Can`t get WS Assignment

[AlexComan]

Hello community,

I have a renderstation that I sometimes use for.... rendering... and I want to get it to work for Folding@home, but I can`t get it to receive a WS Assignemnt for the CPU, and that`s the juice of the PC... 32 cores of xeon processors I think would do very good.

Are the CPU`s not compatible?

Here is the whole log:

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*********************** Log Started 2015-05-05T10:12:20Z ***********************
10:12:20:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
10:12:20:      Website: http://folding.stanford.edu/
10:12:20:    Copyright: (c) 2009-2014 Stanford University
10:12:20:       Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
10:12:20:         Args: 
10:12:20:       Config: C:/Users/AlexCom/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient/config.xml
10:12:20:******************************** Build ********************************
10:12:20:      Version: 7.4.4
10:12:20:         Date: Mar 4 2014
10:12:20:         Time: 20:26:54
10:12:20:      SVN Rev: 4130
10:12:20:       Branch: fah/trunk/client
10:12:20:     Compiler: Intel(R) C++ MSVC 1500 mode 1200
10:12:20:      Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /Qdiag-disable:4297,4103,1786,279 /Ox -arch:SSE
10:12:20:               /QaxSSE2,SSE3,SSSE3,SSE4.1,SSE4.2 /Qopenmp /Qrestrict /MT /Qmkl
10:12:20:     Platform: win32 XP
10:12:20:         Bits: 32
10:12:20:         Mode: Release
10:12:20:******************************* System ********************************
10:12:20:          CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2665 0 @ 2.40GHz
10:12:20:       CPU ID: GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7
10:12:20:         CPUs: 32
10:12:20:       Memory: 31.98GiB
10:12:20:  Free Memory: 29.10GiB
10:12:20:      Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
10:12:20:   OS Version: 6.1
10:12:20:  Has Battery: false
10:12:20:   On Battery: false
10:12:20:   UTC Offset: 3
10:12:20:          PID: 3032
10:12:20:          CWD: C:/Users/AlexCom/AppData/Roaming/FAHClient
10:12:20:           OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
10:12:20:      OS Arch: AMD64
10:12:20:         GPUs: 1
10:12:20:        GPU 0: NVIDIA:2 GF100 [Quadro 4000]
10:12:20:         CUDA: 2.0
10:12:20:  CUDA Driver: 7000
10:12:20:Win32 Service: false
10:12:20:***********************************************************************
10:12:20:<config>
10:12:20:  <!-- Folding Slot Configuration -->
10:12:20:  <cause v='CANCER'/>
10:12:20:
10:12:20:  <!-- Network -->
10:12:20:  <proxy v=':8080'/>
10:12:20:
10:12:20:  <!-- Slot Control -->
10:12:20:  <power v='full'/>
10:12:20:
10:12:20:  <!-- User Information -->
10:12:20:  <team v='228663'/>
10:12:20:  <user v='AlexC2'/>
10:12:20:
10:12:20:  <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:12:20:  <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
10:12:20:    <cpus v='32'/>
10:12:20:  </slot>
10:12:20:  <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
10:12:20:    <paused v='true'/>
10:12:20:  </slot>
10:12:20:</config>
10:12:20:Trying to access database...
10:12:20:Successfully acquired database lock
10:12:20:Enabled folding slot 00: READY cpu:32
10:12:20:Enabled folding slot 01: PAUSED gpu:0:GF100 [Quadro 4000] (by user)
10:12:21:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.200:8080
10:12:22:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.200:8080': Empty work server assignment
10:12:22:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
10:12:24:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
10:12:24:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
10:12:24:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.200:8080
10:12:25:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.200:8080': Empty work server assignment
10:12:25:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
10:12:26:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
10:12:26:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
10:13:24:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.200:8080
10:13:25:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.200:8080': Empty work server assignment
10:13:25:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
10:13:25:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
10:13:25:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
10:15:01:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.200:8080
10:15:02:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.200:8080': Empty work server assignment
10:15:02:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
10:15:02:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
10:15:02:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
10:17:38:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.200:8080
10:17:39:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.200:8080': Empty work server assignment
10:17:39:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
10:17:40:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
10:17:40:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment
10:21:53:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.200:8080
10:21:53:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.200:8080': Empty work server assignment
10:21:53:WU00:FS00:Connecting to 171.67.108.204:80
10:21:54:WARNING:WU00:FS00:Failed to get assignment from '171.67.108.204:80': Empty work server assignment
10:21:54:ERROR:WU00:FS00:Exception: Could not get an assignment

I want to say that I have 2 ore PC`s that have i7 and Nvidia cards and I completed several jobs already, but can`t get the Xeons to work.

Thanks and have a great day,

Alex

[7im]

Pande Group has been lacking to provide work for higher end Windows systems for a long time. Try running with a setting of 12 cores and see if the client gets work.

If so, run 3 CPU slots, 12, 12, and 8, at least until better work becomes available.

[bruce]

Note that we generally don't recommend splitting up your CPUs into more than one slot, but given today's mix of Projects, 7im's suggestion is a good one.

It should be noted that each Project has a range of acceptable core-counts (both a maximum and a minimum) that is semi-related to the number of atoms in the protein. When proteins are selected for research, the scientists are looking at research criteria, not necessarily atom counts. Since projects start and end, it's unfortunate that sometimes the servers will not be able to assign proteins that happen to be consistent with 32-CPUs.

That's a relatively rare situation -- often of short duration -- and essentially unpredictable. Do keep checking back, because you may see a new project at any time which will allow you to finish two of the CPU slots and increase the size of the other one.

[AlexComan]

Heh, wow, that worked, I assigned 12 cores and now it works.

But how do I make another client? It says that "Cleint with address localhost:36330 is already a client list. What ports should I use? And does the client know to use the other 12 then the the other 8 cores? Are they automatically assigned like that?

Sorry for these newbie questions, yesterday I started working with fold@home

Take care,

Alex

[bruce]

Do not make another client.

Using FAHControl (aka Advanced Control) select Configure + Slots + Add and verify that the proper type of slot (CPU) is selected. Change the -1 CPUs setting to whatever you want it to be and OK,SAVE... as required. A new WU should download immediately.

[AlexComan]

Thank you bruce, it worked