Jan 13, 2005

IMPORTANT NEWS: David Anderson, the creator of BOINC, has found and fixed a serious bug in the BOINC 'core client'. This causes failure of a job if the download of any of its input files fails (the correct behavior is to retry and complete the download, then run the job). Moreover, any other job that used the same files would also fail. A fixed core client should be available soon. This should make Einstein@Home work much better and eliminate the main source of job failure

Will this be also considered for SETI@home?

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Patience is a virtue.

> Jan 13, 2005
>
> IMPORTANT NEWS: David Anderson, the creator of BOINC, has found and fixed a
> serious bug in the BOINC 'core client'. This causes failure of a job if the
> download of any of its input files fails (the correct behavior is to retry and
> complete the download, then run the job). Moreover, any other job that used
> the same files would also fail. A fixed core client should be available soon.
> This should make Einstein@Home work much better and eliminate the main source
> of job failure
>
> Will this be also considered for SETI@home?

Undoubtably. Though the fix was in the BOINC Daemon ...

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The question I have here is this..

Has the Einstein@Home project come public? I remember seeing a post regarding it saying that it had, but I have been unable to create an account ever since, and there has not been any new post since then.

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> The question I have here is this..
>
> Has the Einstein@Home project come public? I remember seeing a post regarding
> it saying that it had, but I have been unable to create an account ever since,
> and there has not been any new post since then.
>
this website says "Account Creation Disabled" http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/ So it is NOT open. One of their programmers made a mistake which allowed account creation, but that was quickly closed.

We are still waiting for the public release

tony

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> Will this be also considered for SETI@home?

It's going to be in the next Alpha version (coming Real Soon Now). When last I heard, they were undecided if it was going to make it in the public branch or not.

It's not a super-serious bug, really.

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Rob

>It's not a super-serious bug, really.

that's YOUR point of view Rob, it's possible, outside YOUR view, some people

would have a different point of view, if it's not forbidden to have a own

view...

I got more brocken work from Einsteins@home as your E-account in totaly shows.

Probaly with your less work returned, your clients are not affected

> > Will this be also considered for SETI@home?
>
> It's going to be in the next Alpha version (coming Real Soon Now). When last
> I heard, they were undecided if it was going to make it in the public branch
> or not.

They're getting 4.14 out the door, it just hit Alpha... so yes, it's going to be patched for SETI@Home. Real soon now. :-)

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Rob

>
> It's going to be in the next Alpha version (coming Real Soon Now). When last
> I heard, they were undecided if it was going to make it in the public branch
> or not.
>

Well, a new core client, v4.14, is now available for all platforms except Mac. Use at own risk.
download-page

> >It's not a super-serious bug, really.
>
> that's YOUR point of view Rob, it's possible, outside YOUR view, some people
> would have a different point of view, if it's not forbidden to have a own
> view...
>
> I got more brocken work from Einsteins@home as your E-account in totaly
> shows.
>
> Probaly with your less work returned, your clients are not affected

Settle down, Ric... of course people can have different points of view and different ideas of what is serious and what isn't. :-)

It's okay... I still don't think it's a super-serious bug, but yes, it *is* a bug that is being patched.

Deep breaths... think calm, slow, thoughts.... we aren't out to get you... :-)

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Rob

> Well, a new core client, v4.14, is now available for all platforms except Mac.
> Use at own risk.
> download-page

Backed up boinc and just upgraded to 4.14 on XP.. Works fine here and back crunching within 3 minutes of download.

cRunchy

I just noticed that Protein Predictor also recommends upgrading to v. 4.14

http://predictor1.scripps.edu/forum_thread.php?id=1051

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WinXP Home, P4 3.2GHz HT, 512Mb RAM. Running SETI, Predictor, Prime Grid, SIMAP, Folding

FWIW, one user has reported a problem with a CPDN wu after performing the upgrade to 4.14. Whether it's a coincidence or not remains to be determined.

If you're a subscriber to CPDN, consider delaying the upgrade until more details surface.

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Today I installed BOINC GUI 4.14 on the most of my hosts as update over 4.13 and there is no problem to see anyway. And I wasn't awaiting to see a problem, because the change itself is small and the monolith GUI architecture as represented by 4.13 and 4.14 had have no problems with updates in the past.

Over all there is a risc every time you do a update. I personal update all projects, stop BOINC, check if all applications have finished and then install the new releases over the old. Sometimes I make a backup copy of the BOINC folder. Most of my hosts crunch CPDN too. So I am a little bit paranoid, not to lose a month of work. ;)

But it never happend and I hope this will not change in the future. :)

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Greetings from Bremen/Germany
Jens Seidler (TheBigJens)

Over all there is a risc every time you do a update.
Freudian slip of the PowerPC persuasion? :-)

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> Over all there is a risc every time you do a update.
> Freudian slip of the PowerPC persuasion? :-)
>
More my bad english as I believe. ;)

I remember that "Waiting for the lunch of the new SETI@home" was the basic for many jokes. :-o

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Greetings from Bremen/Germany
Jens Seidler (TheBigJens)

------- I am very sorry to be off the topic , I do sincerely apologize byron -------- _ :(




Jens , remember when we all thought , Boinc Beta testing would never end ? ___ LOL _ :))


we have come a long with Boinc , thanks to David , and hundreds more , like yourself


From Jens Post:
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> > Over all there is a risc every time you do a update.
> > Freudian slip of the PowerPC persuasion? :-)
> >
> More my bad english as I believe. ;)
>
> I remember that "Waiting for the lunch of the new SETI@home" was the basic for
> many jokes. :-o
>
>
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Hi Jens ,

how are you ?

Jens ---- please allow me to -- say Hello and , thank you ,
for all your hard work and long hours you have put in ,
on: writing some code for Boinc.



Jens --- I wish and your family:

health _ happiness _ peace _ and _ prosperity _ in the , new Year , 2005



friendly and respectful
byron



------- again , I am very sorry to be off the topic , I do sincerely apologize byron -------- _ :(

Sorry... I hadda give my 2¢ for ppc boxes... :-D

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> Sorry... I hadda give my 2¢ for ppc boxes... :-D
>
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hi NA , nice to see you __ how is it going ?

friendly and respectful
byron

Doing OK, but I've veered us off topic.
I'd invite you for a coffee, but I'm on my way out...

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There download link has gone back to core client 4.13 ?

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