TPU's WCG/BOINC Team

[4x4n]

Hey guys, I've been working a ton lately and haven't even checked on WCG. Today I see I have no tasks and when I manually update I just get communication deferred. Have been trying everything, uninstalled boinc and deleted all the hidden folders, tried 3 different versions as well. I have one task now but lots of transfers pending. Looks like just the project startup stuff, gif and png files. Event log shows transient http errors. I have great internet access, no issues except with WCG. Any ideas before I just give WCG the middle finger? I dont have time for this shit, this rig has been crunching for over 1500 hours straight and now cant get new tasks? WTF

 

[Norton]

Hey guys, I've been working a ton lately and haven't even checked on WCG. Today I see I have no tasks and when I manually update I just get communication deferred. Have been trying everything, uninstalled boinc and deleted all the hidden folders, tried 3 different versions as well. I have one task now but lots of transfers pending. Looks like just the project startup stuff, gif and png files. Event log shows transient http errors. I have great internet access, no issues except with WCG. Any ideas before I just give WCG the middle finger? I dont have time for this shit, this rig has been crunching for over 1500 hours straight and now cant get new tasks? WTF

Check the Transfers tab in your BOINC Manager to see if there are 2 files* stuck (long retry times)- abort them then manually update and you should be back to normal.

*forgot the file names atm but similar has happened on a few of my rigs

 

[manofthem]

Hey guys, I've been working a ton lately and haven't even checked on WCG. Today I see I have no tasks and when I manually update I just get communication deferred. Have been trying everything, uninstalled boinc and deleted all the hidden folders, tried 3 different versions as well. I have one task now but lots of transfers pending. Looks like just the project startup stuff, gif and png files. Event log shows transient http errors. I have great internet access, no issues except with WCG. Any ideas before I just give WCG the middle finger? I dont have time for this shit, this rig has been crunching for over 1500 hours straight and now cant get new tasks? WTF

That's odd, sounds like the same problem that @El_Mayo was having...

 

[4x4n]

I aborted all of them but still cant get new tasks. Event log is saying some download is stalled, I'll give it a bit and see if it will give me some tasks then.

 

[xvi]

So my guess is somehow the UPS lost power and shut down, and it wouldn't turn back on til I unplugged it from the wall for a little bit.

We have some UPSes that if drained completely, will not power back up on their own when power restores. You must turn them back on manually (which is a hassle for what we're using them for).
I'd say just try to avoid it draining completely. If it does again, try just hitting the power button? <shrug />

 

[FordGT90Concept]

What version are you running? 5? If so, a security certificate expired. You need to install version 7 on a different machine and copy the certificates from the 7 machine to the 5 machine.


There's really nothing wrong with the "communication deferred" message...as long as it eventually does succeed.


I just checked two of my machines and both are running nominally. That includes one running verision 5 with 7 certs.

 

[4x4n]

Got some tasks, ya!

But the stuck transfers are back. Same ones that I aborted before. I'm betting that when these tasks are done that it wont get new ones again with these stalled. Anyone ever seen this?

 

[thebluebumblebee]

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=336

 

[4x4n]

Thanks for the link. I only have the windows firewall, I turned it off and still getting the http error. Could my Asus router be blocking it?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Doubt it. It should be outbound and thus, not blocked.

Looking at that link, a DNS flush might help. If you're pulling DNS information from the router and the router has it wrong...

 

[thebluebumblebee]

Since you have work to do, and those are downloads, just abort them.

 

[4x4n]

Thanks for all the suggestions


Tried the dns flush with no luck. I did abort them again but I want to fix the problem, I can't keep aborting them all the time.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I think they are under C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects...

 

[manofthem]

I think they are under C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects...

Maybe just delete that BOINC folder under programdata, and make sure BOINC is updated. The try again?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I'd set it to take no more work, wait until it clears it, close BOINC, delete the BOINC folder, and it should redownload your settings from BOINC/WCG and fetch new work. The previous units/tansfers should be gone.

 

[4x4n]

All seems to be sorted. Ran all day and now I have my normal que of units waiting. Thanks for all the help

 

[kenkickr]

Have the 4790k running at 4.6Ghz @ 1.25v with temps hovering in the low 70's under a Lucifer V2. Glad to be back up and crunching again. Just have to find time to try a OS reinstall on the 4930k desktop since I had a bad stick of ram aiding to my random reboots.

 

[manofthem]

WCG Network Updates scheduled to begin Sunday morning, Feb 21st, @4:30am UTC, or 11:30pm Saturday night. Site will be down, no up/downloading of work either. Allotted time window is 6 hrs but should be less; if I recall correctly, it's always a good deal less than the "window" period.

Network Updates: Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 4:30am UTC

By: Keith Uplinger
World Community Grid
16 Feb 2016

Summary
Network updates will be performed Sunday, February 21st. The World Community Grid website and BOINC servers may be affected during this update.

World Community Grid will be performing network updates starting Sunday, February, 21 2015 at 04:30am UTC. The window for this maintenance activity is estimated to be 6 hours, although we anticipate the actual outage time will be less. During the network updates, volunteers may not be able to access the website, fetch new research tasks or return completed work for a period of time.

No action is required by the members, as the BOINC/World Community Grid software application will automatically reconnect to our servers once the update is over.

Thank you again for your participation in World Community Grid!

 

[kenkickr]

So far after figuring out my random reboot issues the 4930k crunched all night! It was a bad stick of ram so now debating if I should grab 16GB(4x4) DDR3-2400 or just keep 16GB(2x8GB) DDR3-1600 and thank about building a new system. Like I need another

 

[thebluebumblebee]

So far after figuring out my random reboot issues the 4930k crunched all night! It was a bad stick of ram so now debating if I should grab 16GB(4x4) DDR3-2400 or just keep 16GB(2x8GB) DDR3-1600 and thank about building a new system. Like I need another

With the exception of HDD's, you have plenty of space in your system specs for another system.

 

[stinger608]

If the system is just used for crunching @kenkickr , 16 gig is more than enough. I wouldn't spend the bucks on more. I would think that 2 x 8 would be better than 4 x 4.

 

[kenkickr]

If the system is just used for crunching @kenkickr , 16 gig is more than enough. I wouldn't spend the bucks on more. I would think that 2 x 8 would be better than 4 x 4.

I do use it for gaming when I have the time and it's the (Plex) media server since the HTPC case, Silverstone G10, doesn't have enough room for 4 x 3.5" drives.

 

[Sasqui]

If the system is just used for crunching @kenkickr , 16 gig is more than enough. I wouldn't spend the bucks on more. I would think that 2 x 8 would be better than 4 x 4.

I've only seen 2GB used while crunching, that's on 1) an i7 laptop with 16GB 2) a G3258 with 8GB and 3) an i5-3570 with 8GB. That is, if I recall correctly, which sometimes I don't

 

[manofthem]

Free-DC down for anyone else, or is it just me?

 

[Norton]

Free-DC down for anyone else, or is it just me?

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