No appropriate work server was available [ATI]

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Tynat
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No appropriate work server was available [ATI]

Post by Tynat »

Hi,

Looked at the usual places for more information and nothing reported in here. However, for about the past two days getting a WU for both GPU clients is iffy. After restarting both GPU clients, one with 12 previous attempts, these are the results:

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[16:04:05] Loaded queue successfully.
[16:04:05] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[16:04:05] - Autosending finished units... [June 28 16:04:05 UTC]
[16:04:05] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:04:05] Trying to send all finished work units
[16:04:05] - Will indicate memory of 8116 MB
[16:04:05] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[16:04:05] - Detect CPU.[16:04:05] - Autosend completed
 Vendor: GenuineIntel, Family: 6, Model: 14, Stepping: 5
[16:04:05] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:04:05] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:04:05] Posted data.
[16:04:05] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[16:04:05] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:04:05] - Attempt #1  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[16:04:20] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:04:20] - Will indicate memory of 8116 MB
[16:04:20] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:04:20] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:04:21] Posted data.
[16:04:21] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[16:04:21] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:04:21] - Attempt #2  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[16:04:45] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:04:45] - Will indicate memory of 8116 MB
[16:04:45] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:04:45] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:04:46] Posted data.
[16:04:46] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[16:04:46] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:04:46] - Attempt #3  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[16:05:12] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:05:12] - Will indicate memory of 8116 MB
[16:05:12] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:05:12] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:05:13] Posted data.
[16:05:13] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[16:05:13] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:05:13] - Attempt #4  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[16:06:07] + Attempting to get work packet
[16:06:07] - Will indicate memory of 8116 MB
[16:06:07] - Connecting to assignment server
[16:06:07] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/
[16:06:07] Posted data.
[16:06:07] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[16:06:07] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[16:06:07] - Attempt #5  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
All clients stopped due to Stanford's upcoming September 2011 decision
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

Post by PantherX »

Have you tried to use -advmethods flag, changed the WU size from small to medium to large?
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

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I have both GPU clients set up with advmethods and big WUs. As of a few minutes ago, the attempt count was 18. I just restarted the client and it's back to 5 attempts and counting. Very unreliable these past two days. The other GPU client took 4 attempts and received a WU, but this one won't connect after 35 attempts. Both clients are sharing the same internet connection that I'm using right now to type this.

Edit:
Changed Machine ID from 2 to 3 and later back, didn't help.
Change size from Big to Small and later back, didn't help.
Changed advmethods from yes to no, and it found a WU.

I guess there are no more advmethod WUs available.
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

Post by PantherX »

Are you using GPU2 or GPU3 BETA Client? Right now I am running GPU2 Client without -advmethods and packet size = big and I have no problems with get WUs.
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

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Which GPU do you have? ATI, Fermi, or G80?
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

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PantherX wrote:Are you using GPU2 or GPU3 BETA Client?
I'm using two GPU v6.23 (GPU2) console clients on two different computers.
PantherX wrote:Right now I am running GPU2 Client without -advmethods and packet size = big and I have no problems with get WUs.
Yes, like I mentioned in the other post, turning off -advmethods was the only way to feed the HD3850's client a WU.
codysluder wrote:Which GPU do you have? ATI, Fermi, or G80?
One is a ATI HD3850 and the other is a ATI HD5870m. It was the HD3850 that had attempted 35 times to get a WU. Hours later the HD5870m has completed what it was working on and has now attempted 12 times to get a new WU. This is no longer surprising since it too had the same base configuration. And, like the HD3850, as soon as I turned off -advmethods, it too was immediately able to download a WU.

As written, here's the -advmethods setting:

Set -advmethods flag always, requesting new advanced
scientific cores and/or work units if available (no/yes) [yes]? no

What I find interesting about the above command is the words "if available". To me that suggests that if the advanced scientific cores are not available, it would be ignored until such time as they do become available. Obviously, that was not the case. Like I said, I guess there are no more -advmethods WUs currently available and the GPU client is not capable of requesting non-advanced scientific cores with that flag enabled.
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

Post by rhavern »

I too cannot get any WU for my ATI GPU on -advmethods, has been this way for 3-4 hours now. I've just removed the -advmethods switch to no avail, still cannot get a new WU. My nvidia GPUs are fine.

EDIT: As of 1126 UTC, I have picked up a new WU.
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

Post by bruce »

Yes, there has clearly been a shortage of work for ATI GPUs.

I've notified the appropriate person and he's looking into it.
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

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Thank you Bruce.
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

Post by DBoone »

I just got a wu for my ATI 5850 10 minutes ago. Maybe the problem is resolved. <crossing my fingers>

Thanks bruce!
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

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I've added and removed -advmethods and my 5670 is still waiting after 4.5 hours and 19 retries combined.
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Re: No appropriate work server was available

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I'm waiting again too. I keep telling myself to be patient. <sigh>
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Re: No appropriate work server was available [ATI]

Post by ClemSNide »

As of 0045 (EDST) on 30 Jun, I'm still waiting. It's been like this for the past several days. I'm using an ATi HD5850 GPU, and here's the logfile to answer any other questions:

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--- Opening Log file [June 29 19:11:43 UTC] 


# Windows GPU Console Edition #################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 6.23

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Folding@home\Folding@home-gpu
Arguments: -forcegpu ati_r700 

[19:11:43] - Ask before connecting: No
[19:11:43] - User name: ClemSnide (Team 32407)
[19:11:43] - User ID: 5B582F3D320567D2
[19:11:43] - Machine ID: 2
[19:11:43] 
[19:11:43] Loaded queue successfully.
[19:11:44] Initialization complete
[19:11:44] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[19:11:44] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:11:44] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:11:48] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[19:11:48] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[19:11:48] - Attempt #1  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[19:11:59] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:11:59] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:12:35] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[19:12:35] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[19:12:35] - Attempt #2  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[19:12:47] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:12:47] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:15:47] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[19:15:57] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[19:15:57] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[19:15:57] - Attempt #3  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[19:16:31] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:16:31] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:16:33] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[19:16:33] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[19:16:33] - Attempt #4  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[19:17:15] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:17:15] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:17:17] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[19:17:17] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[19:17:17] - Attempt #5  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[19:18:51] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:18:51] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:18:53] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[19:18:53] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[19:18:53] - Attempt #6  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[19:21:48] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:21:48] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:21:53] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[19:22:08] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[19:22:08] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[19:22:08] - Attempt #7  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[19:27:39] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:27:39] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:28:00] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[19:28:00] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[19:28:03] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.102).
[19:28:03] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[19:28:03] Loaded queue successfully.
[19:31:03] + Could not connect to Work Server
[19:31:03] - Attempt #8  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[19:41:56] + Attempting to get work packet
[19:41:56] - Connecting to assignment server
[19:42:11] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[19:42:11] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[19:42:11] - Attempt #9  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[20:03:33] + Attempting to get work packet
[20:03:33] - Connecting to assignment server
[20:03:46] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[20:03:46] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[20:04:07] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[20:04:07] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2
[20:04:07] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[20:04:07] - Attempt #10  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[20:47:00] + Attempting to get work packet
[20:47:00] - Connecting to assignment server
[20:47:12] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[20:47:24] + Could not connect to Assignment Server 2
[20:47:24] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[20:47:24] - Attempt #11  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[21:35:31] + Attempting to get work packet
[21:35:31] - Connecting to assignment server
[21:35:47] + Could not connect to Assignment Server
[21:35:52] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.102).
[21:35:52] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[21:35:53] Loaded queue successfully.
[21:36:14] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server
[21:36:14] + Could not connect to Work Server
[21:36:14] - Attempt #12  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[22:24:26] + Attempting to get work packet
[22:24:26] - Connecting to assignment server
[22:24:27] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[22:24:27] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[22:24:27] - Attempt #13  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[23:12:27] + Attempting to get work packet
[23:12:27] - Connecting to assignment server
[23:12:28] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[23:12:28] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[23:12:28] - Attempt #14  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[00:00:35] + Attempting to get work packet
[00:00:35] - Connecting to assignment server
[00:00:36] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[00:00:36] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[00:00:36] - Attempt #15  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[00:48:50] + Attempting to get work packet
[00:48:50] - Connecting to assignment server
[00:48:51] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[00:48:51] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[00:48:51] - Attempt #16  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[01:36:59] + Attempting to get work packet
[01:36:59] - Connecting to assignment server
[01:36:59] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[01:36:59] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[01:36:59] - Attempt #17  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[02:25:04] + Attempting to get work packet
[02:25:04] - Connecting to assignment server
[02:25:05] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[02:25:05] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[02:25:05] - Attempt #18  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[03:13:07] + Attempting to get work packet
[03:13:07] - Connecting to assignment server
[03:13:08] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.65.102).
[03:13:08] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[03:13:08] Loaded queue successfully.
[03:13:08] + Could not connect to Work Server
[03:13:08] - Attempt #19  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[04:01:14] + Attempting to get work packet
[04:01:14] - Connecting to assignment server
[04:01:14] + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[04:01:14] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[04:01:14] - Attempt #20  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
(You can ignore the 10th through 12th attempts; I had a few hours' worth of DSL outage.)
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Re: No appropriate work server was available [ATI]

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30 Jun 2010

[01:09:05] - Connecting to assignment server
[01:09:05] Connecting to http://assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080/
[01:09:06] Posted data.
[01:09:06] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[01:09:06] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[01:09:06] - Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do.

Still no WU as of 0819 UTC.

EDIT: WU retrieved at 0936 UTC.
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Re: No appropriate work server was available [ATI]

Post by Nuggetgtr »

yeah my ATI box hasnt done a wu in 3 days :cry:
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