Folding new release: extra-large work units

[mc68k]

I am having such difficulty with this. It will run for a while and then it will say something about the cores not working, and how it is going to sleep and then I have to restart terminal to get it going again. And how do check how much/what percentage of these WUs I have done?

yeah the default location if you're not using -local is /Users/yourname/Library/Folding@Home

in there you should unitinfo.txt which you could open with TextEdit, vi, pico, cat etc

 

[mc68k]

Why can't you? Just curious how your in a position to "see" all those computers, but can't touch them.

yeah like scifrog said it's work. i have admin access but some are laptops which would fry and i would have to take care of it. some are workstations of people that have been using unix since before i was born so they would know. a lot of people keep all their apps open and never reboot (windows or ignorant mentality) which uses all the memory. some are servers we have (mail, backup, webdev/serving, storage) that i wouldn't touch. for me it's utilizing resources that aren't being used and wouldn't have an impact on the user. some wouldn't be worth the effort. if a macpro is worth 25k-50k every 2.5-4 days (now) then a ppc based comp is worthless (points wise for me) for folding. keeping 5 ppc or early intel machines up and going would be way too much work. running large memory demanding units on machines 24/7 can cause intermittent problems with daily use. imacs already run hot with just web browsers and M$ Office open

folding for me is just a hobby, it's not worth stressing over, breaking machines, or getting in trouble

 

[mc68k]

second WU i got this-- what a bunch of sh*t

Making 1D domain decomposition 8 x 1 x 1
starting mdrun 'SINGLE VESICLE in water'
6500000 steps, 26000.0 ps (continuing from step 6250000, 25000.0 ps).
[02:38:46] pleted 2500 out of 250000 steps (1%)
[03:23:18] Completed 5000 out of 250000 steps (2%)
[04:07:24] Completed 7500 out of 250000 steps (3%)
[04:52:30] Completed 10000 out of 250000 steps (4%)
[05:38:28] Completed 12500 out of 250000 steps (5%)
[06:23:18] Completed 15000 out of 250000 steps (6%)
[07:08:39] Completed 17500 out of 250000 steps (7%)
[07:54:30] Completed 20000 out of 250000 steps (8%)
[08:41:30] Completed 22500 out of 250000 steps (9%)
[09:26:36] Completed 25000 out of 250000 steps (10%)
[10:12:11] Completed 27500 out of 250000 steps (11%)
[10:57:36] Completed 30000 out of 250000 steps (12%)
[11:42:50] Completed 32500 out of 250000 steps (13%)
[12:28:07] Completed 35000 out of 250000 steps (14%)
[13:12:41] Completed 37500 out of 250000 steps (15%)
[13:59:11] Completed 40000 out of 250000 steps (16%)
[14:45:56] Completed 42500 out of 250000 steps (17%)
[15:31:24] Completed 45000 out of 250000 steps (18%)
[16:17:03] Completed 47500 out of 250000 steps (19%)
[17:02:18] Completed 50000 out of 250000 steps (20%)
[17:46:59] Completed 52500 out of 250000 steps (21%)
[18:31:10] Completed 55000 out of 250000 steps (22%)
[19:17:03] Completed 57500 out of 250000 steps (23%)
[20:04:04] Completed 60000 out of 250000 steps (24%)
[20:50:31] Completed 62500 out of 250000 steps (25%)
[21:36:58] Completed 65000 out of 250000 steps (26%)
[22:24:21] Completed 67500 out of 250000 steps (27%)
[23:11:16] Completed 70000 out of 250000 steps (28%)
[cli_4]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[cli_7]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[cli_3]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[cli_6]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[cli_0]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[cli_5]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[cli_2]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[cli_1]: aborting job:
Fatal error in MPI_Sendrecv: Error message texts are not available
[23:56:28] CoreStatus = 1 (1)
[23:56:28] Sending work to server
[23:56:28] Project: 2681 (Run 10, Clone 7, Gen 25)
[23:56:28] - Error: Could not get length of results file work/wuresults_05.dat
[23:56:28] - Error: Could not read unit 05 file. Removing from queue.
[23:56:28] - Preparing to get new work unit...
[23:56:28] Cleaning up work directory
[23:56:28] + Attempting to get work packet
[23:56:28] - Connecting to assignment server
[23:56:28] - Successful: assigned to (171.67.108.22).
[23:56:28] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[23:56:29] Loaded queue successfully.
[23:57:15] + Closed connections

 

[SciFrog]

This is exactly what happened to me on my third unit when my network crashed... again...

 

[mc68k]

i think i'm gonna do this weekend only. there's too many variables that seem to cause it to wedge. maybe that's why the program is labeled beta

 

[SciFrog]

Well you need to have a stable network, maybe manual IP adresses would help? I hope my 1.5 year old Airport Base is not going down in flames.

 

[twoodcc]

well luckily i haven't had that error yet. i'm on my third one now, but running with the -oneunit flag b/c i will be leaving out of here tomorrow. i'm at 65% done on the third one, so it should be done before i leave. also, i have had my system freeze twice on this WU for some reason. granted, i was using the system while folding, but still. it didn't crash before.