CPUID: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.70GHz
Speed: 1 x 2685 MHz
Work Unit Info:
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Credit multiplier is : 2.85
WU true angle range is : 0.008583
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: hostid
Skipping: 5003265
Skipping: /hostid
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: starting_elapsed_time
Skipping: 31354.171875
Skipping: /starting_elapsed_time
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: computation_deadline
Skipping: 1261134605.136000
Skipping: /computation_deadline
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: hostid
Skipping: 5003265
Skipping: /hostid
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: starting_elapsed_time
Skipping: 31354.171875
Skipping: /starting_elapsed_time
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: computation_deadline
Skipping: 1261134605.136000
Skipping: /computation_deadline
Restarted at 11.32 percent.
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: hostid
Skipping: 5003265
Skipping: /hostid
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: starting_elapsed_time
Skipping: 46638.640425
Skipping: /starting_elapsed_time
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: computation_deadline
Skipping: 1261134605.136000
Skipping: /computation_deadline
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: hostid
Skipping: 5003265
Skipping: /hostid
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: starting_elapsed_time
Skipping: 46638.640425
Skipping: /starting_elapsed_time
Unrecognized XML in parse_init_data_file: computation_deadline
Skipping: 1261134605.136000
Skipping: /computation_deadline
Restarted at 38.40 percent.
SETI@Home Informational message -9 result_overflow
Can anyone tell what is causing all these skipping &unrecognized xml messages?

kaseychief

Normally when the Seti Application starts working a WU it copys the Data into one of the slots folders. One of the files is called init_data.xml. This file is mostly information copied from the client_state.xml file about your user/machine information, preferences and information about the workunit.

How I am reading this is for some reason it is having trouble reading from the client_state.xml file (corrupt). Sometimes when that happens it gets enough of teh correct information to continue on. when it does not understand something it lets you know in the stderr.txt file which gets reported. You may also see parts of the smae information in the Boinc > Message Tab

What I would recommend is open a Command Window and type chkdsk c: /F and restart the computer. if there is corruption that should repair it.

The other thing I noticed is that you also are using an older version of Lunatics. You can get the Unified Installer v0.2 in the Windows Downloads

Regards

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Can anyone tell what is causing all these skipping &unrecognized xml messages?

It's not a problem. When a science application is made for BOINC it includes some code supplied by the BOINC devs, and that code handles things like parsing the init_data.xml file. The "SSE2x Win32 Build 59" version you're using was built with an older set of that code which doesn't expect some of the information newer versions of the BOINC core client add to the file, and at the time that code was set to be verbose about unexpected information.

The current version from the installer Pappa linked could be just slightly faster on your Celeron, and shouldn't add that verbosity to the stderr.txt.

                                                            Joe

Did as suggested "diskcheck" upon trying to restart, black screen with following message <windows root> system 32\\hal.dll." missing or corrupt, reinstall
will not start in safe mode. Tried all I know, any help would be appreciated. This pc I am using is at work, will be here until 6 pm CST.

Did as suggested "diskcheck" upon trying to restart, black screen with following message <windows root> system 32\\hal.dll." missing or corrupt, reinstall
will not start in safe mode. Tried all I know, any help would be appreciated. This pc I am using is at work, will be here until 6 pm CST.

Sounds like there have been some disk problems on the machine. Do you have access to a Windows XP disk? (guessing that's what you are using...)

If the machine will boot into windows, then you can try to open a command window again, and type - sfc /scannow <edit> You can do this in windows, from the Run command. </edit>

This will start the windows system file checker and will check for overwritten/damaged system files. If it finds any it will ask for a Windows XP cd and copy a know good one back to the system. You then may find it will want to apply an update because there has been an updated version applied in the past that doesn't conform to the disk or the original install.

If it won't boot into windows, then you may need to do a repair install. This will not write over any data that you have on the machine, but you will need to install any extra programs that have been installed, such as office, etc. Of course, this also means that you need to have the product code available.

Of course, this all depends on if you have an install disk. There will be a different procedure to follow if you have a recovery partition, as this may mean the partition being formatted, and becomes a bit more complicated. If you have to go this route, you might not need a product code.

regards, Gizbar.

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thanks for your reply gizbar. You are right,windows xp home. Do not have a copy, but am making several calls searching for one. I can't afford to take it to a pc repair shop, but I don't want to let the other crunchers down that are working on my wu's.
Tom

Be careful if it's a work machine. Especially if it has important company information on it. Machines from the big manufacturers quite often have a hidden partition that can restore to factory settings and if you install again from a disk you can write over the partition and do more harm than good.

I hope you have any important data backed up off the machine.

regards, Gizbar.

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Thanks for your concern Gizbar. The disabled machine is a home cruncher with no information of any significance. This pc I am using does not "crunch". Strictly for work only.

No problem, Tom.

I'm as guilty as anybody of getting too 'hot-headed' trying to solve machine problems. Go diving in, and then set myself back hours by forgetting a step that I should have done, or blundering on until it's too late to turn back.

regards, Gizbar.

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Ran a HP system recovery, to my surprise it started running again. The omly side effect was that all the programs were removed and replaced by the original programs installed in 2003.

Ran a HP system recovery, to my surprise it started running again. The omly side effect was that all the programs were removed and replaced by the original programs installed in 2003.

Glad it's sorted. Unfortunately, that is exactly what the recovery is supposed to do, go right back to the factory installation.

It just means you have a pile of updates and program downloads and installs to do, to get the machine back where it was before all this happened.

regards, Gizbar.

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Hello all, is this pulse count seem kinda high? I have not seen this before. what does it mean? I have been reading what seems like endless jargon for hours,with no answer I can find. if I posted this in the wrong area i apologize.This is my 1st post in 10 years. K.K.


Spike count: 0
Pulse count: 12
Triplet count: 2
Gaussian count: 0

Hello all, is this pulse count seem kinda high? I have not seen this before. what does it mean? I have been reading what seems like endless jargon for hours,with no answer I can find. if I posted this in the wrong area i apologize.This is my 1st post in 10 years. K.K.


Spike count: 0
Pulse count: 12
Triplet count: 2
Gaussian count: 0

Should have started a new thread really, seeing as your question doesn't really have anything to do with the previous op. I wouldn't really worry about it, pulses can come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and a lot of them can be man-made. Others will be along soon, that understand this far better than I do.

But you have done the right thing. You can't find the answer, so you've asked the question. There are a lot of helpful people here, and they freely give their time to help others.

regards, Gizbar.

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Hello all, is this pulse count seem kinda high? I have not seen this before. what does it mean? I have been reading what seems like endless jargon for hours,with no answer I can find. if I posted this in the wrong area i apologize.This is my 1st post in 10 years. K.K.


Spike count: 0
Pulse count: 12
Triplet count: 2
Gaussian count: 0

That many pulses is statistically fairly rare, but the analysis is very sensitive and can report the same signal more than once if it's moderately strong. Your task 1436756714 report shows "WU true angle range is : 0.010521", meaning the telescope was pointing at the same sky position throughout the WU. You've either spotted a Pulsar or signs of a technological civilization. If the latter, the question remains whether it's our own civilization or E.T.

                                                              Joe

Hello all, is this pulse count seem kinda high? I have not seen this before. what does it mean? I have been reading what seems like endless jargon for hours,with no answer I can find. if I posted this in the wrong area i apologize.This is my 1st post in 10 years. K.K.


Spike count: 0
Pulse count: 12
Triplet count: 2
Gaussian count: 0

That many pulses is statistically fairly rare, but the analysis is very sensitive and can report the same signal more than once if it's moderately strong. Your task 1436756714 report shows "WU true angle range is : 0.010521", meaning the telescope was pointing at the same sky position throughout the WU. You've either spotted a Pulsar or signs of a technological civilization. If the latter, the question remains whether it's our own civilization or E.T.

                                                              Joe

So, I'm assuming that this one could be similar? Task 1430354862.
Is there anyway to know where the telescope was pointing when this was recorded?

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Hello all, is this pulse count seem kinda high? I have not seen this before. what does it mean? I have been reading what seems like endless jargon for hours,with no answer I can find. if I posted this in the wrong area i apologize.This is my 1st post in 10 years. K.K.


Spike count: 0
Pulse count: 12
Triplet count: 2
Gaussian count: 0

That many pulses is statistically fairly rare, but the analysis is very sensitive and can report the same signal more than once if it's moderately strong. Your task 1436756714 report shows "WU true angle range is : 0.010521", meaning the telescope was pointing at the same sky position throughout the WU. You've either spotted a Pulsar or signs of a technological civilization. If the latter, the question remains whether it's our own civilization or E.T.

                                                              Joe

So, I'm assuming that this one could be similar? Task 1430354862.
Is there anyway to know where the telescope was pointing when this was recorded?

If you're quick, you can catch it before the WU file gets purged from disk:

      <start_ra>5.3250722193798</start_ra>
      <start_dec>9.6094136906623</start_dec>
      <end_ra>5.3250789007916</end_ra>
      <end_dec>9.609325360211</end_dec>
      <true_angle_range>0.0084159615150227</true_angle_range>
      <time_recorded>Sun Mar  4 22:51:46 2007</time_recorded>
      <time_recorded_jd>2454164.4526263</time_recorded_jd>

Google Sky shows absolutely nothing at that location! It's quite close to the square of Pegasus.

Is there anyway to know where the telescope was pointing when this was recorded?

If you're quick, you can catch it before the WU file gets purged from disk:

      <start_ra>5.3250722193798</start_ra>
      <start_dec>9.6094136906623</start_dec>
      <end_ra>5.3250789007916</end_ra>
      <end_dec>9.609325360211</end_dec>
      <true_angle_range>0.0084159615150227</true_angle_range>
      <time_recorded>Sun Mar  4 22:51:46 2007</time_recorded>
      <time_recorded_jd>2454164.4526263</time_recorded_jd>

Google Sky shows absolutely nothing at that location! It's quite close to the square of Pegasus.

As a veteran of SETI, I have to applaud this posting. Would the original poster consider making a new thread so that we can catch the attention of more members of the community?

We now have more tools to analyze sky positions than ever before. Someone may catch these messages and do a follow up sky survey with their own equipment.

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Google Sky shows absolutely nothing at that location! It's quite close to the square of Pegasus.

This location values are 2D or 3D ?

Google Sky?

Hmm.. but if we found now a signal from an area where nobody looked deap enough?

I don't know from which telescope Google Sky take the infos/pics, but maybe not sharp enough - or the resolution to less?

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Google Sky shows absolutely nothing at that location! It's quite close to the square of Pegasus.

Hmm.. maybe additional..

Because of the series 'STARGATE Atlantis'..
Isn't there the city Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy?

Now we got a signal from our extinct ancestor?

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Is there anyway to know where the telescope was pointing when this was recorded?

If you're quick, you can catch it before the WU file gets purged from disk:

      <start_ra>5.3250722193798</start_ra>
      <start_dec>9.6094136906623</start_dec>
      <end_ra>5.3250789007916</end_ra>
      <end_dec>9.609325360211</end_dec>
      <true_angle_range>0.0084159615150227</true_angle_range>
      <time_recorded>Sun Mar  4 22:51:46 2007</time_recorded>
      <time_recorded_jd>2454164.4526263</time_recorded_jd>

Google Sky shows absolutely nothing at that location! It's quite close to the square of Pegasus.

As a veteran of SETI, I have to applaud this posting. Would the original poster consider making a new thread so that we can catch the attention of more members of the community?

We now have more tools to analyze sky positions than ever before. Someone may catch these messages and do a follow up sky survey with their own equipment.

Done. WOW! Where on earth did that come from?