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1) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Gravitational Wave S6 Directed Search (CasA) v1.00 (SSE2) (Message 112551)
Posted 20 May 2013 by Profile STE/E
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Yeah, but their still coming with the Search word spelled Serach, got over 200 of them downloaded. I'll run them Credit or no Credit just for the Hr's @ WUProp. Should have enough for at least 2500 Hr's with what I've done already.
2) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Gravitational Wave S6 Directed Search (CasA) v1.00 (SSE2) (Message 112547)
Posted 19 May 2013 by Profile STE/E
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Every one of the Gravitational Wave S6 Directed Search (CasA) v1.00 (SSE2)
Wu's are getting errors upon completion, something to do with Upload error ...

</stderr_txt>
<message>
upload failure: <file_xfer_error>
<file_name>h1_0051.30_S6Direct__S6CasAa_51.35Hz_0_0_1</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
</file_xfer_error>
3) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Wrong Wu's being sent once again ... (Message 112388)
Posted 22 Mar 2013 by Profile STE/E
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Thanks Bernd, I did get more of the Work I wanted by trying different settings found one that worked for me. But if I change it remembering the setting for a particular type Wu might be hard.

A lot of people are getting really involved in the WUProp Project & their Unique Badge & on how to get the Higher levels of Stars they give out. So being able to pick different App's is critical in the Badge Process at WUProp or you just end up running the same App over & over when you don't want too run those App's at the moment ... Thanks
4) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Wrong Wu's being sent once again ... (Message 112377)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Profile STE/E
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I had this same Problem a few weeks ago here & at the Einstein Site so things don't work there either. About all I got was it's all my fault for not selecting the right Wu's when I know what I wanted but just couldn't get it, always got something I didn't want.

Somehow though I got the Wu's I wanted from Albert:Binary Radio Pulsar Search: yes

Then for 2 weeks while I was crunching on them I didn't get any, then all of a sudden yesterday I started getting Wu's I didn't want again. If something can be set or selected then it should work IMO but I've been around BOINC long enough to know that's not always the case.

I'm just reporting it in hopes it can be fixed & can get a little testy when confronted with a Deal with it ot live with it response, but then that's about all you get out of some supposedly helpful participants ... ;P
5) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Wrong Wu's being sent once again ... (Message 112374)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Profile STE/E
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It also used to say, in big friendly letters, "Don't expect anything to work here".


It still does (top mid-right, did it used to be somewhere else?)



So then it's much like BOINC it's self, nothing much really works, or at least the way it should anyway ... lol
6) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Wrong Wu's being sent once again ... (Message 112372)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Profile STE/E
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Is that so hard? Just fasten your safety strap and come along for the ride


Always the Attitude, right Richard ...
7) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Wrong Wu's being sent once again ... (Message 112370)
Posted 18 Mar 2013 by Profile STE/E
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This shouldn't be this hard but apparently it is, I still keep getting Wu's I haven't selected to get for some reason, below are my Albert Project Preferences. I only have 1 Venue which is the Default Venue & all Computers are set to that Venue, thr Wu'ds Ikeep getting are the >>> Gravitational Wave S6 LineVeto search (extended): no which I clearly have Deselected

Use CPU
Enforced by version 6.10+ yes
Use ATI GPU
Enforced by version 6.10+ no
Use NVIDIA GPU
Enforced by version 6.10+ no
Is it OK for Albert@Home and your team (if any) to email you? yes
Should Albert@Home show your computers on its web site? yes
Default computer location home
Graphics setting: frames per second (FPS)
Warning: affects CPU consumption! Default value: 20 20
Graphics setting: render quality
Warning: requires hardware 3D acceleration! Default value: low low
Graphics setting: window width (pixels)
Default value: 800 800
Graphics setting: window height (pixels)
Default value: 600 600
Run only the selected applications Binary Radio Pulsar Search: yes
Binary Radio Pulsar Search (single DM): yes
Gravitational Wave S6 LineVeto search (extended): no
Gravitational Wave S6 LineVeto search: no
Gamma-ray pulsar search #2: no
If no work for selected applications is available, accept work from other applications? no
Run beta/test application versions?
This helps us develop applications, but it may cause jobs to fail on your computer. no
Run CPU versions of applications for which GPU versions are available no
8) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Radeon 7900 thread (Message 111919)
Posted 11 Mar 2012 by Profile STE/E
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I have still validation errors with completed WU on the 7950. Application seems to run fine, but the wingmen could not validate the results. Look here:
http://albert.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=42902
http://albert.phys.uwm.edu/workunit.php?wuid=42890

Any suggestions or hints for me.

Thanks

Nowi


I'd like to know too as I have a few 7970's that I could/would run at the Project, but I'm not going to if all their going to do in be Marked Invalid ...
9) Message boards : News : Sending work (Message 111515)
Posted 8 Dec 2011 by Profile STE/E
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Hm ... according to sched_request the ATI device isn't OpenCL capable:
<coproc_ati>
   <count>1</count>
   <name>ATI Radeon HD 5800 series (Cypress)</name>
   <available_ram>1024458752.000000</available_ram>
   <have_cal>1</have_cal>
   <have_opencl>0</have_opencl>
   <req_secs>0.000000</req_secs>
   <req_instances>0.000000</req_instances>
   <estimated_delay>0.000000</estimated_delay>
   <peak_flops>50000000000.000000</peak_flops>
   <CALVersion>1.4.815</CALVersion>
   <target>8</target>
   <localRAM>1024</localRAM>
   <uncachedRemoteRAM>1788</uncachedRemoteRAM>
   <cachedRemoteRAM>508</cachedRemoteRAM>
   <engineClock>0</engineClock>
   <memoryClock>0</memoryClock>
   <wavefrontSize>64</wavefrontSize>
   <numberOfSIMD>20</numberOfSIMD>
   <doublePrecision>1</doublePrecision>
   <pitch_alignment>256</pitch_alignment>
   <surface_alignment>256</surface_alignment>
   <maxResource1DWidth>16384</maxResource1DWidth>
   <maxResource2DWidth>16384</maxResource2DWidth>
   <maxResource2DHeight>16384</maxResource2DHeight>
    <atirt_detected/>
</coproc_ati>


I don't think Cal version 1.4.815 is OpenCL Capable ...
10) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : BOINC 6.13.12 & ATI 11.8 Thru 11.11 (Message 111474)
Posted 2 Dec 2011 by Profile STE/E
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BOINC 7.0.2 Windows 32bit version.
BOINC 7.0.2 Windows 64bit version.

Else wait for the developers to put it as the development version on http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php. It should get there within the next 3 days, if at least no big bugs are found by those few of us dumb enough to use it already. ;-)

If you don't want to wipe out your present work when you want to revert to 6.12, set no new tasks, run cache dry and then revert.


Yeah I know that but wanted a quick fix if possible ...
11) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : BOINC 6.13.12 & ATI 11.8 Thru 11.11 (Message 111472)
Posted 2 Dec 2011 by Profile STE/E
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Jord, where can I get the 7.0.2, need to try & keep the Wu's I have now on 3 Box's that are running 6.13.xx if I go back to 6.12.34 on those 3 Box's the Wu's running & cached will be wiped out so my only option is to go forward ...
12) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : BOINC 6.13.12 & ATI 11.8 Thru 11.11 (Message 111433)
Posted 29 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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Couldn't get the OpenCL Wu's to run on my 1 ATI 58xx Box with the v11.8 Drivers thru v11.11 Drivers, the Box would just freeze up, also the MOO Project wouldn't run with Client 6.13.12 installed, lost all running Wu's & Cached Wu's going back to Client 6.12.34.

I have some 5970's coming & will try again once I get them ...
13) Message boards : Wish List : Low credit for such a risky project (Message 111396)
Posted 22 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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lol
14) Message boards : Wish List : Low credit for such a risky project (Message 111362)
Posted 21 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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LOL. I'm going for Polite Moderator of The Year, actually. :-)

Seriously though : why was there any expectation of credit when exactly the reverse was advertised. Someone somewhere else say something? Wishful thinking?

Cheers, Mike.


Below is what it say's on the Front Page, nowhere does it say not to join the Project, in fact it say you are welcome to join to test features or fixes.

It does say if you care about Credits then this project is certainly not the right one for you. That's fine & I'm sure if we're helping then we don't really care about the Credits but as in all other Previous Test Projects before this one the Participants were rewarded with some sort of Credit however small it was.

Most of us know things go bad in a Test Project but we're willing to put up with it for that little bit of Reward so that's where some of the Expectations came in probably ... IMHO

Albert@Home is a test project ran by the Einstein@Home team. You are welcome to join if you want to help us test features or fixes that may later be transferred to Einstein@Home. However please keep in mind that this is a test project:

Most of the time Albert@Home will have no work to run at all, and when it has, the applcations are experimental, might be unstable, unreliable and may even damage your computer. Validation might be unreliable and we may cancel workunits without prior notice. If you care about credit, this project is certainly not the right one for you. For short:
Don't expect ANYTHING to work here.
15) Message boards : Wish List : Low credit for such a risky project (Message 111356)
Posted 21 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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Wow, with a Attitude like yours Mike I'm sure you'll be in the running for Moderator of the Year ... ;)
16) Message boards : Wish List : Low credit for such a risky project (Message 111354)
Posted 21 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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Albert@Home stats are currently being exported, I intend to shut this down late this week. There will be a news item (including RSS) at least 24h in advance.

But I still like to understand what happened here, how & why people that are only interested in credit ever attached a host to this project. This project was never meant to attract this kind of attention. I'd like to avoid such misunderstanding in the future.

BM


All New Projects Attract this kind of Attention, call it for the going for the Credit's or getting another Project Milestone or just for the Science of it your going to draw Attention.

Nothing said I couldn't join the Project when I found out about it, I read the warnings & took a chance on running the Wu's. I always help out any new Project so the Albert Project got help from me or at least I'd like to think it did anyway.


17) Message boards : Wish List : Low credit for such a risky project (Message 111352)
Posted 21 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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Look, do whatever you like. It's your project after all. I am only asking that stats be exported one last time (once the server is back up, and people have the opportunity to return the tasks), to cover the work in progress.


Same here, at least give us the Credit for what we have done already, if you don't want us running the Project that's fine too, there are plenty of other Projects that are more than glad to have us help them out ... Our Equipment probably isn't up to Developers Standards anyway ... lol
18) Message boards : Wish List : Low credit for such a risky project (Message 111350)
Posted 21 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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Free-DC List the Stats from Albert, "Why" apparently they were exported at some point in time


Do these stat sites crawl the web for sites offering BOINC stats files?

BM


I don't know, you'd have to ask Bok who runs the Free-DC Site. Usually they don't run the Stats unless they have Permission so I don't know why they were run if Bok didn't have Permission ...
19) Message boards : Wish List : Low credit for such a risky project (Message 111345)
Posted 21 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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Which stats sites do list Albert@Home, and why?


Free-DC List the Stats from Albert, "Why" apparently they were exported at some point in time, other than that I don't pay attention to the other Sites ... http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=proj&proj=alb
20) Message boards : Wish List : Low credit for such a risky project (Message 111342)
Posted 21 Nov 2011 by Profile STE/E
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The fact that one can lose crunching time and credits because of whatever reason (bad batch, bad app, etc), that part is always inherent in test projects. That risk is always part of the testing process, and people are used to that.


I have to agree, the Project Abruptly Aborted over 700 Pending Wu's of mine several weeks ago giving the reason the Wu's couldn't be Validated. Yet the very same day the same Types of Wu's were being Validated for other Participants and still are up to this day. I didn't complain about it even though I lost Thousands of Hr's of Processing Time as many of the Wu's were run by CPU & took up to 15 Hr's to run.

I even reported the Gravitational Wave S6 GC search v1.01 (SSE2) Error Messages here >>> http://albert.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=8819 & what was my Reward, 700+ Wu's Aborted by the Project. Thanks for Nothing, the Project got the work done & I got the Green Weenie. Now all I see from the Project is if you don't like it then leave.

Well that's exactly what most Participants will do except for the Die Hards, If the Project can't at least give Credit whatever it may be & Export the Credit's then there's not much to keep most Participants here & you'll end up running the Wu's yourself.


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