130.237.232.237

[chriskwarren]

Several people on my team are having issues with this server as I write this (viewed this thread to see if there was a resolution)...I have linked to this thread encouraging those with issues to post their log files, etc.

[Amaruk]

Care to comment on the other machine that gets short HTTP responses? I'd appreciate that a lot.

Hi tear,

If by 'short HTTP responces' you are refering to this:

[18:33:24] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)

This has been attributed to server issues, specifically jobs without corresponding work unit files. SOURCE
This has been an ongoing issue with 130.237.232.141
Hopefully it's not too contagious...

I think it's very likely the server borked the 'small' 6903 as well.

Note this clause of the EULA:

. . . You may only use unmodified versions of Folding@home obtained through authorized distributors to connect to the Folding@Home servers. Use of other software to connect to the Folding@home servers is strictly prohibited. . . .

In one sense, I'd say that that clause prohibits a proxy ...

Not likely. Proxies do not 'connect' to servers on their own, they're simply the messenger.
Traceroute shows 21 hops from my bigadv folders to 130.237.232.237 - each of those is a proxy acting on my behalf.
I cannot receive/return work without them.

Without proxies there is no Internet.

[Jagaer]

Amaruk,

I believe this is the same issue you indicated to tear, can you confirm

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[03:30:22] 
[03:30:22] *------------------------------*
[03:30:22] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[03:30:22] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[03:30:22] 
[03:30:22] Preparing to commence simulation
[03:30:22] - Looking at optimizations...
[03:30:22] - Created dyn
[03:30:22] - Files status OK
[03:30:22] Couldn't Decompress
[03:30:22] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[03:30:22] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[03:30:22] Error: Could not open work file
[03:30:22] 
[03:30:22] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[03:30:22] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[03:30:22] Error opening or reading from a file.
[03:30:22] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[03:30:22] Trying to send all finished work units
[03:30:22] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[03:30:22] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[03:30:22] Cleaning up work directory
[03:30:22] + Attempting to get work packet
[03:30:22] Passkey found
[03:30:22] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[03:30:22] - Connecting to assignment server
[03:30:22] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[03:30:23] Posted data.
[03:30:23] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[03:30:23] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[03:30:23] Loaded queue successfully.
[03:30:23] Sent data
[03:30:23] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[03:30:24] Posted data.
[03:30:24] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[03:30:24] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[03:30:24] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[03:30:24] - Averaged speed for that direction ~100 kB/s
[03:30:24] + Received work.
[03:30:24] + Closed connections
[03:30:29] 
[03:30:29] + Processing work unit
[03:30:29] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[03:30:29] Core found.
[03:30:29] Working on queue slot 05 [January 18 03:30:29 UTC]
[03:30:29] + Working ...
[03:30:29] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 05 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

[03:30:29] 
[03:30:29] *------------------------------*
[03:30:29] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[03:30:29] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[03:30:29] 
[03:30:29] Preparing to commence simulation
[03:30:29] - Looking at optimizations...
[03:30:29] - Created dyn
[03:30:29] - Files status OK
[03:30:29] Couldn't Decompress
[03:30:29] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[03:30:29] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[03:30:29] Error: Could not open work file
[03:30:29] 
[03:30:29] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[03:30:29] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[03:30:29] Error opening or reading from a file.
[03:30:29] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[03:30:29] Trying to send all finished work units
[03:30:29] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[03:30:29] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[03:30:29] Cleaning up work directory
[03:30:29] + Attempting to get work packet
[03:30:29] Passkey found
[03:30:29] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[03:30:29] - Connecting to assignment server
[03:30:29] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[03:30:30] Posted data.
[03:30:30] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[03:30:30] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[03:30:30] Loaded queue successfully.
[03:30:30] Sent data
[03:30:30] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[03:30:31] Posted data.
[03:30:31] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[03:30:31] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[03:30:31] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[03:30:31] - Averaged speed for that direction ~89 kB/s
[03:30:31] + Received work.
[03:30:31] + Closed connections
[03:30:36] 
[03:30:36] + Processing work unit
[03:30:36] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[03:30:36] Core found.
[03:30:36] Working on queue slot 06 [January 18 03:30:36 UTC]
[03:30:36] + Working ...
[03:30:36] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 06 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

[03:30:36] 
[03:30:36] *------------------------------*
[03:30:36] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[03:30:36] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[03:30:36] 
[03:30:36] Preparing to commence simulation
[03:30:36] - Looking at optimizations...
[03:30:36] - Created dyn
[03:30:36] - Files status OK
[03:30:36] Couldn't Decompress
[03:30:36] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[03:30:36] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[03:30:36] Error: Could not open work file
[03:30:36] 
[03:30:36] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[03:30:36] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[03:30:36] Error opening or reading from a file.
[03:30:36] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[03:30:36] Trying to send all finished work units
[03:30:36] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[03:30:36] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[03:30:36] Cleaning up work directory
[03:30:36] + Attempting to get work packet
[03:30:36] Passkey found
[03:30:36] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[03:30:36] - Connecting to assignment server
[03:30:36] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[03:30:37] Posted data.
[03:30:37] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[03:30:37] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[03:30:37] Loaded queue successfully.
[03:30:37] Sent data
[03:30:37] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[03:30:37] Posted data.
[03:30:37] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[03:30:37] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[03:30:37] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[03:30:37] - Averaged speed for that direction ~79 kB/s
[03:30:37] + Received work.
[03:30:37] + Closed connections
[03:30:42] 
[03:30:42] + Processing work unit
[03:30:42] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[03:30:42] Core found.
[03:30:42] Working on queue slot 07 [January 18 03:30:42 UTC]
[03:30:42] + Working ...
[03:30:42] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 07 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

[03:30:42] 
[03:30:42] *------------------------------*
[03:30:42] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[03:30:42] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[03:30:42] 
[03:30:42] Preparing to commence simulation
[03:30:42] - Looking at optimizations...
[03:30:42] - Created dyn
[03:30:42] - Files status OK
[03:30:42] Couldn't Decompress
[03:30:42] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[03:30:42] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[03:30:42] Error: Could not open work file
[03:30:42] 
[03:30:42] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[03:30:43] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[03:30:43] Error opening or reading from a file.
[03:30:43] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[03:30:43] Trying to send all finished work units
[03:30:43] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[03:30:43] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[03:30:43] Cleaning up work directory
[03:30:43] + Attempting to get work packet
[03:30:43] Passkey found
[03:30:43] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[03:30:43] - Connecting to assignment server
[03:30:43] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[03:30:43] Posted data.
[03:30:43] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[03:30:43] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[03:30:44] Loaded queue successfully.
[03:30:44] Sent data
[03:30:44] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[03:30:44] Posted data.
[03:30:44] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[03:30:44] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[03:30:44] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[03:30:44] - Averaged speed for that direction ~71 kB/s
[03:30:44] + Received work.
[03:30:44] + Closed connections
[03:30:49] 
[03:30:49] + Processing work unit
[03:30:49] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[03:30:49] Core found.
[03:30:49] Working on queue slot 08 [January 18 03:30:49 UTC]
[03:30:49] + Working ...
[03:30:49] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 08 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

[03:30:49] 
[03:30:49] *------------------------------*
[03:30:49] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[03:30:49] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[03:30:49] 
[03:30:49] Preparing to commence simulation
[03:30:49] - Looking at optimizations...
[03:30:49] - Created dyn
[03:30:49] - Files status OK
[03:30:49] Couldn't Decompress
[03:30:49] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[03:30:49] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[03:30:49] Error: Could not open work file
[03:30:49] 
[03:30:49] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[03:30:50] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[03:30:50] Error opening or reading from a file.
[03:30:50] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[03:30:50] Trying to send all finished work units
[03:30:50] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[03:30:50] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[03:30:50] Cleaning up work directory
[03:30:50] + Attempting to get work packet
[03:30:50] Passkey found
[03:30:50] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[03:30:50] - Connecting to assignment server
[03:30:50] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[03:30:50] Posted data.
[03:30:50] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[03:30:50] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[03:30:50] Loaded queue successfully.
[03:30:50] Sent data
[03:30:50] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[03:30:52] Posted data.
[03:30:52] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[03:30:52] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[03:30:52] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[03:30:52] - Averaged speed for that direction ~63 kB/s
[03:30:52] + Received work.
[03:30:52] + Closed connections
[03:30:57] 
[03:30:57] + Processing work unit
[03:30:57] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[03:30:57] Core found.
[03:30:57] Working on queue slot 09 [January 18 03:30:57 UTC]
[03:30:57] + Working ...
[03:30:57] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 09 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

[03:30:57] 
[03:30:57] *------------------------------*
[03:30:57] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[03:30:57] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[03:30:57] 
[03:30:57] Preparing to commence simulation
[03:30:57] - Looking at optimizations...
[03:30:57] - Created dyn
[03:30:57] - Files status OK
[03:30:57] Couldn't Decompress
[03:30:57] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[03:30:57] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[03:30:57] Error: Could not open work file
[03:30:57] 
[03:30:57] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[03:30:57] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[03:30:57] Error opening or reading from a file.
[03:30:57] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[03:30:57] Trying to send all finished work units
[03:30:57] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[03:30:57] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[03:30:57] Cleaning up work directory
[03:30:57] + Attempting to get work packet
[03:30:57] Passkey found
[03:30:57] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[03:30:57] - Connecting to assignment server
[03:30:57] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[03:30:58] Posted data.
[03:30:58] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[03:30:58] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[03:30:58] Loaded queue successfully.
[03:30:58] Sent data
[03:30:58] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[03:30:59] Posted data.
[03:30:59] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[03:30:59] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[03:30:59] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[03:30:59] - Averaged speed for that direction ~56 kB/s
[03:30:59] + Received work.
[03:30:59] + Closed connections
[03:31:04] 
[03:31:04] + Processing work unit
[03:31:04] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[03:31:04] Core found.
[03:31:04] Working on queue slot 00 [January 18 03:31:04 UTC]
[03:31:04] + Working ...
[03:31:04] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 00 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

and later...

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[09:15:54] 
[09:15:54] *------------------------------*
[09:15:54] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[09:15:54] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[09:15:54] 
[09:15:54] Preparing to commence simulation
[09:15:54] - Looking at optimizations...
[09:15:54] - Created dyn
[09:15:54] - Files status OK
[09:15:54] Error: Missing work file=<>
[09:15:54] 
[09:15:54] Folding@home Core Shutdown: MISSING_WORK_FILES
[09:15:54] CoreStatus = 74 (116)
[09:15:54] The core could not find the work files specified. Removing from queue
[09:15:54] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[09:15:54] Trying to send all finished work units
[09:15:54] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[09:15:54] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[09:15:54] Cleaning up work directory
[09:15:54] + Attempting to get work packet
[09:15:54] Passkey found
[09:15:54] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[09:15:54] - Connecting to assignment server
[09:15:54] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[09:15:55] Posted data.
[09:15:55] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[09:15:55] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[09:15:55] Loaded queue successfully.
[09:15:55] Sent data
[09:15:55] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[09:15:55] Posted data.
[09:15:55] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[09:15:55] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[09:15:55] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[09:15:55] - Averaged speed for that direction ~1 kB/s
[09:15:55] + Received work.
[09:15:55] + Closed connections
[09:16:00] 
[09:16:00] + Processing work unit
[09:16:00] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[09:16:00] Core found.
[09:16:00] Working on queue slot 04 [January 18 09:16:00 UTC]
[09:16:00] + Working ...
[09:16:00] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 04 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

[09:16:00] 
[09:16:00] *------------------------------*
[09:16:00] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[09:16:00] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[09:16:00] 
[09:16:00] Preparing to commence simulation
[09:16:00] - Looking at optimizations...
[09:16:00] - Created dyn
[09:16:00] - Files status OK
[09:16:00] Couldn't Decompress
[09:16:00] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[09:16:00] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[09:16:00] Error: Could not open work file
[09:16:00] 
[09:16:00] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[09:16:01] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[09:16:01] Error opening or reading from a file.
[09:16:01] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[09:16:01] Trying to send all finished work units
[09:16:01] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[09:16:01] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[09:16:01] Cleaning up work directory
[09:16:01] + Attempting to get work packet
[09:16:01] Passkey found
[09:16:01] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[09:16:01] - Connecting to assignment server
[09:16:01] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[09:16:01] Posted data.
[09:16:01] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[09:16:01] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[09:16:01] Loaded queue successfully.
[09:16:01] Sent data
[09:16:01] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[09:16:02] Posted data.
[09:16:02] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[09:16:02] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[09:16:02] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[09:16:02] - Averaged speed for that direction ~1 kB/s
[09:16:02] + Received work.
[09:16:02] + Closed connections
[09:16:07] 
[09:16:07] + Processing work unit
[09:16:07] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[09:16:07] Core found.
[09:16:07] Working on queue slot 05 [January 18 09:16:07 UTC]
[09:16:07] + Working ...
[09:16:07] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 05 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

[09:16:07] 
[09:16:07] *------------------------------*
[09:16:07] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[09:16:07] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[09:16:07] 
[09:16:07] Preparing to commence simulation
[09:16:07] - Looking at optimizations...
[09:16:07] - Created dyn
[09:16:07] - Files status OK
[09:16:07] Couldn't Decompress
[09:16:07] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[09:16:07] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[09:16:07] Error: Could not open work file
[09:16:07] 
[09:16:07] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[09:16:07] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[09:16:07] Error opening or reading from a file.
[09:16:07] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[09:16:07] Trying to send all finished work units
[09:16:07] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[09:16:07] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[09:16:07] Cleaning up work directory
[09:16:07] + Attempting to get work packet
[09:16:07] Passkey found
[09:16:07] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[09:16:07] - Connecting to assignment server
[09:16:07] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[09:16:08] Posted data.
[09:16:08] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[09:16:08] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[09:16:08] Loaded queue successfully.
[09:16:08] Sent data
[09:16:08] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[09:16:09] Posted data.
[09:16:09] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[09:16:09] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[09:16:09] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[09:16:09] - Averaged speed for that direction ~1 kB/s
[09:16:09] + Received work.
[09:16:09] + Closed connections
[09:16:14] 
[09:16:14] + Processing work unit
[09:16:14] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[09:16:14] Core found.
[09:16:14] Working on queue slot 06 [January 18 09:16:14 UTC]
[09:16:14] + Working ...
[09:16:14] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 06 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 32754 -version 634'

Approx 8 hrs later it got a 6900 and is chewing away...

[Amaruk]

Hi Jagaer,

Yes it is. This line from your log:

[03:30:24] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)

indicates the size of the wudata_xx.dat file (in bytes) for the WU being downloaded.


DrSpalding was kind enough to confirm this in the 130.237.232.141 thread.

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=20015&start=90#p201815

Index 1: deleted 7164.00 pts
server: 130.237.232.141:80; project: 6900
Folding: run 80, clone 13, generation 16; benchmark 0; misc: 500, 200, 12 (be)
Project: 6900 (Run 80, Clone 13, Gen 16)
issue: Sat Dec 17 07:23:40 2011; begin: Sat Dec 17 07:23:46 2011
end: ZERO; due: Fri Dec 23 07:23:46 2011 (6 days)
preferred: Wed Dec 21 07:23:46 2011 (4 days)
core URL: http://www.stanford.edu/~pande/Win32/x86/Core_a5.fah
core number: 0xa5; core name: GRO-A5
CPU: 1,687 Pentium II/III; OS: 1,0 Windows
smp cores: 12; cores to use: 12
flops: 1064667974 (1064.667974 megaflops)
memory: 8192 MB
client type: 7 BigAdv
assignment info (be): Sat Dec 17 07:23:39 2011; 948BDF09
CS: 130.237.165.141; P limit: 524286976
user: DrSpalding; team: 48083; ID: 4F89B31FXXXXXXXX; mach ID: 2
work/wudata_01.dat file size: 512; WU type: Folding@home

The wudata_xx.dat file should be around 24,000,000 bytes for 6900/01, and 57,000,000 for 6903/04.

[Jagaer]

I'll let FAH run and try to get another work unit, but it appears that it is having the same problem as earier

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[11:44:36] Loaded queue successfully.
[11:44:36] 
[11:44:36] + Processing work unit
[11:44:36] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[11:44:36] Core found.
[11:44:36] - Autosending finished units... [January 20 11:44:36 UTC]
[11:44:36] Working on queue slot 06 [January 20 11:44:36 UTC]
[11:44:36] Trying to send all finished work units
[11:44:36] + Working ...
[11:44:36] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[11:44:36] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 06 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 17900 -version 634'

[11:44:36] - Autosend completed
[11:44:36] 
[11:44:36] *------------------------------*
[11:44:36] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[11:44:36] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[11:44:36] 
[11:44:36] Preparing to commence simulation
[11:44:36] - Looking at optimizations...
[11:44:36] - Created dyn
[11:44:36] - Files status OK
[11:44:36] Couldn't Decompress
[11:44:36] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[11:44:36] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[11:44:36] Error: Could not open work file
[11:44:36] 
[11:44:36] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[11:44:36] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[11:44:36] Error opening or reading from a file.
[11:44:36] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[11:44:36] Trying to send all finished work units
[11:44:36] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[11:44:36] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[11:44:36] Cleaning up work directory
[11:44:36] + Attempting to get work packet
[11:44:36] Passkey found
[11:44:36] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[11:44:36] - Connecting to assignment server
[11:44:36] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[11:44:37] Posted data.
[11:44:37] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[11:44:37] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[11:44:37] Loaded queue successfully.
[11:44:37] Sent data
[11:44:37] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[11:44:37] Posted data.
[11:44:37] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[11:44:37] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[11:44:37] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[11:44:37] - Averaged speed for that direction ~27 kB/s
[11:44:37] + Received work.
[11:44:37] + Closed connections
[11:44:42] 
[11:44:42] + Processing work unit
[11:44:42] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[11:44:42] Core found.
[11:44:42] Working on queue slot 07 [January 20 11:44:42 UTC]
[11:44:42] + Working ...
[11:44:42] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 07 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 17900 -version 634'

[11:44:42] 
[11:44:42] *------------------------------*
[11:44:42] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[11:44:42] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[11:44:42] 
[11:44:42] Preparing to commence simulation
[11:44:42] - Looking at optimizations...
[11:44:42] - Created dyn
[11:44:42] - Files status OK
[11:44:42] Couldn't Decompress
[11:44:42] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[11:44:42] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[11:44:42] Error: Could not open work file
[11:44:42] 
[11:44:42] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[11:44:42] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[11:44:42] Error opening or reading from a file.
[11:44:42] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[11:44:43] Trying to send all finished work units
[11:44:43] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[11:44:43] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[11:44:43] Cleaning up work directory
[11:44:43] + Attempting to get work packet
[11:44:43] Passkey found
[11:44:43] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[11:44:43] - Connecting to assignment server
[11:44:43] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[11:44:43] Posted data.
[11:44:43] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[11:44:43] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[11:44:43] Loaded queue successfully.
[11:44:43] Sent data
[11:44:43] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[11:44:44] Posted data.
[11:44:44] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[11:44:44] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[11:44:44] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[11:44:44] - Averaged speed for that direction ~24 kB/s
[11:44:44] + Received work.
[11:44:44] + Closed connections
[11:44:49] 
[11:44:49] + Processing work unit
[11:44:49] Core required: FahCore_a5.exe
[11:44:49] Core found.
[11:44:49] Working on queue slot 08 [January 20 11:44:49 UTC]
[11:44:49] + Working ...
[11:44:49] - Calling './FahCore_a5.exe -dir work/ -nice 19 -suffix 08 -np 16 -checkpoint 15 -verbose -lifeline 17900 -version 634'

[11:44:49] 
[11:44:49] *------------------------------*
[11:44:49] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[11:44:49] Version 2.27 (Thu Feb 10 09:46:40 PST 2011)
[11:44:49] 
[11:44:49] Preparing to commence simulation
[11:44:49] - Looking at optimizations...
[11:44:49] - Created dyn
[11:44:49] - Files status OK
[11:44:49] Couldn't Decompress
[11:44:49] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=0 data_size=0, decompressed_data_size=0 diff=0
[11:44:49] -Error: Couldn't update checksum variables
[11:44:49] Error: Could not open work file
[11:44:49] 
[11:44:49] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FILE_IO_ERROR
[11:44:49] CoreStatus = 75 (117)
[11:44:49] Error opening or reading from a file.
[11:44:49] Deleting current work unit & continuing...
[11:44:49] Trying to send all finished work units
[11:44:49] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[11:44:49] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[11:44:49] Cleaning up work directory
[11:44:49] + Attempting to get work packet
[11:44:49] Passkey found
[11:44:49] - Will indicate memory of 32097 MB
[11:44:49] - Connecting to assignment server
[11:44:49] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[11:44:50] Posted data.
[11:44:50] Initial: ED82; - Successful: assigned to (130.237.232.237).
[11:44:50] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[11:44:50] Loaded queue successfully.
[11:44:50] Sent data
[11:44:50] Connecting to http://130.237.232.237:8080/
[11:44:51] Posted data.
[11:44:51] Initial: 0000; - Receiving payload (expected size: 512)
[11:44:51] Conversation time very short, giving reduced weight in bandwidth avg
[11:44:51] - Downloaded at ~1 kB/s
[11:44:51] - Averaged speed for that direction ~21 kB/s
[11:44:51] + Received work.
[11:44:51] + Closed connections

[tear]

Kill it and rename (or remove) machinedependent.dat (make sure you don't have
unsent units in queue before you do that tho).

It did help me. Must have been a server b0rk.

[Jagaer]

Thanks tear, that did it

Wonder what your machine identifier has to do with being able to receive a WU?

[Leonardo]

Kill it and rename (or remove) machinedependent.dat (make sure you don't have
unsent units in queue before you do that tho).

In Linux, what app do I use to open the queue.dat (is that the right file?) file to check for unsent work units?

[bruce]

The v6 client does that, provided you use the -queueinfo flag -- it will report the contents of queue.dat. For the V7 client, that information is always visible in the Status tab.

[Amaruk]

Another option (for those that wish to check v6 without stopping the client) is checking for wuresults_xx.dat files in the client's work folder.

Wonder what your machine identifier has to do with being able to receive a WU?

In this particular case the server is passing incomplete/corrupt files to the client for processing.
The client recognizes this, dumps the files and requests new work.
The problem is the server does not yet realize that the WU is bad.
By default it considers the WU to be 'lost' and will continue to issue it. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Often the only way to break free of this cycle is for the client to tell the server it is a different folder, even though it really isn't.
Stanford identifies each client by a CPUID, which is a combination of UserID and MachineID. SOURCE
UserID is provided by Stanford, MachineID is configured by the client.
Changing either of these will result in a new CPUID.

Linux stores this UserID as machinedependent.dat - Many Linux users simply delete that file instead of changing the MachineID through -configonly because it's quicker.

And please don't forget to follow tear's advice re checking for unsent work before you delete it.

[bruce]

Wonder what your machine identifier has to do with being able to receive a WU?

Often the only way to break free of this cycle is for the client to tell the server it is a different folder, even though it really isn't.
. . . Linux stores this UserID as machinedependent.dat - Many Linux users simply delete that file instead of changing the MachineID through -configonly because it's quicker.

As far as I've been able to tell, this problem no longer exists in V7. Has anybody running V7 found a need to perform this procedure?

[Leonardo]

Regarding checking for unsent work units:

The v6 client does that, provided you use the -queueinfo flag

Keep in mind, I'm a dolt with respect to Linux.

So, is this the command you refer to?
cd fah
./fah6 -queueinfo

[tear]

Ye, give or take a few

[3.0charlie]

This server still has issues with uploading completed WUs, and downloading new ones. Been as such for 2 days straight on my 4p rig, even manual uploads (for 2 completed WUs) using the -send x flag does not work - using both normal and alternate sites. I manually changed the Machine ID to 2, to no avail. Still stuck at 'loaded queue successfully', after being assigned to 130.237.232.237.

edit: obviously, after typing this and with the machine running overnight, it finally decided to download a WU (6903) and get to work. It took 14 hours... and I still don't know if the upload will work.

[fernandol]

Removal of machinedependent.dat helped. Looks like some per-machine server DB entries got corrupted?

This information solved the problem here, thank you.