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by [Ars] For Caitlin
Mon Jun 03, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: In memoriam
Topic: Jimbo Palmer
Replies: 5
Views: 11362

Jimbo Palmer

Wanted to let the community know that long time forum contributor Jimbo Palmer lost his battle with cancer. He was an active and helpful member here and at the distributed computing fora at Ars Technica. He will be greatly missed. His obit: https://www.wilsonandknight.com/obituary/james-jimbo-jay-pa...
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Influx of new users
Replies: 2
Views: 6529

Influx of new users

Did they let anybody know they were coming or are we going to run out of workunits like the covid moonshot days?
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Tue Nov 21, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Point inflation - Longevity Credit
Replies: 8
Views: 40305

Re: Point inflation - Longevity Credit

Point inflation is an interesting topic. As someone who was able to take advantage of a job that allowed me to fold on dozens of enterprise class servers back in the advanced methods big units days, I was amused to see that a consumer GPU could outproduce those boxes that cost six figures. Points wi...
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: No work assigments...
Replies: 106
Views: 2911246

Re: No work assigments...

I've got BOINC on my boxes and it will nicely cede the card to F@H when there is work for Folding. I run Einstein (an astrophysics project that sifts through radio telescope data looking for various things) as the work units are not time dependent. Just one way to ensure my boxes are always doing so...
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Mon Sep 04, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: No work assigments...
Replies: 106
Views: 2911246

Re: No work assigments...

I had a very small (few minute) delay getting work right now as all 4 assignment servers claimed there was no work for my configuration (big Navi). Older NVIDIA box has no problems getting work.
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Wed Aug 30, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: No work assigments...
Replies: 106
Views: 2911246

Re: No work assigments...

Looks like the logjam has broken somewhat, as the 209.202 server has work.
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Sat Aug 19, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific WU
Topic: Getting "Exception: Have already seen this work unit" errors
Replies: 4
Views: 21975

Re: Getting "Exception: Have already seen this work unit" errors

Best I can say is check both your current log file and the older stored log files to see if you actually had processed a particular WU before. If not, then it is possible particular project(s) or server(s) could have an incorrect setting or bug. Normally the servers will only send a WU out to a par...
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:47 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific WU
Topic: Getting "Exception: Have already seen this work unit" errors
Replies: 4
Views: 21975

Getting "Exception: Have already seen this work unit" errors

These are starting to occur with frequency from different work servers. Not sure if this indicates a problem on my end with something corrupted or on the server end (unlikely). 22:35:58:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80 22:35:59:WU00:FS00:Assigned to work server 128.174.73.74 22:3...
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Ars Technica: Is distributed computing dying, or just fading into the background?
Replies: 2
Views: 18120

Re: Ars Technica: Is distributed computing dying, or just fading into the background?

I read the article. As my username suggests, that was my "home" technical news site. I'm pretty sure I joined to discuss Seti@Home. Anyway, Ars is well... I dunno what to call it. A marginally better version of Wired magazine? The article appears pretty low effort, although for the most pa...
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: Failing Server - 128.174.73.74:8080
Replies: 20
Views: 37230

Re: Failing Server - 128.174.73.74:8080

I've looked back through my logs for the last few weeks and I don't think I've ever actually gotten a work unit from this server. Based on the hostname, this is Dr. Paul at UI. Is there perhaps an issue with generating work units for these projects? There's obviously a disconnect between what the as...
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: Failing Server - 128.174.73.74:8080
Replies: 20
Views: 37230

Re: Failing Server - 128.174.73.74:8080

It would be nice if the "Failed to assign" condition was detected and the assignment server round robin'ed among the other servers. I just got one from .4.210 which isn't even supposed to have work units based on the server status page.
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:35 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: Failing Server - 128.174.73.74:8080
Replies: 20
Views: 37230

Re: Failing Server - 128.174.73.74:8080

This has been like this for weeks it seems. 14:31:26:WU01:FS00:0x22:Completed 990000 out of 1000000 steps (99%) 14:31:26:WU00:FS00:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80 14:31:26:WU00:FS00:Assigned to work server 128.174.73.74 14:31:26:WU00:FS00:Requesting new work unit for slot 00: gpu:9:0 Navi...
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:45 pm
Forum: GPU Projects and FahCores
Topic: Project 18448 issue
Replies: 5
Views: 22276

Re: Project 18448 issue

FWIW, this project and its best friend 18449 crashes my windows 10/6900XT box usually at the first checkpoint. By crash I mean black screen reboot. Once rebooted, the project usually runs to completion.
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: [SOLVED] Failed reading core package header.
Replies: 13
Views: 22959

Re: Failed reading core package header

Joe_H wrote: Fri Oct 14, 2022 5:36 pm There was a bug in a new version of the WS code that was being tested, it should be fixed now. The Bus should have been dumped after a few tries at getting the core, post here for directions on how to delete them if they stuck around.
Its stuck. How do I dump it manually? Thanks.
by [Ars] For Caitlin
Fri Oct 14, 2022 12:28 pm
Forum: Issues with a specific server
Topic: [SOLVED] Failed reading core package header.
Replies: 13
Views: 22959

Failed reading core package header

13:12:08:WU00:FS01:0x22:Completed 2475000 out of 2500000 steps (99%) 13:12:09:WU02:FS01:Connecting to assign1.foldingathome.org:80 13:12:09:WU02:FS01:Assigned to work server 206.223.170.146 13:12:09:WU02:FS01:Requesting new work unit for slot 01: gpu:7:0 TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER] from 206.223....