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Posts by Conan

1) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Getting Validate errors on Gamma-ray pulsar search #3 tasks (Message 113269)
Posted 17 Jul 2014 by Profile Conan
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I've got 6 of these with the Validate error on them, although to me they look fine with no error.

My last was on the 11th of July so I am waiting to see if I get any more.

Conan
2) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Wrong Wu's being sent once again ... (Message 112732)
Posted 30 Sep 2013 by Profile Conan
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I don't speak for the project but I can imagine that it has to do with this being a test project for both applications and server software.
As stated on the front page "Don't expect anything to work here"...


Well I understand that, however the main purpose of any 'Test' project is to make sure things work before going to the main project (such as Ralph for Rosetta and SETI Beta for SETI).

I at the moment have de-selected a certain application for all computers and for my Linux computers things are working as I have selected.
However on my Windows host it is still downloading and running the application that I don't want to run at the moment.

So still some sorting out to do.

Conan
3) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Gravitational Wave S6 Directed Search (CasA) v1.00 (SSE2) (Message 112567)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Profile Conan
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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.


Unfortunately I fell about 17 hours short of a bronze badge, a request has been asked for the two app names to be merged at WUProp as they are the same application with a misspelled word.

Conan
4) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : S6 Directed Search (CasA) Feedback thread (Message 112566)
Posted 24 May 2013 by Profile Conan
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Thanks for the information about the cancelled work units. I noticed that even running ones have been cancelled, but if you don't need those work units, then you don't need those work units.
I have at least 13 work units now that "can't validate" due to the work unit being cancelled, so I will get no points for them I suppose, even though they were successful and appeared error free.

I know it is a test project and understand about fine tuning and cancelling work to get the results you are after.
I have run a few other test projects so understand your reasoning.

But it would be nice if some credit is given for the successful testing of these work units as they take many hours to run.

Thanks

Conan
5) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Gravitational Wave S6 Directed Search (CasA) v1.00 (SSE2) (Message 112548)
Posted 20 May 2013 by Profile Conan
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See This Thread STEVE.

The app name has been changed due to the word Search being incorrect. So if you hadn't got 100 hours or more up on WUProp then it will be recorded as a new App and you wont get a star for it, another also ran.

Conan
6) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : validation inconclusive (Message 112339)
Posted 1 Feb 2013 by Profile Conan
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A message by Bernd in Einstein@home says:
We found a problem in S6BucketLVE validation. Until this has been tracked down and fixed (or worked around) the validator is disabled.



The validator was turned off and a bug was fixed so it was turned back on again.
However it did not fix the validation problems we are reporting as it was some other bug.

The Einstein team is still looking for the problem, I left a note over there as well.

At last count I was up to 7 invalid results now.


Conan
7) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : validation inconclusive (Message 112337)
Posted 31 Jan 2013 by Profile Conan
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Perhaps the Validator is disabled at Eistein@Home but it is still running at Albert@Home, so we still get the same issues and for me wasted results.

All the failed work units (I have 6 now on Windows and Linux) have involved another computer running Win7 64 bit either matched with another Win 7 64 bit or with Darwin 10.4.0.

Plus most also have a Xeon CPU as well.

So if this is the issue it would help if the work units were fixed here at the test project as well as at the main project.

Conan
8) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : validation inconclusive (Message 112331)
Posted 28 Jan 2013 by Profile Conan
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I am wondering if there is a problem with validation related to Xeon processors?
Or certain Hosts?

I have an AMD Phenom X6 running Windows 32 bit XP and it has returned what appear to be 4 valid results but were marked "Validation Inconclusive" with the end result being I was marked as "Invalid".

A second AMD phenom X4 32 bit XP machine has another "Validation Inconclusive" still pending.

As does a AMD Phenom X6 running 64 bit Linux which has 2 "Validation Inconclusive" both still pending.

As all appear to have an Intel Xeon processor as the CPU that caused the initial "Validation Inconclusive" state, I thought that it might be related.
Also the same Hosts appear to be involved.

The other "Validation Inconclusive" work units still pending I expect to be invalidated as well.

It is confusing as all those hosts do not have a problem running the work units of this or other projects and the result outputs appear to my untrained eye to be fine with no errors.

See WU 184930
WU 186147
WU 186659
WU 186663

Have all been marked as invalid

Also WU 183758
WU 192546
WU 192545

Are all pending but expected to be marked Invalid.

Can these be looked at please?

Conan
9) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Can't Validate WU (Message 111199)
Posted 2 Nov 2011 by Profile Conan
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G'Day STEVE,
750 work units, that would hurt.

I have just aborted 11 Binary work units even ones I had started (one was at 10 hours) after I found I had some more of these "Can't Validate" WU type (another 4 or 5) and 0.00 points next to them.

On inspection it seems the Work Units had been cancelled prior to my WU finishing and then it wont validate, successful or not.

The 11 I aborted had already been cancelled for whatever reason and the project lets them process like normal but you get nothing on returning the WU.

Most I had not started so could of been cancelled from the server to the client without wasting volunteers time and resources.

Unlike some I only have a few computers to check for no longer required WUs, but if I had 10 or more computers it could take awhile or you just don't do it.

Conan
10) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Can't Validate WU (Message 111197)
Posted 2 Nov 2011 by Profile Conan
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I have just found that a number of work units I had been waiting on for a wingman to validate have now been cancelled.
The reason given is that the WU can't be validated.
This has happened on 16 Gravitational Wave S6 GC Search v1.10 (SSE2) work units.
Also on 1 Binary Radio Pulsar Search v1.00 BRP3SSE work unit.
The Binary Radio WU was cancelled before the current in progress WU has been returned from another computer that may of validated my WU.

A loss of over 90 hours computation that was actually successful.

The joys of an Alpha Project, don't you just love it?
Disappointing just the same.

Bernd did say that nothing may work now didn't he.

Conan
11) Message boards : News : Sending work (Message 111190)
Posted 1 Nov 2011 by Profile Conan
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Albert@home is still an unofficial, non-public test project. Don't expect anything to work here. The only type of work Albert@home is currently sending out is for a highly experimental BRP4 OpenCL application.


There is no option in the preferences to select ATI graphic cards so the OpenCL will only be done with Nvidia at the moment.

Conan
12) Message boards : Problems and Bug Reports : Team Information not updating (Message 111186)
Posted 29 Oct 2011 by Profile Conan
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When I go into my account all seems normal and my personal total is there as well as RAC and computer totals.
However when I then click on my Team link from inside my account it shows the old outdated not updated RAC of over 8,000 and a Team total of Zero (0).

At the moment I am the only one of my team that is running Albert so it should mirror my output.

Also all team members have no totals next to their names either including me.

This only appears to be when the Team information is accessed from inside your account.

The team totals do show on the Web Page under Statistics but this is confusing as the Old Totals may of been reset to Zero but the RAC amounts were not and seem fixed and not reducing due to inactivity.

Conan






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