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nivrip
Senior Cruncher North Yorkshire Joined: Sep 13, 2007 Post Count: 264 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I was having a problem with one of my tasks in that it had run for 20 hours and the Completion Time was simply getting bigger and bigger, up to 40 hours. This didn't seem at all right so I rebooted the PC and, as there was no change, I decided to remove WCG completely. I then reloaded the WCG software again and started crunching once more.
----------------------------------------However, now the Tasks are running as normal but I notice that the Elapsed Time is increasing as expected and the Time To Completion is running down but the Progress remains at 0.000%. I aborted one task after 10 minutes but find that the next task is the same i.e. no apparent progress. Is this of any importance? Or is it not progressing at all and am I just wasting my time on these tasks?
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gb009761
Master Cruncher Scotland Joined: Apr 6, 2005 Post Count: 2986 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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If you could provide some details as to the type of science you're running (CEP2, MCM, FA@H etc.), then we'd be in a better position to comment.
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nivrip
Senior Cruncher North Yorkshire Joined: Sep 13, 2007 Post Count: 264 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Thanks for the reply. The tasks are all FAHV which have been running without problem before today.
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gb009761
Master Cruncher Scotland Joined: Apr 6, 2005 Post Count: 2986 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Oh, okay - as I haven't been running any FAHV recently, perhaps someone who's got more recent knowledge than I can jump in here.
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nivrip
Senior Cruncher North Yorkshire Joined: Sep 13, 2007 Post Count: 264 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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From what I remember though, FAHV don't take that long to initialise and show progress. True. Progress usually appears very quickly.
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7693 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Show us your machine specs, your OS and about the first 40 or so messages in the message tab after your restart. Thanks
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nivrip
Senior Cruncher North Yorkshire Joined: Sep 13, 2007 Post Count: 264 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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This machine is a Dell but is at least six years old. Intel Pentium 2.4GHz but only 512MB RAM operating on XP. It has worked very well until I downloaded the software again. I think it had been on an older version of the software and is now on 6.10.58. Could this be a cause of the problem? Is it possible to download an older version?
----------------------------------------Some lines from the Messages - 22/12/2013 14:45:40 Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for windows_intelx86 22/12/2013 14:45:40 log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 22/12/2013 14:45:40 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3 22/12/2013 14:45:40 Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC 22/12/2013 14:45:40 Running under account christine dredge 22/12/2013 14:45:42 Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz [Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9] 22/12/2013 14:45:42 Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pbe 22/12/2013 14:45:42 OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Home x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00) 22/12/2013 14:45:42 Memory: 510.00 MB physical, 1.22 GB virtual 22/12/2013 14:45:42 Disk: 37.24 GB total, 25.43 GB free 22/12/2013 14:45:42 Local time is UTC +0 hours 22/12/2013 14:45:42 No usable GPUs found 22/12/2013 14:45:43 World Community Grid URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 1292330; resource share 100 22/12/2013 14:45:44 World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 21-Sep-2013 16:20:48) 22/12/2013 14:45:44 World Community Grid Computer location: home 22/12/2013 14:45:44 General prefs: using separate prefs for home 22/12/2013 14:45:44 Reading preferences override file 22/12/2013 14:45:44 Preferences: 22/12/2013 14:45:44 max memory usage when active: 408.00MB 22/12/2013 14:45:44 max memory usage when idle: 382.50MB 22/12/2013 14:45:46 max disk usage: 4.00GB 22/12/2013 14:45:46 (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 22/12/2013 14:45:48 Found project_init.xml for http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ 22/12/2013 14:45:53 Not using a proxy 22/12/2013 14:45:53 Suspending computation - initial delay 22/12/2013 14:46:35 World Community Grid task FAHV_x4E43BprnotAS2_0664933_0260_0 aborted by user 22/12/2013 14:46:36 World Community Grid Computation for task FAHV_x4E43BprnotAS2_0664933_0260_0 finished 22/12/2013 14:46:53 World Community Grid task FAHV_x3T11AprnotAS1_0663645_0576_0 aborted by user 22/12/2013 14:47:12 World Community Grid task faah375497_ZINC04409654_x4GVMaINleA_00_0 aborted by user 22/12/2013 14:47:30 World Community Grid task FAHV_x3KFR_prnotAS1_0663033_0594_0 aborted by user
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The Vina program used by FAHV is fast. If it is 20hours plus, just abort it and let other people handle it. Any task can go wrong due to a cosmic ray, etc.
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nivrip
Senior Cruncher North Yorkshire Joined: Sep 13, 2007 Post Count: 264 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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More info.
----------------------------------------After 4hours 30 mins (I left it running) progress is showing 0.555%. This is similar to what happened before reboot and redownload of the software. Is it more likely to be the PC itself?
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Former Member
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Hello nivrip,
Why frustrate yourself so near the new year? Just abort the work unit and let somebody else who never looks at BOINC Manager run it. If the work unit is no good, let the project scientists handle it. Lawrence |
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