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Tired of backoffs and not getting new work
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Mark St. Denis Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 27 Credit: 8,577,900 RAC: 0 |
Good morning all, In the last 120 hours I have been receiving backoff messages for UL and Dl's. Then if I do get the Dl queue cleared I can not get any new work for either CPU or GPU. Right now I have 58 tasks in my cache 45 are pending DL (I usually have close to 400 - 500 in cache). I have not been able to get any GPU tasks for almost 24 hours. Yes, I have been trying to connect both direct and thru various proxies, but still can not get this cleared up. Thanks for you help... 02-Dec-2011 06:44:15 [SETI@home] Reporting 2 completed tasks, not requesting new tasks 02-Dec-2011 06:44:22 [---] Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 02-Dec-2011 06:44:22 [SETI@home] Temporarily failed download of 21oc11aa.29629.897.15.10.133: HTTP error 02-Dec-2011 06:44:22 [SETI@home] Backing off 15 min 0 sec on download of 21oc11aa.29629.897.15.10.133 02-Dec-2011 06:44:42 [SETI@home] Scheduler request failed: Server returned nothing (no headers, no data) 02-Dec-2011 06:45:00 [---] Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. 01-Dec-2011 23:10:09 [SETI@home] update requested by user 01-Dec-2011 23:10:14 [SETI@home] Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 01-Dec-2011 23:10:14 [SETI@home] Reporting 5 completed tasks, not requesting new tasks 01-Dec-2011 23:10:17 [SETI@home] Scheduler request completed |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22188 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Select one of the stuck downloads and hit the "re-try" button. I've found that once you get a pile of stuck downloads you will end up stuck in a vicious cycle, nothing will up/down load until you've got them cleared, and the retry time will just keep getting longer until it hits the limits. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Mark St. Denis Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 27 Credit: 8,577,900 RAC: 0 |
I have done that For several days and I still get the same messages. |
Terror Australis Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 1817 Credit: 262,693,308 RAC: 44 |
Try connecting using this proxy server, a lot of us are using it with very good results. Also see the "More HE Problems" thread To use a proxy server (For a version 6.10.xx BOINC client) Go Advanced Tab->Options->HTTP Proxy. Enter 69.163.96.2 Port 8080 Let us know how you go. T.A. |
Khangollo Send message Joined: 1 Aug 00 Posts: 245 Credit: 36,410,524 RAC: 0 |
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AndyJ Send message Joined: 17 Aug 02 Posts: 248 Credit: 27,380,797 RAC: 0 |
Since you don't have newer ATI cards, I also recommend you "downgrade" your boinc to version 6.10.60. As a footnote, I have just "downgraded" Boinc to the above version 6.10.60. Minimal back off times are a breath of fresh air. This version babysits for you. Just to watch it in action it is pure joy, after months of pure hell. It will not give up, or go to sleep, until it has downloaded, uploaded or reported WU's. Thank you, thank you Khangollo so much for the advice. Regards, A PS, running with Nvidia, not ATI. EDITED |
AndyJ Send message Joined: 17 Aug 02 Posts: 248 Credit: 27,380,797 RAC: 0 |
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Mark St. Denis Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 27 Credit: 8,577,900 RAC: 0 |
I will backoff and downgrade to the previous version. As for using proxies I have been using them now for 3 weeks. Most of the time I have no problems. This all started on Tuesday (weekly outage). I went back and took a look it seems like I have most of problems on Tuesday and Wednesday and finally clears up by Sunday then I go right back into this awful mode of not getting any wu, most of the time not getting any GPU wu's. As for the system I am running its amd x6 1100T with a GTX 580 GPU. I process in a normal about 200 - 300 WU's a day. The CPU averages about 90 minutes/wu and the GPU does them in about 90 seconds. |
bj Send message Joined: 11 Oct 00 Posts: 163 Credit: 50,429,507 RAC: 0 |
To use a proxy server (For a version 6.10.xx BOINC client) Go Advanced Tab->Options->HTTP Proxy. Enter 69.163.96.2 Port 8080 Is this a temp fix? Did two of my computers and did help. On my install of Boinc: To access the settings: TOOLS > DISPLAY AND NETWORK OPTIONS > HTTP PROXY |
Mark St. Denis Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 27 Credit: 8,577,900 RAC: 0 |
I have tried 3 different proxy servers sometimes it works sometimes I still get the same message. As of right now I finally got 3 cuda_fermi wu (that will last me all but 5 minutes) and 29 cpu wu's, which are still Dl and most likely will take the rest of the night to do. Yes I am using a proxy to get these. |
mikeej42 Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 109 Credit: 791,875,385 RAC: 9 |
To use a proxy server (For a version 6.10.xx BOINC client) I am jealous that you are still able to use that proxy; it will no longer work for me. I am starting to downgrade about a hundred nodes from 6.12.x to 6.10.60. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
When downgrading, is replacing boincmgr.exe with the appropriate version boincmgr.exe sufficient, or do you have to replace all the other files in the BOINC directory as well? Grant Darwin NT |
mikeej42 Send message Joined: 26 Oct 00 Posts: 109 Credit: 791,875,385 RAC: 9 |
I am not sure maybe one of the experts can comment. I am using the installer just to be safe. |
janneseti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 09 Posts: 14106 Credit: 655,366 RAC: 0 |
To use a proxy server (For a version 6.10.xx BOINC client) I tried to downgrade BOINC to 6.10.60. What happened was that I lost the SETI project and all the WU's in the BOINC manager. However when reinstalling 6.12.34 they all where back. So my question is, how do you do a proper downgrade? |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 |
If you want to downgrade from Boinc 6.12.x to 6.10.x, uninstall 6.12.x then install 6.10.x, if you just run the 6.10.x installer after having 6.12.x installed, you'll have run the 6.10.x installer a 2nd time to do a repair as well. If you change Boinc Manager for an earlier version you aren't changing anything that will make the scheduling better, as you're not downgrading to an earlier Boinc client. Claggy |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
If you change Boinc Manager for an earlier version you aren't changing anything that will make the scheduling better, as you're not downgrading to an earlier Boinc client. Thanks. Just downgraded. It will be nice not to have to hit retry endlessly while i'm at home just to get new work. Grant Darwin NT |
Strat Send message Joined: 12 Jun 11 Posts: 8 Credit: 92,786 RAC: 0 |
Hi, I'm running 6.12.34 and want to know what proxy settings I can use? Are the 6.10.xx settings ok or should I use something else? |
Brkovip Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 274 Credit: 144,414,367 RAC: 0 |
Hi, I'm running 6.12.34 and want to know what proxy settings I can use? Are the 6.10.xx settings ok or should I use something else? A proxy doesn't care what version you are on of Boinc. |
Strat Send message Joined: 12 Jun 11 Posts: 8 Credit: 92,786 RAC: 0 |
Thanks I thought it might from the conversation above. Unfortunately though I've tried the settings mentioned "69.163.96.2 Port 8080" and it wont connect. I actually get better results without the proxy, but those results are so bad it reminds me of when I had a 28.8kbs dial up modem. So does anyone have any ideas? Would my Norton 360 firewall need to be changed so I can use the proxy? |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13727 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Probably need to find another one, the original proxy died for me several days ago. A very sad time. Grant Darwin NT |
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