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running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 7:30 am
by regchan
keep running out of work to do just retrying for work units normally about 5-6 hours no work units/projects i know it my be duue to loads of pcs but it keeps flipping over to several ips and retrying
any way to say im in the uk connect to uk or eu ips only or manually say i want to connect to this server
i get about 5-7 projects done with in 5-8 hours as i do it in about 1 hour
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:04 am
by PantherX
Please note that when a WU is requested, the FAHClient will only talk to the AS (Assignment Server). This server knows all the WS (Work Server) which has WUs to be allocated. It will check what WU your client is requesting and will direct it to the best matching WS. Thus, you can see different IPs as there are many WS (and hopefully, new ones will appear online).
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:36 am
by Vulcan94
I haven't had a WU for the past 3 days. I'm beginning to think that folding@home is a waste of time.
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:44 am
by PantherX
Welcome to the F@H Forum Vulcan94,
I have gotten WUs every few hours. Can you please post your log file. Ensure that you have copied the System configuration which is present at the start of the log file so we can see what's happen to your system.
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:23 am
by Jorgeminator
regchan, you can try configuring your client to accept advanced projects, like this:
Restart the client after applying the changes.
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:45 am
by SDI-89
Jorgeminator wrote:regchan, you can try configuring your client to accept advanced projects, like this:
Restart the client after applying the changes.
Are advanced projects available for GPUs also or is this a CPU only thing?
I have a workstation with a NVIDIA Quadro P4000 and I would like to know if this option makes sense of me too.
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:49 am
by Jorgeminator
Both CPU and GPU projects go through the advanced stage before being released to full production. The advanced option is just an extension, it allows you to get advanced projects if there are any. If the advanced projects run out you will get normal projects instead, so there is nothing to lose.
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 2:12 pm
by Azmodes
That's cool, I managed to get all my hosts and slots loaded by signing up to the advanced projects! I wasn't aware that this needed opting in.
Can you elaborate on the nature of these projects? Is there a higher chance that they return some kind of error? Does it only download them if it can't find work for default projects or have both types equal priority?
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 2:34 pm
by puuteknikko
Azmodes wrote:That's cool, I managed to get all my hosts and slots loaded by signing up to the advanced projects! I wasn't aware that this needed opting in.
Can you elaborate on the nature of these projects? Is there a higher chance that they return some kind of error? Does it only download them if it can't find work for default projects or have both types equal priority?
They can be slightly less stable than the normal projects, but they have gone through the beta phase so any obvious problems should be cleared already. The client will first try to get a WU from an advanced phase project, then goes to the normal pool if nothing is available there.
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 4:23 pm
by Azmodes
Cheers.
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2020 6:18 pm
by FoldingFodder
Vulcan94 wrote:I haven't had a WU for the past 3 days. I'm beginning to think that folding@home is a waste of time.
Interesting you've seen no work.
I've signed up to F@H a couple of days ago and got a couple of friends to participate too. My work and home computers and my friend's computers have all been processing work units. There have been quiet spells but at least one computer has processed multiple work units.
Is your firewall restricting F@H from communicating with the servers? Or something of that nature?
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:35 am
by Vulcan94
PantherX wrote:Welcome to the F@H Forum Vulcan94,
I have gotten WUs every few hours. Can you please post your log file. Ensure that you have copied the System configuration which is present at the start of the log file so we can see what's happen to your system.
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*********************** Log Started 2020-04-04T10:27:50Z ***********************
10:27:50:************************* Folding@home Client *************************
10:27:50: Website: https://foldingathome.org/
10:27:50: Copyright: (c) 2009-2018 foldingathome.org
10:27:50: Author: Joseph Coffland <joseph@cauldrondevelopment.com>
10:27:50: Args: --open-web-control
10:27:50: Config: C:\Users\David Fidler\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient\config.xml
10:27:50:******************************** Build ********************************
10:27:50: Version: 7.5.1
10:27:50: Date: May 11 2018
10:27:50: Time: 13:06:32
10:27:50: Repository: Git
10:27:50: Revision: 4705bf53c635f88b8fe85af7675557e15d491ff0
10:27:50: Branch: master
10:27:50: Compiler: Visual C++ 2008
10:27:50: Options: /TP /nologo /EHa /wd4297 /wd4103 /Ox /MT
10:27:50: Platform: win32 10
10:27:50: Bits: 32
10:27:50: Mode: Release
10:27:50:******************************* System ********************************
10:27:50: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor
10:27:50: CPU ID: AuthenticAMD Family 23 Model 1 Stepping 1
10:27:50: CPUs: 16
10:27:50: Memory: 31.94GiB
10:27:50: Free Memory: 27.12GiB
10:27:50: Threads: WINDOWS_THREADS
10:27:50: OS Version: 6.2
10:27:50: Has Battery: false
10:27:50: On Battery: false
10:27:50: UTC Offset: -4
10:27:50: PID: 10212
10:27:50: CWD: C:\Users\David Fidler\AppData\Roaming\FAHClient
10:27:50: OS: Windows 10 Home
10:27:50: OS Arch: AMD64
10:27:50: GPUs: 1
10:27:50: GPU 0: Bus:8 Slot:0 Func:0 AMD:5 Ellesmere XT [Radeon RX
10:27:50: 470/480/570/580/590]
10:27:50: CUDA: Not detected: Failed to open dynamic library 'nvcuda.dll': The
10:27:50: specified module could not be found.
10:27:50:
10:27:50:OpenCL Device 0: Platform:0 Device:0 Bus:8 Slot:0 Compute:1.2 Driver:3004.8
10:27:50: Win32 Service: false
10:27:50:***********************************************************************
10:27:50:<config>
10:27:50: <!-- Slot Control -->
10:27:50: <power v='MEDIUM'/>
10:27:50:
10:27:50: <!-- User Information -->
10:27:50: <passkey v='********************************'/>
10:27:50: <team v='223518'/>
10:27:50: <user v='Vulcan94'/>
10:27:50:
10:27:50: <!-- Folding Slots -->
10:27:50: <slot id='0' type='CPU'>
10:27:50: <idle v='true'/>
10:27:50: </slot>
10:27:50: <slot id='1' type='GPU'>
10:27:50: <idle v='true'/>
10:27:50: </slot>
10:27:50:</config>
10:27:50:Trying to access database...
10:27:50:Successfully acquired database lock
10:27:50:Enabled folding slot 00: PAUSED cpu:14 (waiting for idle)
10:27:50:Enabled folding slot 01: PAUSED gpu:0:Ellesmere XT [Radeon RX 470/480/570/580/590] (waiting for idle)
10:28:02:16:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
10:28:49:ERROR:Receive error: 10054: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
******************************* Date: 2020-04-04 *******************************
19:27:52:52:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
******************************* Date: 2020-04-05 *******************************
10:29:28:87:127.0.0.1:New Web connection
I hope that helps.
Mod Edit: Added Code Tags - PantherX
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:17 pm
by Jorgeminator
Just remove the idle requirement.
Re: running out of work/projects
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:21 pm
by Vulcan94
Jorgeminator wrote:Just remove the idle requirement.
DOH! I feel like a real d&^%%$$ right about now.