Insufficient work, requesting more!?
4 Mar 2005 15:35:41 UTC
Topic 188252
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Every time I start my PC new Tests are installed allthough the previous ones are not finished.
I am afraid my small PC will be overloaded!
Here is some output of boinc.log:
2005-03-04 15:27:18 [Einstein@Home] Resuming computation for result H1_0340.9__0341.4_0.1_T07_Test02_0 using einstein version 4.80
2005-03-04 15:27:18 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_1424.9__1425.3_0.1_T00_Test02_2
2005-03-04 15:27:18 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_1121.4__1121.6_0.1_T01_Test02_4
2005-03-04 15:27:18 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_0642.9__0643.3_0.1_T07_Test02_3
2005-03-04 15:27:18 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_0975.9__0976.2_0.1_T01_Test02_3
2005-03-04 15:27:18 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more
2005-03-04 15:27:19 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more
2005-03-04 15:27:19 [Einstein@Home] Requesting 7597 seconds of work
Insufficient work, requesting more!?
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Not only that, but your PC makes a new Account ID every day it logs on, it would seem. Unless you have six P3 Coppermines. ;)
First things first, info for the system admins:
Which Linux Distro are you using?
Which BOINC version are you running?
In your general preferences, how many days have you set to connect to the server?
Are you running 24/7 or shutting down?
> Not only that, but your PC
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> Not only that, but your PC makes a new Account ID every day it logs on, it
> would seem. Unless you have six P3 Coppermines. ;)
>
> First things first, info for the system admins:
> Which Linux Distro are you using?
> Which BOINC version are you running?
> In your general
> preferences, how many days have you set to connect to the server?
> Are you running 24/7 or shutting down?
>
I have ony one PC!
using Debian kernel 2.4.25 and BOINC version 4.80, shutting down at night.
I did not change the preferences connecting to the server every 0.1 day.
Today I merged all the accounts to one.
Sorry BOINC version 4.80?
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Sorry BOINC version 4.80?
The normal ones for any Linux Distro are 4.19, 4,23 and 4.24
4.19 is the one advertised, the others are beta versions.
Did you compile your own BOINC version, or did someone else compile it for you?
> Sorry BOINC version 4.80?
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> Sorry BOINC version 4.80?
>
> The normal ones for any Linux Distro are 4.19, 4,23 and 4.24
> 4.19 is the one advertised, the others are beta versions.
>
> Did you compile your own BOINC version, or did someone else compile it for
> you?
>
I registered participation in the Beta test and got a file boinc_4.19_i686-pc-linux-gnu.gz from E@H, which I installed and started.
My boinc.log file mentions:
Starting BOINC client version 4.19
Starting result H1_0338.9__0339.0_0.1_T02_Test02_3 using einstein version 4.80
Why two different version numbers?
This morning again a new account, which I merged. How to stop getting these new
accounts every time I start up my computer?
These are the last entries of my boinc.log file:
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03-05 08:22:27 [---] Starting BOINC client version 4.19 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Project prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Project prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link app einstein in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info einstein_4.80_i686-pc-linux-gnu in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info einstein_4.80_i686-pc-linux-gnu.so in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info earth in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info sun in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info Config_Test02 in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link app version in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Host ID is 60233
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Host ID not assigned yet
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [---] General prefs: from Einstein@Home (last modified 2005-03-02 14:52:02)
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [---] General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [Einstein@Home] Resuming computation for result H1_0340.9__0341.4_0.1_T07_Test02_0 using einstein version 4.80
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_1424.9__1425.3_0.1_T00_Test02_2
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_1121.4__1121.6_0.1_T01_Test02_4
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_0642.9__0643.3_0.1_T07_Test02_3
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_0975.9__0976.2_0.1_T01_Test02_3
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [Einstein@Home] Deferring computation for result H1_0314.4__0314.5_0.1_T10_Test02_2
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [Einstein@Home] Requesting 7539 seconds of work
2005-03-05 08:22:28 [Einstein@Home] Sending request to scheduler: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
2005-03-05 08:22:29 [Einstein@Home] Scheduler RPC to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi succeeded
2005-03-05 08:22:29 [Einstein@Home] Project prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
2005-03-05 08:22:29 [Einstein@Home] File einstein_4.80_i686-pc-linux-gnu exists already, skipping download
2005-03-05 08:22:29 [Einstein@Home] File einstein_4.80_i686-pc-linux-gnu.so exists already, skipping download
2005-03-05 08:22:30 [Einstein@Home] File earth exists already, skipping download
2005-03-05 08:22:30 [Einstein@Home] File sun exists already, skipping download
2005-03-05 08:22:30 [Einstein@Home] File Config_Test02 exists already, skipping download
2005-03-05 08:22:30 [Einstein@Home] Started download of H1_0338.9
2005-03-05 08:25:49 [Einstein@Home] Finished download of H1_0338.9
2005-03-05 08:25:49 [Einstein@Home] Throughput 61273 bytes/sec
2005-03-05 08:25:54 [Einstein@Home] Pausing result H1_0340.9__0341.4_0.1_T07_Test02_0 (removed from memory)
2005-03-05 08:25:54 [Einstein@Home] Starting result H1_0338.9__0339.0_0.1_T02_Test02_3 using einstein version 4.80
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Looks like a permissions
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Looks like a permissions error to me. It appears that BOINC is not able to read/write the data files properly so each time you start BOINC it has to start up again as a new install.
The BOINC client runs seperate science applications to do the actual work. So each one needs it's own version number. Currently the BOINC core client is 4.19 (4.25 for alpha testing), and the einstien science application 4.78 to 4.80 depending on OS.
BOINC WIKI
BOINCing since 2002/12/8
> Looks like a permissions
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> Looks like a permissions error to me. It appears that BOINC is not able to
> read/write the data files properly so each time you start BOINC it has to
> start up again as a new install.
>
> The BOINC client runs seperate science applications to do the actual work. So
> each one needs it's own version number. Currently the BOINC core client is
> 4.19 (4.25 for alpha testing), and the einstien science application 4.78 to
> 4.80 depending on OS.
>
I checked the permissions, all are set user read, write, enter or exec, group
and others read.
I notice there are 7 slots in the boinc dir.
The error.log mentions these errors:
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2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link app einstein in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info einstein_4.80_i686-pc-linux-gnu in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info einstein_4.80_i686-pc-linux-gnu.so in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info earth in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info sun in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link file info Config_Test02 in state file
2005-03-05 08:22:27 [Einstein@Home] Can't link app version in state file
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Jos, Something is very
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Jos,
Something is very wrong with your BOINC installation. If your machine continues to get a new hostid each day, please just delete your entire existing BOINC installation, and reinstall BOINC. You'll have to re-enter your account ID, and you'll lose any WU currently in progress. But this is preferable to continuing with the current damaged installation.
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
> Jos, > > Something is very
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> Jos,
>
> Something is very wrong with your BOINC installation. If your machine
> continues to get a new hostid each day, please just delete your entire
> existing BOINC installation, and reinstall BOINC. You'll have to re-enter
> your account ID, and you'll lose any WU currently in progress. But this is
> preferable to continuing with the current damaged installation.
>
> Bruce
>
>
Try giving the group and others full access to the BOINC directory, since it may be running under different creditials than it was installed with. If that doesn't work then try the clean reinstall like Bruce said.
BOINC WIKI
BOINCing since 2002/12/8
> > Jos, > > > > Something
)
> > Jos,
> >
> > Something is very wrong with your BOINC installation. If your machine
> > continues to get a new hostid each day, please just delete your entire
> > existing BOINC installation, and reinstall BOINC. You'll have to
> re-enter
> > your account ID, and you'll lose any WU currently in progress. But this
> is
> > preferable to continuing with the current damaged installation.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> Try giving the group and others full access to the BOINC directory, since it
> may be running under different creditials than it was installed with. If that
> doesn't work then try the clean reinstall like Bruce said.
>
After a clean a reinstall everything works well again!
> > > Jos, > > > > > >
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> > > Jos,
> > >
> > > Something is very wrong with your BOINC installation. If your
> machine
> > > continues to get a new hostid each day, please just delete your
> entire
> > > existing BOINC installation, and reinstall BOINC. You'll have to
> > re-enter
> > > your account ID, and you'll lose any WU currently in progress. But
> this
> > is
> > > preferable to continuing with the current damaged installation.
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > >
> > Try giving the group and others full access to the BOINC directory, since
> it
> > may be running under different creditials than it was installed with. If
> that
> > doesn't work then try the clean reinstall like Bruce said.
> >
> After a clean a reinstall everything works well again!
Good!
I took a look to see if you had returned any successful workunits, and I see none so far. Hopefully you'll complete one or two in the next day and get them uploaded to the server. At that point, we can be pretty confident that everything is working correctly.
Cheers,
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home