FAH stuck on Attempting to send results

[steveloir]

I have CPU FAH running on Win XP.
I have a small icon in the systray. It normally tells me how far through a WU it is if I hover the mose over it. But today it is stuck on "Attempting to send results".
I had a look in the log file and it last tried to send results at 12:25. It is now 15:36.
Is there any way I can persuade it to try sending again?

Steve

[toTOW]

Please post the contents of your FAHlog.txt files between

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tags. This file can be accessed with : right click on tray icon > status > log file.

[weedacres]

I have CPU FAH running on Win XP.
I have a small icon in the systray. It normally tells me how far through a WU it is if I hover the mose over it. But today it is stuck on "Attempting to send results".
I had a look in the log file and it last tried to send results at 12:25. It is now 15:36.
Is there any way I can persuade it to try sending again?

Steve

I have only 1 Win smp client running and it regularly hangs attempting to send result. It is not running as a service so I control it from the command prompt.
-send all or -send xx never work, it just hangs at the same spot. It'll sometimes sit for hours waiting.
The only solution I have found is to Ctl-C and restart the smp client. It'll download a new workunit and send in the completed one during one of the auto send times.

[steveloir]

Here is my log file for today:

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--- Opening Log file [January 13 12:23:43 UTC] 


# Windows CPU Systray Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.23

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

###############################################################################
###############################################################################

Launch directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Steve Holloway\Application Data\Folding@home-x86


[12:23:43] - Ask before connecting: No
[12:23:43] - User name: steveloir (Team 14)
[12:23:43] - User ID: 4DB534A30B534EE2
[12:23:43] - Machine ID: 1
[12:23:43] 
[12:23:43] Loaded queue successfully.
[12:23:43] Initialization complete
[12:23:43] 
[12:23:43] + Processing work unit
[12:23:43] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[12:23:43] Core found.
[12:23:43] Project: 6313 (Run 196, Clone 33, Gen 2)
[12:23:43] - Read packet limit of 540015616... Set to 524286976.


[12:23:43] + Attempting to send results [January 13 12:23:43 UTC]
[12:23:43] Working on queue slot 05 [January 13 12:23:43 UTC]
[12:23:43] + Working ...
[12:23:44] 
[12:23:44] *------------------------------*
[12:23:44] Folding@Home Gromacs Core
[12:23:44] Version 1.90 (March 8, 2006)
[12:23:44] 
[12:23:44] Preparing to commence simulation
[12:23:44] - Looking at optimizations...
[12:23:44] - Files status OK
[12:23:44] - Expanded 390327 -> 2244040 (decompressed 574.9 percent)
[12:23:46] 
[12:23:46] Project: 6318 (Run 1029, Clone 1, Gen 0)
[12:23:46] 
[12:23:46] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[12:23:46] Entering M.D.
[12:24:06] (Starting from checkpoint)
[12:24:06] Protein: Great Red Oystrich Makes All Chemists Sane in water
[12:24:06] 
[12:24:06] Writing local files
[12:24:07] Completed 45000 out of 500000 steps  (9%)
[12:24:07] Extra SSE boost OK.
[12:25:20] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[12:25:20] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[12:25:20]     (171.64.65.111:8080)
[12:25:20] + Retrying using alternative port
[12:25:20] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[12:25:20]   (Got status 503)
[12:25:20] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[12:25:20]     (171.64.65.111:80)
[12:25:20] - Error: Could not transmit unit 04 (completed January 13) to work server.
[12:25:20] - Read packet limit of 540015616... Set to 524286976.


[12:25:20] + Attempting to send results [January 13 12:25:20 UTC]
[12:25:22] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[12:25:22] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[12:25:22]     (171.67.108.17:8080)
[12:25:22] + Retrying using alternative port
[12:25:23] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[12:25:23] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[12:25:23]     (171.67.108.17:80)
[12:25:23]   Could not transmit unit 04 to Collection server; keeping in queue.
[12:42:54] Writing local files
[12:42:54] Completed 50000 out of 500000 steps  (10%)
[13:00:53] Writing local files
[13:00:53] Completed 55000 out of 500000 steps  (11%)
[13:18:51] Writing local files
[13:18:51] Completed 60000 out of 500000 steps  (12%)
[13:36:50] Writing local files
[13:36:50] Completed 65000 out of 500000 steps  (13%)
[13:54:49] Writing local files
[13:54:49] Completed 70000 out of 500000 steps  (14%)
[14:13:43] Writing local files
[14:13:43] Completed 75000 out of 500000 steps  (15%)
[14:33:05] Writing local files
[14:33:05] Completed 80000 out of 500000 steps  (16%)
[14:51:23] Writing local files
[14:51:23] Completed 85000 out of 500000 steps  (17%)
[15:09:51] Writing local files
[15:09:51] Completed 90000 out of 500000 steps  (18%)
[15:16:03] Opening C:\Documents and Settings\Steve Holloway\Application Data\Folding@home-x86\MyFolding.html...
[15:28:43] Writing local files
[15:28:43] Completed 95000 out of 500000 steps  (19%)
[15:52:42] Writing local files
[15:52:42] Completed 100000 out of 500000 steps  (20%)
[16:21:43] Writing local files
[16:21:43] Completed 105000 out of 500000 steps  (21%)

[lanbrown]

The 6300 series projects, that server is ALWAYS an issue. If you looked in the area of the forum that deals with issues with specific servers, you would see that server is constantly mentioned. I have gone as far as using the firewall to perform a NAT so that my machines DO NOT use that server whatsoever. If it gets assigned to it, I change the IP to a different server. I have done this on all but two machines.

[codysluder]

This is not a problem with the server, it's a problem with the limitation of only being able to see one message in the mouse-over popup. If you look at FAHlog, you'll see that the client is NOT stuck on attempting to send. It did attempt to send and it failed, but during that time and after that attempt it is still progressing on the current WU. From [12:25:23] to [16:21:43] it completed 11% of the WU.

Note to the developers:
Please fix this message so that it shows the actual condition of the client.

[lanbrown]

How is it not a problem with that server is constantly overloaded? Fixing the client issue doesn't fix the server issue. The priority of that project on the assignment servers should be reduced to reduce the load on an overly taxed server.

[Tobit]

The priority of that project on the assignment servers should be reduced to reduce the load on an overly taxed server.

and this is being worked on, it has been addressed on Vijay's blog.. new servers are coming but with a project of this magnitude, and a collegiate budget/staff, this type of change cannot happen overnight. Please be patient as we all are.

[7im]

Who said the server was overloaded?

FYI, exit the client, and restart the client. The client will attempt to upload all completed working units on startup.

[lanbrown]

Maybe because the 503 status. That server is ALWAYS busy. Restart the client will do absolutely nothing when the server is busy.

Maybe you should have looked at the server status page as well, it has been in REJECT mode since:
Wed Jan 13 04:55:10 PST 2010 171.64.65.111 classic vspg5v2 vvoelz full Reject

[steveloir]

I think I will just be patient!
I guess it will get sent sometime.

[lanbrown]

In the future, you should post problems with a specific server in the correct forum area.

viewforum.php?f=18

For this particular server, this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=11659&start=0

It is nine pages long and one of the most complained about as well.

[steveloir]

I now know there are specific threads for server problems.

And I now know that there are Server Status pages for me to check.

I saw that 171.64.65.111 was "Accepting" so I stopped and restarted F@H and my results have been sent. And the "Attempting to send..." message has cleared.

Thank you all for your help.

[7im]

You are welcome.