Apparently, despite the 'server status' showing almost 200k WU's ready to send, according to my BOINC, there are none to be sent to me:

5/26/2011 2:03:37 AM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
5/26/2011 2:03:37 AM SETI@home Requesting new tasks for CPU and GPU
5/26/2011 2:03:39 AM SETI@home Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
5/26/2011 2:03:39 AM SETI@home Message from server: Project has no tasks available

I have my preferences set to get enough work for a week. So I am not sure what is going on.

EDIT: I have NOT yet downloaded the latest version of BOINC...is that an issue?

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"By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3

If you look at the last update time of the server status page it gives a clue.

It is normally updated every ten minutes.

If you look at the last update time of the server status page it gives a clue.

It is normally updated every ten minutes.

I checked it then and now:

Results ready to send: 188,599 as of 9m ago

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"By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3

If you look at the last update time of the server status page it gives a clue.

It is normally updated every ten minutes.

I checked it then and now:

Results ready to send: 188,599 as of 9m ago

Top Left:

As of 25 May 2011 | 23:50:08 UTC

That is over 6 hours old. Usually, when that stops updating, something has locked up within the server closet. I believe the master DB is usually the cause when things lock like this. Another thing to keep an eye on is the Cricket graphs, which monitor network traffic in and out of the lab.
http://fragment1.berkeley.edu/newcricket/grapher.cgi?target=%2Frouter-interfaces%2Finr-250%2Fgigabitethernet2_3;ranges=d%3Aw%3Am%3Ay;view=Octets
"IN" is work being downloaded by us, in green. "OUT" is results being sent back from us.

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If you look at the last update time of the server status page it gives a clue.

It is normally updated every ten minutes.

I checked it then and now:

Results ready to send: 188,599 as of 9m ago

There may be that many "ready to send", but the download feeder only holds 100 tasks at any given time, and refills about every 6 seconds. That 100 tasks is a mix of S@H Enhanced (Multi-band) and Astropulse tasks. There is also a flag set on MB VLAR tasks to prevent them from being sent to a GPU. So if your request happens to hit the scheduler when the feeder is empty, or has no tasks of the type your computer is requesting, you get the "No Tasks Available" message.

The good news is that the feeder will refill every 6 seconds, and your BOINC Manager will try again 5 minutes after the "no tasks available" response, and keep trying until it gets some work. Unless the servers go down, or there is a problem with your internet service, or.....

Around here, especially after a maintenance outage, patience is not just a virtue, it is a requirement.

Edit: the S@H Cricket graphs show that something happened to downloads about 20:00 PDT/03:00 UTC. So there does seem to be a server problem right now.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

EDIT: I have NOT yet downloaded the latest version of BOINC...is that an issue?

Your computer details show you running BOINC 6.10.60 which I believe IS the most recent recommended version. The 6.12.xx versions are still in testing, and not quite ready for prime time.

Edit: Okay, i just checked, and 6.12.26 is now the recommended version for my Macs. But still 6.10.60 is still an acceptable version.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

EDIT: I have NOT yet downloaded the latest version of BOINC...is that an issue?

Your computer details show you running BOINC 6.10.60 which I believe IS the most recent recommended version. The 6.12.xx versions are still in testing, and not quite ready for prime time.

It's not a Boinc problem, no need to upgrade.

If you look closely on the boinc webpage you'll find that 6.12.26 is current recommended for Windows, but there are still bugfixes going in, so I'd advise to wait for the next one.

edit: posted while Donald was editing :D I still advise to wait for the next version (possibly 6.12.28, unless we find another major problem)

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Carola
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I'm multilingual - I can misunderstand people in several languages!

Hi all,

it's same for me, from half day now.

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Something wrong with the servers at Berkeley see the panic thread.

Tends to get fixed when the guys get into the lab at around ~9 Berkeley time (PDT, UTC-7) so early evening (~18 MEST) in Europe at the earliest.

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Carola
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I'm multilingual - I can misunderstand people in several languages!

Yeah. Definitely something wrong. As I awake now, I see that there are '0' WU's ready to send. I know the outage is supposed to be "3 days," but lately it's been one day. And It is confusing when after only a day they remove the outage notice from the front page, if indeed there is still an outage.

EDIT: BETA servers are also down, more than the regular project.

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"By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible". Hebrews 11.3