I'm running F@H on my mac mini and for the last few days I'm getting these messages in my log. I've let the client run for a while day and after attempt #27 I restarted it but still no WU.
Is this something I need to fix on my end or it's simply a problem with the Access servers and I need to wait for it to be resolved
Launch directory: /Users/jci/Library/Folding1
Executable: /Users/jci/Library/Folding1/fah6
Arguments: -local -advmethods -forceasm -verbosity 9 -smp
[23:45:15] - Ask before connecting: No
[23:45:15] - User name: jeanChristian (Team 13160)
[23:45:15] - User ID: 51B78833114BC89C
[23:45:15] - Machine ID: 1
[23:45:15]
[23:45:15] Loaded queue successfully.
[23:45:15] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[23:45:15] - Autosending finished units... [April 13 23:45:15 UTC]
[23:45:15] Cleaning up work directory
[23:45:15] Trying to send all finished work units
[23:45:15] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[23:45:15] - Autosend completed
[23:45:15] + Attempting to get work packet
[23:45:15] - Will indicate memory of 2048 MB
[23:45:15] - Detect CPU. Vendor: GenuineIntel, Family: 6, Model: 14, Stepping: 8
[23:45:15] - Connecting to assignment server
[23:45:15] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[23:45:16] Posted data.
[23:45:16] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[23:45:16] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[23:45:16] - Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[23:45:21] + Attempting to get work packet
[23:45:21] - Will indicate memory of 2048 MB
[23:45:21] - Connecting to assignment server
[23:45:21] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[23:45:22] Posted data.
[23:45:22] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[23:45:22] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[23:45:22] - Attempt #2 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[23:45:45] + Attempting to get work packet
[23:45:45] - Will indicate memory of 2048 MB
[23:45:45] - Connecting to assignment server
[23:45:45] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[23:45:45] Posted data.
[23:45:45] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[23:45:45] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[23:45:45] - Attempt #3 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
Hardware configuration: Intel i7-4770K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR3-2133 Corsair Vengence (black/red), EVGA GTX 760 @ 1200 MHz, on an Asus Maximus VI Hero MB (black/red), in a blacked out Antec P280 Tower, with a Xigmatek Night Hawk (black) HSF, Seasonic 760w Platinum (black case, sleeves, wires), 4 SilenX 120mm Case fans with silicon fan gaskets and silicon mounts (all black), a 512GB Samsung SSD (black), and a 2TB Black Western Digital HD (silver/black).
I'm using InCrease and from what I can see the version it's using is 6.24R1. I would have thought it would automatically alert me if there were any updates that needed to be downloaded.
I've update to 6.29R1 and that seems to have fixed it.
As an aside I am using InCrease since I often have to pause F@H, e.g. when watching movies, and the F@H official client was a pain to use for pausing and then restarting. Has it gotten any better or could you recommend a better client to use than InCrease?
Hardware configuration: Intel i7-4770K @ 4.5 GHz, 16 GB DDR3-2133 Corsair Vengence (black/red), EVGA GTX 760 @ 1200 MHz, on an Asus Maximus VI Hero MB (black/red), in a blacked out Antec P280 Tower, with a Xigmatek Night Hawk (black) HSF, Seasonic 760w Platinum (black case, sleeves, wires), 4 SilenX 120mm Case fans with silicon fan gaskets and silicon mounts (all black), a 512GB Samsung SSD (black), and a 2TB Black Western Digital HD (silver/black).
Increase seems to be the best solution for your purposes.
FYI, fahcores do update automatically. Fah clients do not update automatically. Too often, the client update contains changes that require user intervention, like answering new setup questions. And so client updates are not automated.
