I have begun to manually grant credit for validation errors from the 4.07 App that resulted from the "sorting bug" in 4.07. As a first step this applies to workunits with more than one validation error from 4.07, I still have 55 single results on my list that need further investigation.
I've experienced a rather steep drop in my RAC lately, and the above was a contributing factor. Not like I'm losing any sleep over it, or anything (I have real concerns in my life, and this certainly isn't one of them), I'm just trying to put the pieces back together to bring my RAC back up to where it should be.
Interestingly enough, another AMD box which sits literally adjacent to the above, and is connected to my network via the same switch hub, seems to be doing fine: http://einsteinathome.org/host/1049118/tasks (WinXP Home SP2) This was the first machine I attached to this project, and, while I had some results error out initially, it has worked fine since then.
The above are AMD boxes, which, in my experience, don't always play nice with Einstein. I was surprised to see an error with my "new" Intel box: http://einsteinathome.org/host/1062708/tasks (Ubuntu 6.06LTS)
In the interest of full disclosure, I want to mention that I've been experiencing a LOT of communication problems lately. The router for my network has become increasingly flaky in recent weeks. Note that my network is 100% wired. If these problems could by caused by communication glitches, then no one should expend any time or effort on this unless I experience further problems after getting the router taken care of. I just need to know if this could be the problem.
Now, I don't expect to be "made whole" credit-wise (it would be nice, but I'm honestly not worried about it). There are only a few WUs that any of these boxes have spent any time on, anyway (the typical error is after only a few minutes or even seconds).
If the problem could be with the apps I'm running, I suppose what I'm looking for is some guidance on what version app to run on each box, where to get them, and how to install them without causing further problems.
I welcome assistance from anyone that knows these things, or knows how/where I can find out about these things.
This host was fine up until a few days ago. Now it's getting Signal 11 errors. You might want to try the beta app for that host.
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The above are AMD boxes, which, in my experience, don't always play nice with Einstein. I was surprised to see an error with my "new" Intel box: http://einsteinathome.org/host/1062708/tasks (Ubuntu 6.06LTS)
That host looks ok other than one error (exit code 112) unless there are other errors sitting on the machine that haven't reported back yet. I'm not familiar with that particular error code and a quick Google search doesn't turn up anything BOINC related.
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In the interest of full disclosure, I want to mention that I've been experiencing a LOT of communication problems lately. The router for my network has become increasingly flaky in recent weeks. Note that my network is 100% wired. If these problems could by caused by communication glitches, then no one should expend any time or effort on this unless I experience further problems after getting the router taken care of. I just need to know if this could be the problem.
This could be the problem with the box getting exit code 99s.
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If the problem could be with the apps I'm running, I suppose what I'm looking for is some guidance on what version app to run on each box, where to get them, and how to install them without causing further problems.
If it were me, I'd try the Linux beta app for the box getting signal 11. Keep an eye on the Intel/Linux box with issues. And update DirectX on the 2K box with issues.
Wow! This is all quite wonderful! I appreciate your looking at this and providing such specific and detailed suggestions. Frankly, it's pretty embarrassing to ask such utterly noob questions, because I work in IT. Clearly, this isn't my area of expertise ;^)
BTW, the 2K box had one or more trojans and whatnot in it (which I wasn't able to get rid of using conventional means), so I ended up reformatting the drive and starting from scratch. I was able to bring BOINC back up on it without any problem. I'll pay specific attention to the DirectX version on it.
I hope to be able to get to switching the router out in the next few days, we'll see if I keep getting those error 99s.
Anyway, thank you so much for responding so quickly, in such a helpful fashion.
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Dr. Allen,
I took one box off of Einstein because I discovered it had virtually nothing but validate errors: http://einsteinathome.org/host/956316/tasks (Win2k)
I've experienced a rather steep drop in my RAC lately, and the above was a contributing factor. Not like I'm losing any sleep over it, or anything (I have real concerns in my life, and this certainly isn't one of them), I'm just trying to put the pieces back together to bring my RAC back up to where it should be.
Some more errors here: http://einsteinathome.org/host/974305/tasks (Ubuntu 6.06LTS)
Interestingly enough, another AMD box which sits literally adjacent to the above, and is connected to my network via the same switch hub, seems to be doing fine: http://einsteinathome.org/host/1049118/tasks (WinXP Home SP2) This was the first machine I attached to this project, and, while I had some results error out initially, it has worked fine since then.
The above are AMD boxes, which, in my experience, don't always play nice with Einstein. I was surprised to see an error with my "new" Intel box: http://einsteinathome.org/host/1062708/tasks (Ubuntu 6.06LTS)
In the interest of full disclosure, I want to mention that I've been experiencing a LOT of communication problems lately. The router for my network has become increasingly flaky in recent weeks. Note that my network is 100% wired. If these problems could by caused by communication glitches, then no one should expend any time or effort on this unless I experience further problems after getting the router taken care of. I just need to know if this could be the problem.
Now, I don't expect to be "made whole" credit-wise (it would be nice, but I'm honestly not worried about it). There are only a few WUs that any of these boxes have spent any time on, anyway (the typical error is after only a few minutes or even seconds).
If the problem could be with the apps I'm running, I suppose what I'm looking for is some guidance on what version app to run on each box, where to get them, and how to install them without causing further problems.
I welcome assistance from anyone that knows these things, or knows how/where I can find out about these things.
Thanks.
I'm not Bruce, but I'll
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I'm not Bruce, but I'll respond anyway. :-) I also make your host IDs clickable.
This host has a mix of errors, one is exit code 99 and the other is exit code 128.
One suggested fix for exit code 99 is to reset the project so you download another data set.
The suggested fix for exit code 128 is an update of Direct X.
This host was fine up until a few days ago. Now it's getting Signal 11 errors. You might want to try the beta app for that host.
That host looks ok other than one error (exit code 112) unless there are other errors sitting on the machine that haven't reported back yet. I'm not familiar with that particular error code and a quick Google search doesn't turn up anything BOINC related.
This could be the problem with the box getting exit code 99s.
If it were me, I'd try the Linux beta app for the box getting signal 11. Keep an eye on the Intel/Linux box with issues. And update DirectX on the 2K box with issues.
Kathryn :o)
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Fixed the link to the beta app thread...
DirectX 9.0c November 2007
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DirectX 9.0c November 2007 update (Multilingual).
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Kathryn,
Wow! This is all quite wonderful! I appreciate your looking at this and providing such specific and detailed suggestions. Frankly, it's pretty embarrassing to ask such utterly noob questions, because I work in IT. Clearly, this isn't my area of expertise ;^)
BTW, the 2K box had one or more trojans and whatnot in it (which I wasn't able to get rid of using conventional means), so I ended up reformatting the drive and starting from scratch. I was able to bring BOINC back up on it without any problem. I'll pay specific attention to the DirectX version on it.
I hope to be able to get to switching the router out in the next few days, we'll see if I keep getting those error 99s.
Anyway, thank you so much for responding so quickly, in such a helpful fashion.
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Thank you, Ageless. I appreciate the link.