Waiting Game (May 10 2007)

Author	Message
Matt Lebofsky Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 1 Mar 99 Posts: 1444 Credit: 957,058 RAC: 0	Message 564732 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 21:01:27 UTC The replacement science database server from Sun was last seen in Sacramento. That bodes well for being in the Bay Area and possibly in our hands sometime tomorrow. You know the drill on that by now. I've been basically spending most of my time pushing several machines into near retirement. Both koloth and kryten are sitting idle right now - all their services, cronjobs, etc. have been moved elsewhere. Once we determine we no longer need their excess CPU for the big recovery next week they'll be put to sleep. Jeff is working on kang. You may have noticed some of my tweaking has resulted in bogus information on the server status page (or no page at all!). That should be pretty much cleared up now. Well, that's pretty much the end of my work week. Thanks for hangin' in there. Gig: a job (music or otherwise). I've been using this term forever, without any irony or reference to bygone subcultures. SETI@home is my "day gig." - Matt -- BOINC/SETI@home network/web/science/development person -- "Any idiot can have a good idea. What is hard is to do it." - Jeanne-Claude ID: 564732 ·

Jeff Hutton Send message Joined: 21 Feb 05 Posts: 25 Credit: 2,420,607 RAC: 0	Message 564737 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 21:10:55 UTC - in response to Message 564732. have a great weekend, Matt ... we'll get work when it's time, no sweat. Jeff Hutton Rogers, AR ID: 564737 ·

Fuzzy Hollynoodles Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0	Message 564748 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 21:40:46 UTC - in response to Message 564732. The replacement science database server from Sun was last seen in Sacramento. That bodes well for being in the Bay Area and possibly in our hands sometime tomorrow. You know the drill on that by now. I've been basically spending most of my time pushing several machines into near retirement. Both koloth and kryten are sitting idle right now - all their services, cronjobs, etc. have been moved elsewhere. Once we determine we no longer need their excess CPU for the big recovery next week they'll be put to sleep. Jeff is working on kang. You may have noticed some of my tweaking has resulted in bogus information on the server status page (or no page at all!). That should be pretty much cleared up now. Well, that's pretty much the end of my work week. Thanks for hangin' in there. Gig: a job (music or otherwise). I've been using this term forever, without any irony or reference to bygone subcultures. SETI@home is my "day gig." - Matt Thanks for your work this week, have a nice weekend. "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me ID: 564748 ·

TarracoServer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 11 Apr 07 Posts: 38 Credit: 595,022 RAC: 0	Message 564752 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 21:59:06 UTC - in response to Message 564732. ... Gig: a job (music or otherwise). I've been using this term forever, without any irony or reference to bygone subcultures. SETI@home is my "day gig." - Matt Matt (& co), don't bore about the server. Have a good weekend. If every body had to wait a completly week, 72 hours more doesn't matter. U made a great job these days, and everybody need a break. If there's enougth time, rebuild thumper, otherwise, don't worry. ID: 564752 ·

Kurt Schmucker Send message Joined: 11 Jan 00 Posts: 72 Credit: 130,823,400 RAC: 207	Message 564764 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 23:07:54 UTC Thanks, Matt, both for your efforts, and for keeping everyone so well informed. Much appreciated. ID: 564764 ·

Charles C Burgess Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 9 Credit: 573,746 RAC: 0	Message 564768 - Posted: 10 May 2007, 23:26:10 UTC Thanks again for the info. ID: 564768 ·

Ragnarock_83835 Send message Joined: 18 Feb 06 Posts: 16 Credit: 1,053,610 RAC: 0	Message 564840 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 1:57:17 UTC Ive been keeping up with the posts and I can say that even though Seti has been down about a week it's been reassuring to hear from you about the status of Sun, what you guys are working on, it makes the wait a bit more bearable. :-) Im sure with all the contributors that are waiting to get crunching again it must be stressful, just take your time, well be here.... One things for sure, when the new machine is up and running were gonna run that poor thing ragged.....:')) ID: 564840 ·

KB7RZF Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Aug 99 Posts: 9549 Credit: 3,308,926 RAC: 2	Message 564857 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 2:29:38 UTC Very awesome news Matt. Enjoy your weekend, have fun at your gig's. Too bad I work weekends, otherwise I'd drive over the hill and come hear you and your band. Maybe one day. I'll have to email ya when I get weekends off and find out where your playin at and come down. Thank you very much for all the updates. Its nice to see a lot of posters who never posted before come in and say how much they appriciate all the news. You guys are doing one hell of a job. Keep up the good work. Jeremy ID: 564857 ·

Art Hin (on solar) Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 12 Credit: 35,264,578 RAC: 98	Message 564890 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 4:06:35 UTC It probably is a fairly good time to upgrade now to BOINC version 5.8.16..... ID: 564890 ·

Sixpack Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 12 Sep 99 Posts: 38 Credit: 182,096 RAC: 0	Message 564900 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 5:04:41 UTC =) thanks for the update Matt ID: 564900 ·

Heflin Send message Joined: 22 Sep 99 Posts: 81 Credit: 640,242 RAC: 0	Message 564902 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 5:08:19 UTC - in response to Message 564890. It probably is a fairly good time to upgrade now to BOINC version 5.8.16..... I still like version 5.8.6 because the Task Tab, Progress includes a fill-bar. Real easy and quick to see. Don't know why that feature was dropped. I try to be attached to 3 projects on each machine. That way if 1 goes down for a while, I don't hafta do noding! SETI@home since 1999 "Set it, and Forget it!" ID: 564902 ·

zombie67 [MM] Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 Apr 04 Posts: 758 Credit: 27,771,894 RAC: 0	Message 564905 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 5:21:26 UTC - in response to Message 564902. I still like version 5.8.6 because the Task Tab, Progress includes a fill-bar. Real easy and quick to see. Don't know why that feature was dropped. It's all back in 5.9.x. It's available on the download page for BOINC. Dublin, California Team: SETI.USA ID: 564905 ·

Sir Barsteward of Pubs Send message Joined: 29 May 99 Posts: 3 Credit: 320,520 RAC: 0	Message 564917 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 6:35:18 UTC Thanks for the update Matt and enjoy your weekend. Me, I'm off to do my daytime Gig. The Barsteward Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Benjamin Franklin ID: 564917 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51527 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 564920 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 6:42:17 UTC Thanx for the steady stream of updates and your constant efforts Matt. I have reattached all of my rigs to Rosetta with a share of 1 so my rigs have something to do over the weekend, as it appears the WUs at Beta are dried up also. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." ID: 564920 ·

klopo Send message Joined: 20 May 00 Posts: 1 Credit: 8,270,100 RAC: 0	Message 564983 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 9:40:56 UTC - in response to Message 564905. I still like version 5.8.6 because the Task Tab, Progress includes a fill-bar. Real easy and quick to see. Don't know why that feature was dropped. It's all back in 5.9.x. It's available on the download page for BOINC. Thanks for tip. I just installed 5.9.10 and it seems very good. ID: 564983 ·

William T. Guiher Send message Joined: 15 Feb 01 Posts: 7 Credit: 46,768,864 RAC: 30	Message 565076 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 12:59:15 UTC - in response to Message 564890. It probably is a fairly good time to upgrade now to BOINC version 5.8.16..... This is a GREAT suggestion. The only problem is that Boinc can not then connect to the servers and I'm not sure what happens from there. But your note caused me to upgrade from 4 something. Thanks! Should something about this be put on the home page? Bill Guiher (Guy'-er) ID: 565076 ·

Ned Slider Send message Joined: 12 Oct 01 Posts: 668 Credit: 4,375,315 RAC: 0	Message 565082 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 13:11:27 UTC Thank you for the updates this week Matt - they are very much appreciated. Hope the weekend gig goes well and good luck for next week getting the project back on line. Regards, Ned * My Guide to Compiling Optimised BOINC and SETI Clients * * Download Optimised BOINC and SETI Clients for Linux Here * ID: 565082 ·

OzzFan Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28	Message 565098 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 13:35:54 UTC - in response to Message 565076. Should something about this be put on the home page? I think this is a good idea. It would probably do a lot of good to announce new versions right on the home page so everyone knows. ID: 565098 ·

Chas Woodhams Send message Joined: 28 Jun 99 Posts: 64 Credit: 293,207 RAC: 0	Message 565115 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 14:05:44 UTC - in response to Message 565098. Should something about this be put on the home page? I think this is a good idea. It would probably do a lot of good to announce new versions right on the home page so everyone knows. Which Home page When did you last take a look at the BOINC Home page ... that is the only appropriate place for that info. I agree, it would be helpful if "they" (the BOINC team) posted the latest version (link) there. The SETI forums are not the best place to discuss general BOINC things and this particular forum is actually about Matt keeping the crunchin'grunts (you, me and us) up to date on the can-of-worms-opening-and-labelling project {for which, much thanks} Chas - Orme's Tun, Mercia, Albion. ID: 565115 ·

Michael Send message Joined: 24 Oct 01 Posts: 1 Credit: 461,721 RAC: 0	Message 565125 - Posted: 11 May 2007, 14:23:39 UTC My update is done now. I supposed the Boinc software would do upgrades of its own, when a new stable version would be available. Either you implement an automatic update in some future release (minimum would be to tell the user that an update is available) or you should make a sign on the main page that is showing the actual stable version. I would be satisfied with each of that solutions. Although I am treating my pc with some other boinc-jobs too, I am still waiting to get on with crunching for SETI. It has been my first job and I will continue. Thanks so far to everybody who makes working for science available to every simple guy. ID: 565125 ·

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