Problem running E@H projects
16 May 2005 16:27:37 UTC
Topic 189190
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I am having trouble getting E@H projects to run for some reason. I installed BOINC 4.25 and have been running S@H projects without issue. So far I've been unable to locate any other posts or FAQ topics to answer my problem. Here are the significant lines from the stdoutdae.txt file:
2005-05-16 00:14:21 [http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/] Using your default project prefs
2005-05-16 00:14:22 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more
2005-05-16 00:14:25 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more
2005-05-16 00:14:25 [http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/] Requesting 8640.00 seconds of work
2005-05-16 00:14:25 [http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/] Sending request to scheduler: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
2005-05-16 00:14:27 [http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/] Scheduler RPC to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi succeeded
2005-05-16 00:14:27 [Einstein@Home] New host venue: home
2005-05-16 00:14:27 [Einstein@Home] Host location: home
2005-05-16 00:14:27 [Einstein@Home] Using your default project prefs
2005-05-16 00:14:32 [Einstein@Home] Started download of einstein_4.79_windows_intelx86.exe
2005-05-16 00:14:32 [Einstein@Home] Started download of einstein_4.79_windows_intelx86.pdb
2005-05-16 00:17:00 [Einstein@Home] Finished download of einstein_4.79_windows_intelx86.pdb
2005-05-16 00:17:00 [Einstein@Home] Throughput 20709 bytes/sec
2005-05-16 00:17:00 [Einstein@Home] Started download of earth
2005-05-16 00:18:44 [Einstein@Home] Finished download of earth
2005-05-16 00:18:44 [Einstein@Home] Throughput 26661 bytes/sec
2005-05-16 00:18:45 [Einstein@Home] Started download of sun
2005-05-16 00:18:59 [Einstein@Home] Finished download of sun
2005-05-16 00:18:59 [Einstein@Home] Throughput 19675 bytes/sec
2005-05-16 00:18:59 [Einstein@Home] Started download of Config_Fin1
2005-05-16 00:19:01 [Einstein@Home] Finished download of Config_Fin1
2005-05-16 00:19:01 [Einstein@Home] Throughput 191 bytes/sec
2005-05-16 00:19:01 [Einstein@Home] Started download of H1_0219.5
2005-05-16 00:24:58 [Einstein@Home] Temporarily failed download of einstein_4.79_windows_intelx86.exe
2005-05-16 00:24:59 [Einstein@Home] Started download of einstein_4.79_windows_intelx86.exe
2005-05-16 00:26:20 [Einstein@Home] Finished download of einstein_4.79_windows_intelx86.exe
2005-05-16 00:26:20 [Einstein@Home] Throughput 21297 bytes/sec
2005-05-16 00:28:46 [Einstein@Home] Finished download of H1_0219.5
2005-05-16 00:28:46 [Einstein@Home] Throughput 25214 bytes/sec
2005-05-16 00:28:46 [SETI@home] Pausing result 30dc04ab.18554.22272.672170.198_3 (removed from memory)
2005-05-16 00:28:46 [Einstein@Home] CreateProcess() failed - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (0x20)
2005-05-16 00:28:47 [Einstein@Home] CreateProcess() failed - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (0x20)
2005-05-16 00:28:47 [Einstein@Home] CreateProcess() failed - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (0x20)
2005-05-16 00:28:47 [Einstein@Home] CreateProcess() failed - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (0x20)
2005-05-16 00:28:47 [Einstein@Home] CreateProcess() failed - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (0x20)
2005-05-16 00:28:48 [Einstein@Home] Unrecoverable error for result H1_0219.5__0219.9_0.1_T07_Fin1_3 (CreateProcess() failed - The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (0x20))
2005-05-16 00:28:48 [Einstein@Home] Deferring communication with project for 1 minutes and 0 seconds
Defers continue and then I get the quota reached messages. I have yet to complete any E@H projects, how can I have reached my quota? Any help would be appreciated.
btw, I also tried removing the project and re-attaching I assume that's why I show two computers, both with 0 units.
Problem running E@H projects
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For Einstein the quota (the number of WU’s your allowed to download /day) is 8 WU / day and cpu (max 4 cpu’s). For every WU returned with en error or not returned in time, the quota shrinks with 1 (min quota=1). So after downloading 8 WU’s you get the “quota reached messages”. All your WU’s have reported Client error.
Then you're really interested in a subject, there is no way to avoid it. You have to read the Manual.
Thank you, that answers the
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Thank you, that answers the quota question...now does anyone have ideas ragarding the actual problem? Why do I keep getting the "CreateProcess() failed - " error? As I said, the client funtions flawlessly for S@H work. It only errs for E@H.
Thank you, that answers the
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Thank you, that answers the quota question...now does anyone have ideas ragarding the actual problem? Why do I keep getting the "CreateProcess() failed - " error? As I said, the client funtions flawlessly for S@H work. It only errs for E@H.
Do you have a virus scanner or other security program that might block BOINC from starting the Einstein@Home executable?
Cheers,
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
Thank you, that answers the
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Thank you, that answers the quota question...now does anyone have ideas ragarding the actual problem? Why do I keep getting the "CreateProcess() failed - " error? As I said, the client funtions flawlessly for S@H work. It only errs for E@H.
I'm afraid that I can't answer your question, but have seen this same thing myself. My suspicions are that for some reason, the BOINC app doesn't release a file or process lock on the exe after completing the download.
To resolve this, what I have done is to shutdown BOINC and reboot the system after the application files (exe, pdb, earth, sun) have downloaded successfully and the createprocess failed messages start occuring. i.e. no MD5 errors should be reported. After the reboot, you'll most likely find that the createprocess error does not occur, however your quota may have been exceeded and you may need to wait 24hours before you'll get any work that will actually run.
The other options are a project reset or detach/attach, but you've already tried that.
okay, seems to be working
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okay, seems to be working now. What I did was:
Suspend the E@H project.
Wait until the deferral time was up.
Reboot my system (tried just restarting the program, that didn't work)
Re-activated the E@H project.
Now it seems to be processing normally. Hopefully it will upload the result when it completes. I will post when it finishes to confirm. Thanks for all the help.
Final post from me on this
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Final post from me on this thread. I had to do a manual update of the project this morning but the work units are processing like the should now and I'm finally showing credits! :)
An additional note to my previous post:
Prior to doing what I posted to correct the problem, I had done many system restarts with all projects active. The problem was not corrected until I rebooted with the E@H project suspended.
Thanks again for the help everyone.
I'm afraid that I can't
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I'm afraid that I can't answer your question, but have seen this same thing myself. My suspicions are that for some reason, the BOINC app doesn't release a file or process lock on the exe after completing the download.
Just noticed the following CVS checkin:
David 8 June 2005
- core client: add constructor and destructor to NET_XFER,
and have them close the file and/or socket if present.
This should fix a bug where a file was left open
in the case of a download failure,
causing process creation failure later on.
The fix ought to be present in versions > 4.45.
Let's hope that's the end of this bug then. :)