Frequent Compute Errors
18 Nov 2006 20:11:47 UTC
Topic 192085
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I've noticed that about half my recent jobs get Compute Errors at some point in the process. It's a shame that all the time is being wasted.
Does anybody have any ideas about what might be going wrong and what I could do to rectify things?
Blessings,
-Jess
Frequent Compute Errors
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Particularly, I wonder whether:
*** I set it to work while I'm inactive for 1 minute. Perhaps it clears RAM as soon as I become active, and somehow it loses something....
*** Perhaps it has something to do with a network connection?
*** Perhaps it doesn't like the screensaver? (See following "red" log message:)
11/18/2006 12:53:57 PM|Einstein@Home|einstein_S5R1 not responding to screensaver, exiting
11/18/2006 12:54:01 PM|Einstein@Home|Unrecoverable error for result h1_1332.5_S5R1__1306_S5R1a_1 ( - exit code -1 (0xffffffff))
I don't know if that's typical, but it seems to be what caused my last Compute Error.
Try just setting your
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Try just setting your screensaver to one of the Windows (assuming you're using Windows) screensaver. Many crunchers set their screensavers to go blank because they want every spare cycle going to the science app.
See also this thread for some ideas. It's from the BOINC message boards.
Kathryn :o)
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