But there is no new hostid on the server and I know of at least one case where it happened out of the blue, so to say.
It's not that common but if it happens to one of our longer running tasks (>1000hrs) it's very unsatisfying. The next time it happens with a user I can contact I'll investigate a bit more. Regards Christian Am 08.08.2014 20:07, schrieb McLeod, John: > New CPID is supposed to mean a new installation. Running a task on a device > it was not assigned to is not allowed (this was used as a way to cheat the > system in SETI Classis). > > -----Original Message----- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Christian Beer > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 2:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [boinc_dev] astropulse robustness / abandonned tasks > > I'll start from here and say that we have a similar problem with > abandoned tasks at RNA World. It happens from time to time and > it's difficult to diagnose. > > What I see on the server side is this: > >> 2014-07-30 07:47:51.6412 [PID=12018] [CRITICAL] [HOST#29863] >> [RESULT#14926926] [WU#6331554] changed CPID: marking in-progress result >> cms_GA... as client error! >> 2014-07-30 08:48:28.8226 [PID=19897] [CRITICAL] [HOST#29863] >> [RESULT#14926926] [WU#6331554] already got result, at 30-Jul-2014 07:47:51 > > I still have no explanation why the result is marked as client error if > the CPID changes. From the second messsage it seems that the result was > still running. > > Regards > Christian > > Am 08.08.2014 10:41, schrieb Luc A. Germain: >> Hi, >> Two things: >> 1) A suggestion here for you develloppers ;-) As atropulse tasks take >> "some" time to complete they are more prone to power failure as we have >> in the third world. When it happens most of the time the task restarts >> computing from start (this is even more frustrating when the task >> reaches near completion). Could it be possible to introduce regular >> checkpoints by saving intermediate data, or work files, where the task >> computing could restart from, saving so a lot of computing time ? Maybe >> this could be an option in the user profile as I guess not everyone >> needs this. >> >> 2) Two days ago I sent a message about abandonned tasks. Since, all my >> computing goes to the garbage bin as they are not taken into account. >> Which procedure should/could I try to solve this problem ? Could >> uninstalling/reinstalling the application from my computers be a >> solution? Should I wait till the problem solves by itself (and would >> this not take ages) ? >> >> An answer would be highly appreciated. >> >> Best regards and thanks for your work, >> Luc >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
