Client Won't Recognize Workunits

Author	Message
Karl Roos Send message Joined: 19 Mar 01 Posts: 36 Credit: 206,258,788 RAC: 0	Message 271682 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 0:41:33 UTC My computer crashed and now it shows no work units ready to run, even though there are (and were) plenty of them before the crash. Is there any way to get the client to "see" these workunits that are sitting right there on the hard drive? It seems Berkely won't let me download any more for some reason (last download too recent?). ID: 271682 ·

Astro Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Apr 02 Posts: 8026 Credit: 600,015 RAC: 0	Message 271693 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 0:52:52 UTC Last modified: 30 Mar 2006, 0:58:18 UTC eeek, your clientstate.xml file got corrupted in the crash. It's probably already overwritten the .old / .prev copies and so is probably gone forever. I have run Nortons' disk doctor in the past and it's restored the missing/corrupted file, thereby saving my loss. try chkdsk/scandisk? If not, then I think you have no choice but to continue from here. Slightly good news is that this has been addressed in the later editions of the developmental clients and should be included with the upcoming release of 5.4.x. tony ID: 271693 ·

1mp0Â£173 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0	Message 271696 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 0:56:13 UTC - in response to Message 271682. My computer crashed and now it shows no work units ready to run, even though there are (and were) plenty of them before the crash. Is there any way to get the client to "see" these workunits that are sitting right there on the hard drive? It seems Berkely won't let me download any more for some reason (last download too recent?). If you quit clicking on the "update" button, you'll get more work in about 10 minutes. ID: 271696 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 271801 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 4:04:47 UTC - in response to Message 271696. My computer crashed and now it shows no work units ready to run, even though there are (and were) plenty of them before the crash. Is there any way to get the client to "see" these workunits that are sitting right there on the hard drive? It seems Berkely won't let me download any more for some reason (last download too recent?). If you quit clicking on the "update" button, you'll get more work in about 10 minutes. Assuming that there is more work to be had. BOINC WIKI ID: 271801 ·

StokeyBob Send message Joined: 31 Aug 03 Posts: 848 Credit: 2,218,691 RAC: 0	Message 271803 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 4:16:37 UTC The same thing happened to me yesterday. I think I have discovered that it seems to be my Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security that was causing the problem. I've exclude it from being scanned by adding the BOINC folder to the "Exception" list and hope that helps. It was working at its worst with all the retrying during the outages. I reset the project and have been getting new work occasionally. It seems like if I go a long time with not getting any work, if I stop BOINC for a few minutes and start it back up and it starts checking at a different set of ten minute cycles that it has better luck. ID: 271803 ·

Karl Roos Send message Joined: 19 Mar 01 Posts: 36 Credit: 206,258,788 RAC: 0	Message 272029 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 14:19:29 UTC Thanks for the input. Definately doesn't have to do with hitting "update" too much, its been running overnight with no intervention on my part, and its still not getting any new work. Messages say HTML error. Don't think its server related because my other machines are crunching away just fine. Interesting comment about the anti-virus as the crash seems to have borked my AVG anti-virus as well. I'm not sure what the heck is going on w/ S@H, maybe I'll try a reset and see if it gets going again. ID: 272029 ·

Jim-R. Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Feb 06 Posts: 1494 Credit: 194,148 RAC: 0	Message 272105 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 16:27:38 UTC - in response to Message 272029. Thanks for the input. Definately doesn't have to do with hitting "update" too much, its been running overnight with no intervention on my part, and its still not getting any new work. Messages say HTML error. Don't think its server related because my other machines are crunching away just fine. Interesting comment about the anti-virus as the crash seems to have borked my AVG anti-virus as well. I'm not sure what the heck is going on w/ S@H, maybe I'll try a reset and see if it gets going again. Ok, post about the last 20 or so of your "messages" from the messages tab and we can take a look at them to see what may be happening. Jim Some people plan their life out and look back at the wealth they've had. Others live life day by day and look back at the wealth of experiences and enjoyment they've had. ID: 272105 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 272369 - Posted: 30 Mar 2006, 22:46:18 UTC - in response to Message 272029. Last modified: 30 Mar 2006, 22:46:51 UTC ... I'm not sure what the heck is going on w/ S@H, maybe I'll try a reset and see if it gets going again. Resetting the project is a good thing sometimes. Start with a fresh download and then leave it to the BOINC client to it's job. It has worked for me sometimes. Good luck. :-) "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 272369 ·

Karl Roos Send message Joined: 19 Mar 01 Posts: 36 Credit: 206,258,788 RAC: 0	Message 273604 - Posted: 1 Apr 2006, 20:14:56 UTC Seems to be working fine again now. Nothing that I did in particular, looked at it yesterday morning and it had fresh work and was once again crunching away. One of the other boxes crashed and lost track of its cached work too, but a chkdsk repaired the files because when rebooted after chkdsk /f all the work showed including the units that were in-process. ID: 273604 ·

Joseph03051971 Send message Joined: 8 Sep 03 Posts: 43 Credit: 1,909,093 RAC: 0	Message 273605 - Posted: 1 Apr 2006, 20:21:43 UTC Last modified: 1 Apr 2006, 20:22:00 UTC Sometimes I have to nudge it to send a work unit thats Ready to report to get it to send it in by clicking the Update key. ID: 273605 ·

MikeSW17 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1603 Credit: 2,700,523 RAC: 0	Message 273611 - Posted: 1 Apr 2006, 21:00:08 UTC - in response to Message 273605. Sometimes I have to nudge it to send a work unit thats Ready to report to get it to send it in by clicking the Update key. A Ready to Report has already been sent and stored, the Report phase just tells the servers to move the result already received into the validation queue. Reporting does automatially occur eventually, but it's not assocated with the send. Actually, I am not sure just which events trigger an automatic report, but nearing the deadline is one. ID: 273611 ·

MJKelleher Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 1 Jul 99 Posts: 2048 Credit: 1,575,401 RAC: 0	Message 273818 - Posted: 2 Apr 2006, 1:09:30 UTC - in response to Message 273611. Actually, I am not sure just which events trigger an automatic report, but nearing the deadline is one. The BOINC Daemon reports completed work at the first of: 1) The next work request for a project. 2) 24 hours before the deadline. 3) Immediately if the work is completed later than 24 hours before the deadline. 4) Connect every X days after the work is completed. 5) With the next trickle (CPDN only at this point). 6) When the user clicks update. MJ ID: 273818 ·

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