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nrjking
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Waiting on WS Assignment ?

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Ive just started folding, got a gtx 1070 but it says Waiting on WS Assignment
The CPU works but id rather use the GPU

I know the servers are overloaded but is this normal it should say this ?
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Re: Waiting on WS Assignment ?

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It is not normal, but neither is the load on the servers. Please be patient, the team are trying to bring more servers online as fast as possible.
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Re: Waiting on WS Assignment ?

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got an assignment 11759

but its only using 44%-48% of the gpu ? 1070gtx
how can i increase the usage of the gpu ?
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Re: Waiting on WS Assignment ?

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Are you using Task Manager? Others have posted that to get the GPU utilization you have to look at the CUDA load in that tool. Another option is a third party monitoring tool such as GPU-Z.
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Re: Waiting on WS Assignment ?

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yes i was looking at the task manager

gpu-z is reporting 84-99% so that looks fine.

not sure what you mean by CUDA load in that tool ?
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Re: Waiting on WS Assignment ?

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nrjking wrote:yes i was looking at the task manager

gpu-z is reporting 84-99% so that looks fine.

not sure what you mean by CUDA load in that tool ?
CUDA is the computing software used under the hood. In GPU-Z, it's labeled "GPU Load". 84-99% is fine, looks like its working properly.
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Re: Waiting on WS Assignment ?

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I'm getting the same error. I rebooted to see if that would solve the problem
This also happened on my other folding rig yesterday, and It's having the same issue.

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*********************** Log Started 2020-03-17T20:46:47Z ***********************
20:46:47:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
20:46:47:        Website: https://foldingathome.org/
20:46:47:      Copyright: (c) 2009-2018 foldingathome.org
20:46:47:         Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
20:46:47:           Args: --child --lifeline 1615 /etc/fahclient/config.xml --run-as
20:46:47:                 fahclient --pid-file=/var/run/fahclient.pid --daemon
20:46:47:         Config: /etc/fahclient/config.xml
20:46:47:******************************** Build ********************************
20:46:47:        Version: 7.5.1
20:46:47:           Date: May 11 2018
20:46:47:           Time: 19:59:04
20:46:47:     Repository: Git
20:46:47:       Revision: 4705bf53c635f88b8fe85af7675557e15d491ff0
20:46:47:         Branch: master
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20:46:47:        Options: -std=gnu++98 -O3 -funroll-loops
20:46:47:       Platform: linux2 4.14.0-3-amd64
20:46:47:           Bits: 64
20:46:47:           Mode: Release
20:46:47:******************************* System ********************************
20:46:47:            CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
20:46:47:         CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5
20:46:47:           CPUs: 8
20:46:47:         Memory: 5.80GiB
20:46:47:    Free Memory: 5.04GiB
20:46:47:        Threads: POSIX_THREADS
20:46:47:     OS Version: 5.3
20:46:47:    Has Battery: false
20:46:47:     On Battery: false
20:46:47:     UTC Offset: -7
20:46:47:            PID: 1617
20:46:47:            CWD: /var/lib/fahclient
20:46:47:             OS: Linux 5.3.0-28-generic x86_64
20:46:47:        OS Arch: AMD64
20:46:47:           GPUs: 1
20:46:47:          GPU 0: Bus:10 Slot:0 Func:0 NVIDIA:8 GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] 8873
20:46:47:  CUDA Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:10 Slot:0 Compute:6.1 Driver:10.2
20:46:47:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:10 Slot:0 Compute:1.2 Driver:440.33
20:46:47:***********************************************************************
20:46:47:<config>
20:46:47:  <!-- Client Control -->
20:46:47:  <fold-anon v='true'/>
20:46:47:
20:46:47:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
20:46:47:  <gpu v='false'/>
20:46:47:
20:46:47:  <!-- Network -->
20:46:47:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
20:46:47:
20:46:47:  <!-- User Information -->
20:46:47:  <passkey v='********************************'/>
20:46:47:  <team v='40051'/>
20:46:47:  <user v='MRIndian1947'/>
20:46:47:
20:46:47:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
20:46:47:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
20:46:47:    <paused v='true'/>
20:46:47:  </slot>
20:46:47:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'/>
20:46:47:</config>
20:46:47:Switching to user fahclient
20:46:47:Trying to access database...
20:46:47:Successfully acquired database lock
20:46:47:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:6 (by user)
20:46:47:Enabled folding slot 01: READY gpu:0:GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] 8873
20:46:48:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
20:46:49:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
20:46:49:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
20:46:50:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
20:46:50:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
20:46:50:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
20:46:50:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
20:46:50:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
20:46:51:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
20:46:51:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
23:53:55:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
23:53:56:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
23:53:56:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
23:53:56:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
23:53:56:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
23:55:33:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
23:55:33:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
23:55:33:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
23:55:33:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
23:55:33:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
23:58:10:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 65.254.110.245:8080
23:58:10:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '65.254.110.245:8080': No WUs available for this configuration
23:58:10:WU00:FS01:Connecting to 18.218.241.186:80
23:58:10:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
23:58:10:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
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Re: Waiting on WS Assignment ?

Post by Jesse_V »

mrindian1947 wrote:I'm getting the same error. I rebooted to see if that would solve the problem
This also happened on my other folding rig yesterday, and It's having the same issue.

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23:58:10:WARNING:WU00:FS01:Failed to get assignment from '18.218.241.186:80': No WUs available for this configuration
23:58:10:ERROR:WU00:FS01:Exception: Could not get an assignment
This error message is common at the moment. There has been a very rapid growth of number of new users that has led to high load on the F@h servers and an exhaustion of the workunits available in the queue. They are currently working on getting more servers online and more projects in the queue. I'd recommend keeping the software online so that it can pick up workunits when they become available.

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Re: Waiting on WS Assignment ?

Post by mrindian1947 »

Sorry for my post. Being a long time folder I thought it was just another issue off servers needing to be rebooted as happens in the past.

I've been reading the forum and saw that the number of folders has almost doubled in a week!
That's aweome! I hope more servers can come online quickly to get wU's out the door to this awesome twice as powerful network of computers !

Good job folders!
Thanks for joining us long terrm folders!

PS - don't go away after COVID-19 - There are lot's of issues that the scientists need our excess computer power for!
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