. - Open Activities Menu and check if either "do work based on preferences" or "always" is selected. (for test purposes you can temporarly check the "always" item and see if it works then) If all of those settings mentioned above are correct, please go to the projects tab, select Seti@home and click "Update" on the left side. Wait some minutes, then copy the last 20 or so lines from the messages tab and post them here. HTH Andy |
frakie Send message Joined: 20 Sep 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 150,824 RAC: 0 |
Hi, i'm running BOINC from few days (24h per day), and now it's completely stopped. It has 6 tasks on 100%, ready to report, but the project as a communication deferred status with a 15h delay. Why there aren't new tasks or projects to do?The pc is completely idle now! It's a very resource waste... Yes, all of those settings mentioned above were correct, so i clicked update button...Now every task is reported and other tasks are running! Thank you!! As you asked: 26/09/2007 10.16.07||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.20 for windows_intelx86 26/09/2007 10.16.07||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops 26/09/2007 10.16.07||Libraries: libcurl/7.16.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3 26/09/2007 10.16.07||Executing as a daemon 26/09/2007 10.16.07||Data directory: C:\\Programs\\BOINC 26/09/2007 10.16.07||BOINC is running as a service and as a non-system user. 26/09/2007 10.16.07||No application graphics will be available. 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5600 @ 1.83GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6] 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 mmx 26/09/2007 10.16.08||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00) 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Memory: 1021.91 MB physical, 2.40 GB virtual 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Disk: 111.78 GB total, 88.90 GB free 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Local time is UTC +1 hours 26/09/2007 10.16.08|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 3819072; location: work; project prefs: default 26/09/2007 10.16.08||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Reading preferences override file 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 510.96MB 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 919.72MB 26/09/2007 10.16.08||Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB 26/09/2007 18.12.30|SETI@home|Fetching scheduler list 26/09/2007 18.12.36|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded 26/09/2007 18.12.41|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user 26/09/2007 18.12.41|SETI@home|Requesting 60480 seconds of new work, and reporting 6 completed tasks 26/09/2007 18.12.46|SETI@home|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 511] 26/09/2007 18.12.47|SETI@home|Deferring communication for 11 sec 26/09/2007 18.12.47|SETI@home|Reason: requested by project 26/09/2007 18.12.49|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Started download of file 07mr07ad.23248.19295.10.6.94 26/09/2007 18.12.49|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Started download of file 07mr07ad.26497.14796.13.6.189 26/09/2007 18.12.56|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Finished download of file 07mr07ad.23248.19295.10.6.94 26/09/2007 18.12.56|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Throughput 56848 bytes/sec 26/09/2007 18.12.56|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Finished download of file 07mr07ad.26497.14796.13.6.189 26/09/2007 18.12.56|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Throughput 57808 bytes/sec 26/09/2007 18.12.56|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Started download of file 07mr07ad.23248.19295.10.6.89 26/09/2007 18.12.56|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Started download of file 07mr07ad.26497.8661.13.6.125 26/09/2007 18.12.57|SETI@home|Starting 07mr07ad.23248.19295.10.6.94_0 26/09/2007 18.12.57|SETI@home|Starting task 07mr07ad.23248.19295.10.6.94_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 527 26/09/2007 18.12.57|SETI@home|Starting 07mr07ad.26497.14796.13.6.189_1 26/09/2007 18.12.57|SETI@home|Starting task 07mr07ad.26497.14796.13.6.189_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 527 26/09/2007 18.13.03|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Finished download of file 07mr07ad.26497.8661.13.6.125 26/09/2007 18.13.03|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Throughput 50932 bytes/sec 26/09/2007 18.13.04|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Finished download of file 07mr07ad.23248.19295.10.6.89 26/09/2007 18.13.04|SETI@home|[file_xfer] Throughput 44099 bytes/sec Previous messages were cleared because i stopped the BOINC service to see if something could change... |
Jakob Creutzfeld Send message Joined: 13 Oct 00 Posts: 611 Credit: 2,025,000 RAC: 0 |
Yes, all of those settings mentioned above were correct, so i clicked update button...Now every task is reported and other tasks are running! You're welcome! :-) Andy |
wbf Send message Joined: 16 Sep 07 Posts: 1 Credit: 20,487 RAC: 0 |
thank u. the same problem i have was also solved. |
frakie Send message Joined: 20 Sep 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 150,824 RAC: 0 |
Yes, all of those settings mentioned above were correct, so i clicked update button...Now every task is reported and other tasks are running! It happened again, and my job pc was idle during the whole weekend..:( Now I updated the project and it has been restarted... How can I avoid this idleness? |
JLDun Send message Joined: 21 Apr 06 Posts: 573 Credit: 196,101 RAC: 0 |
Yes, all of those settings mentioned above were correct, so i clicked update button...Now every task is reported and other tasks are running! Things to check:
What's your "Cache of XX days" setting? Are you sure it isn't a Server-side issue? (As in, Server files being moved around.) Is SETI@home your only project? |
Jakob Creutzfeld Send message Joined: 13 Oct 00 Posts: 611 Credit: 2,025,000 RAC: 0 |
Yes, all of those settings mentioned above were correct, so i clicked update button...Now every task is reported and other tasks are running! Yup, this was a little "flaky" weekend for the berkeleys servers and work was sometimes rather dripping than flowing... :-0 To avoid your machines going idle, raise your connection interval setting in your general preferences to something like 2 days (depending on your BOINC version you can also use the "Maintain enough work for an additional xx days" setting if you have BOINC version 5.10.x or higher). If you use venues (home/school/work) set them accordingly. Remember to save your changes and hit "Update" in BOINC manager. Another alternative is to join an additional project like Einstein@Home or Rosetta@home... ;-) HTH Andy |
frakie Send message Joined: 20 Sep 07 Posts: 8 Credit: 150,824 RAC: 0 |
Thank you, now I set the additional work buffer to 10 days..:) |
Aurora Borealis Send message Joined: 14 Jan 01 Posts: 3075 Credit: 5,631,463 RAC: 0 |
Thank you, now I set the additional work buffer to 10 days..:) That is pushing it a bit too much if you have an always on connection. You will get a lot of cancelled work (version 5.10.x) and wasted bandwidth. I would recommend back off to a max. additional buffer of 5 days. Boinc V7.2.42 Win7 i5 3.33G 4GB, GTX470 |
Fred Barns Send message Joined: 12 Nov 02 Posts: 24 Credit: 2,361,551 RAC: 0 |
Same problem here..... I have 4 machimes running and all of them report the same problem. I have tried all your suggestions with no avail. Any more suggestions? 10/1/2007 10:03:29 AM||Starting BOINC client version 5.4.9 for windows_intelx86 10/1/2007 10:03:29 AM||libcurl/7.15.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8a zlib/1.2.3 10/1/2007 10:03:29 AM||Data directory: E:\\BOINC 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM||Memory: 1.98 GB physical, 3.83 GB virtual 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM||Disk: 74.53 GB total, 62.88 GB free 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 1350859; location: home; project prefs: default 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 2006-05-10 21:20:00) 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM||Local control only allowed 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM||Listening on port 31416 10/1/2007 10:03:30 AM||Suspending network activity - running CPU benchmarks 10/1/2007 10:03:32 AM||Running CPU benchmarks 10/1/2007 10:04:11 AM||Resuming network activity 10/1/2007 10:04:11 AM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi 10/1/2007 10:04:11 AM|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user 10/1/2007 10:04:11 AM|SETI@home|Requesting 707 seconds of new work 10/1/2007 10:04:17 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded 10/1/2007 10:04:17 AM|SETI@home|Message from server: Server error: can't attach shared memory 10/1/2007 10:04:17 AM|SETI@home|Project is down 10/1/2007 10:04:31 AM||Benchmark results: 10/1/2007 10:04:31 AM|| Number of CPUs: 2 10/1/2007 10:04:31 AM|| 1729 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU 10/1/2007 10:04:31 AM|| 2647 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU 10/1/2007 10:04:31 AM||Finished CPU benchmarks 10/1/2007 10:04:32 AM|SETI@home|Resuming task 07mr07al.15541.6207.10.6.92_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 527 10/1/2007 10:04:32 AM|SETI@home|Resuming task 07mr07al.15541.6207.10.6.198_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 527 10/1/2007 10:04:32 AM||Resuming computation 10/1/2007 10:04:32 AM||Rescheduling CPU: Resuming computation 10/1/2007 10:07:12 AM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi 10/1/2007 10:07:12 AM|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user 10/1/2007 10:07:12 AM|SETI@home|(not requesting new work or reporting completed tasks) 10/1/2007 10:07:17 AM||Rescheduling CPU: project suspended by user 10/1/2007 10:07:17 AM|SETI@home|Pausing task 07mr07al.15541.6207.10.6.92_0 (removed from memory) 10/1/2007 10:07:17 AM|SETI@home|Pausing task 07mr07al.15541.6207.10.6.198_1 (removed from memory) 10/1/2007 10:07:17 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded 10/1/2007 10:07:17 AM|SETI@home|Message from server: Project is temporarily shut down for maintenance 10/1/2007 10:07:17 AM|SETI@home|Project is down 10/1/2007 10:07:17 AM|SETI@home|Deferring scheduler requests for 1 hours, 1 minutes and 16 seconds 10/1/2007 10:07:20 AM||Rescheduling CPU: project resumed by user 10/1/2007 10:07:21 AM|SETI@home|Restarting task 07mr07al.15541.6207.10.6.92_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 527 10/1/2007 10:07:21 AM|SETI@home|Restarting task 07mr07al.15541.6207.10.6.198_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 527 10/1/2007 10:07:22 AM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi 10/1/2007 10:07:22 AM|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user 10/1/2007 10:07:22 AM|SETI@home|Requesting 1007 seconds of new work 10/1/2007 10:07:27 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded 10/1/2007 10:07:27 AM|SETI@home|Message from server: Project is temporarily shut down for maintenance 10/1/2007 10:07:27 AM|SETI@home|Project is down 10/1/2007 10:07:27 AM|SETI@home|Deferring scheduler requests for 2 hours, 36 minutes and 12 seconds "Get Busy Living" or "Get Busy Dieing" |
Alinator Send message Joined: 19 Apr 05 Posts: 4178 Credit: 4,647,982 RAC: 0 |
Thank you, now I set the additional work buffer to 10 days..:) No, Redundant results cancelled by the project would only occur if the project was still issuing an extra 'trailer' result by default, which is not the case any more. The typical 'problem' with a max cache setting is that when shorter deadline results come in they have a tendancy to preempt older longer deadline result by forcing BOINC to switch to Earliest Deadline First mode (EDF). Keep in mind, this is a perception issue and not a real problem per se. Probably due to the unfortunate linking of EDF to the phrase 'Panic Mode' in various documentation, which gives the impression that something went wrong with the host and is not the case in this situation. There are a couple of issues to be aware of when running a max cache, but are related to the delays induced when a host has major malfunctions or drops out of the project without aborting the unfinished/unrun work and/or detaching from the project before leaving. Alinator |
Jakob Creutzfeld Send message Joined: 13 Oct 00 Posts: 611 Credit: 2,025,000 RAC: 0 |
Same problem here..... I have 4 machimes running and all of them report the same problem. I have tried all your suggestions with no avail. Hi Fred, well, you coincidentally hit a server file access error followed by an outage. (Congrats! ;-)) Please see following lines in your Message list: 10/1/2007 10:04:11 AM|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user and later... 10/1/2007 10:07:17 AM|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded I guess the servers in Berkeley are back online now, So could you try the update button again and see if it works now? HTH Andy |
Fred Barns Send message Joined: 12 Nov 02 Posts: 24 Credit: 2,361,551 RAC: 0 |
Same problem here..... I have 4 machimes running and all of them report the same problem. I have tried all your suggestions with no avail. Still no luck.... Here are the latest messages 10/1/2007 1:42:22 PM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi 10/1/2007 1:42:22 PM|SETI@home|Reason: To fetch work 10/1/2007 1:42:22 PM|SETI@home|Requesting 2917 seconds of new work 10/1/2007 1:42:27 PM|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded 10/1/2007 1:42:27 PM|SETI@home|No work from project 10/1/2007 1:42:27 PM|SETI@home|Deferring scheduler requests for 6 minutes and 5 seconds 10/1/2007 1:46:32 PM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi 10/1/2007 1:46:32 PM|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user 10/1/2007 1:46:32 PM|SETI@home|Requesting 3739 seconds of new work 10/1/2007 1:46:37 PM|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded 10/1/2007 1:46:52 PM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi 10/1/2007 1:46:52 PM|SETI@home|Reason: To fetch work 10/1/2007 1:46:52 PM|SETI@home|Requesting 3806 seconds of new work 10/1/2007 1:46:57 PM|SETI@home|Scheduler request succeeded 10/1/2007 1:46:57 PM|SETI@home|No work from project 10/1/2007 1:46:57 PM|SETI@home|Deferring scheduler requests for 1 minutes and 0 seconds "Get Busy Living" or "Get Busy Dieing" |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Thank you, now I set the additional work buffer to 10 days..:) Not entirely a perception issue. If a project is in EDF, it will not be asked for work until such a time as it is no longer in EDF. BOINC WIKI |
Alinator Send message Joined: 19 Apr 05 Posts: 4178 Credit: 4,647,982 RAC: 0 |
Not entirely a perception issue. If a project is in EDF, it will not be asked for work until such a time as it is no longer in EDF. Agreed, I meant a perception issue from the POV that EDF is something 'bad' or the machine and/or software got 'broken' somehow. The truth is if you're carrying a max cache, EDF is probably your best friend. ;-) Alinator |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
Not entirely a perception issue. If a project is in EDF, it will not be asked for work until such a time as it is no longer in EDF. With that, I will fully agree - just remove the probably from that statement. BOINC WIKI |
Fred Barns Send message Joined: 12 Nov 02 Posts: 24 Credit: 2,361,551 RAC: 0 |
woohoo.... its back up "Get Busy Living" or "Get Busy Dieing" |
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