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Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) SMP AMD Tri-Core

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 3:05 am
by NoLimitssjca
I just brought a new XP FAH SMP 5.91 beta6 server online today. Unfortunately, after 8 hours I still have not been able to download a client. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, same problem...

I tried with and without WU Greater the 5MB. same problem...

I have an AMD Phenom X3 8450 1GB DDR2-800

I appreciate any help in resolving this.

I am pasting the log below.

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Note: Please read the license agreement (fah.exe -license). Further
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If you see this twice, MPI is working
If you see this twice, MPI is working
3 cores detected
No directory settings found in registry. Using current directory...


--- Opening Log file [May 24 02:22:47]


# SMP Client ##################################################################
###############################################################################

                       Folding@Home Client Version 5.91beta6

                          http://folding.stanford.edu

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

Launch directory: C:\Program Files\Folding@Home1
Executable: C:\Program Files\Folding@Home1\fah.exe


[02:22:47] Configuring Folding@Home...

User name [Anonymous]? NoLimitssjca
Team Number [0]? 57391
Launch automatically at machine startup, installing this as a
 service (yes/no) [no]?
Ask before fetching/sending work (no/yes) [no]?
Use Internet Explorer Settings (no/yes) [no]?
Use proxy (yes/no) [no]?
Allow receipt of work assignments greater than 5MB in size (no/yes) [no]?yes
Change advanced options (yes/no) [no]? yes
Core Priority (idle/low) [idle]?
CPU usage requested (5-100) [100]?
Disable highly optimized assembly code (no/yes) [no]?
Pause if battery power is being used (useful for laptops) (no/yes) [no]?
Interval, in minutes, between checkpoints (3-30) [15]?
Memory, in MB, to indicate (894 available) [894]?
Request work units without deadlines (no/yes) [no]?
Set -advmethods flag always, requesting new advanced
  scientific cores and/or work units if available (no/yes) [no]?
Ignore any deadline information (mainly useful if
 system clock frequently has errors) (no/yes) [no]?
Machine ID (1-16) [1]?

[02:25:05] - Ask before connecting: No
[02:25:05] - User name: NoLimitssjca (Team 57391)
[02:25:05] - User ID: 3813D783281465B3
[02:25:05] - Machine ID: 1
[02:25:05]
[02:25:05] Could not open work queue, generating new queue...
[02:25:05] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[02:25:05] + Attempting to get work packet
[02:25:05] - Connecting to assignment server
[02:25:05] - Successful: assigned to (0.0.0.0).
[02:25:05] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[02:25:05] Work Unit has an invalid address.
[02:25:05] - Error: Attempt #1  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
             Waiting before retry.
[02:25:11] + Attempting to get work packet
[02:25:11] - Connecting to assignment server
[02:25:12] - Successful: assigned to (0.0.0.0).
[02:25:12] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[02:25:12] Work Unit has an invalid address.
[02:25:12] - Error: Attempt #2  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
             Waiting before retry.
[02:25:32] + Attempting to get work packet
[02:25:32] - Connecting to assignment server
[02:25:32] - Successful: assigned to (0.0.0.0).
[02:25:32] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[02:25:32] Work Unit has an invalid address.
[02:25:32] - Error: Attempt #3  to get work failed, and no other work to do.
             Waiting before retry.

Re: Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) - SMP

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 3:22 am
by codysluder
The "invalid address (0.0.0.0)" is version 5's way of telling you that there is no work that can be assigned to your client right now. The best course of action is to simply wait. One of the critical servers has been down and it's very, very busy right now.

Re: Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) SMP - New Install

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:28 pm
by NoLimitssjca
I have 8 other SMP clients still receiveing new work. Only the new install is not receiving work. Any ideas?

Re: Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) SMP - New Install

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:39 pm
by bruce
NoLimitssjca wrote:Any ideas?
Configuration differences might include forgetting to set BigWU. Look for differences in client.cfg and post here if you have any questions.

Re: Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) SMP - New Install

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 7:49 pm
by NoLimitssjca
The configuration is listed above (Allow receipt of work assignments greater than 5MB in size (no/yes) [no]?yes). I'm stumped. I'll check the client.cfg and post back.

Re: Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) SMP - New Install

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:52 pm
by NoLimitssjca
Reran the config to match other clients. Client.cfg's are identical. Still no joy...

[settings]
username=NoLimitssjca
team=57391
asknet=no
machineid=1
local=13

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no


[settings]
username=NoLimitssjca
team=57391
asknet=no
machineid=1
local=13

[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=no

This is a clone... I did remove the ID# from the Pandegroup entry in the registry to get new ID#. The only real differnce is the AMD triple core vs- my AMD Dual and Quads. Is there a core switch?

Re: Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) SMP - New Install

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 11:09 pm
by toTOW
It looks like the SMP server don't know how to deal with 3-core CPU ...

If you look on the server status page, you'll find a column called "smp cores" for server 171.64.65.56, 171.64.65.63 and 171.64.65.64 ... this column only knows 2, 4, 8 and 16 cores ... So Phenom X3 is not taken into account (it doesn't know how to deal with 3 cores) and I assume it would be the case if someont had an Intel Dunnington CPU (6 cores) or an AMD Shangai CPU (12 cores).

Someone form Stanford need to add some numbers for this settings ;)

Re: Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) SMP - New Install

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 3:04 am
by NoLimitssjca
Right on the $$$ toTOW.

I replaced the Tri Core with a dual core and instant success... folding away...

Thanks for the help... Tri cores aren't very popular so I don't know if we'll see projects for them. I'll volunteer to test it if they do...

NoLimitssjca

Re: Work Unit has an invalid address (0.0.0.0) SMP - New Install

Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 3:11 am
by sneakers55
NoLimitssjca wrote:I replaced the Tri Core with a dual core and instant success... folding away...

Thanks for the help... Tri cores aren't very popular so I don't know if we'll see projects for them. I'll volunteer to test it if they do...
AMD is the company who brought us the tri-core. They can lock out a bad core on the quad-core and sell the chip as a tri-core for 75% of what a quad-core costs.