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STARBASEn Send message Joined: 17 Feb 09 Posts: 91 Credit: 1,603,303,394 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47522 - Posted: 3 Jul 2017 \| 0:23:13 UTC Last modified: 3 Jul 2017 \| 0:30:06 UTC
	I haven't received new work for nearly a day. GPU's are asking but the reply is consistently 'Project has no tasks available'. Any one else experiencing this? Is this a normal phenomenon periodically? Edit: I stand corrected, I did receive one WU about 10 hours ago but that's almost finished so when it is done, all my GPU's will be idle and waiting.
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Erich56 Send message Joined: 1 Jan 15 Posts: 1132 Credit: 10,205,482,676 RAC: 29,855,510 Level Scientific publications	Message 47527 - Posted: 3 Jul 2017 \| 16:40:53 UTC - in response to Message 47522.
	... Is this a normal phenomenon periodically? yes, it is
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Misfit Send message Joined: 23 May 08 Posts: 33 Credit: 610,551,356 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47528 - Posted: 3 Jul 2017 \| 19:36:45 UTC
	If this is your only GPU project you can attach to a second GPU project and set its resource share to zero. That way it'll only run when this project is out of work. ____________ me@rescam.org
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ChristianVirtual Send message Joined: 16 Aug 14 Posts: 17 Credit: 378,346,925 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47529 - Posted: 3 Jul 2017 \| 21:00:26 UTC
	How long did that dry period lasts in the past ? I have one math-oriented backup project running but it feels like waste to energy to my. Based on experience: how many days they need to refill the queue ? Or is their research focus changed finally ?
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STARBASEn Send message Joined: 17 Feb 09 Posts: 91 Credit: 1,603,303,394 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47530 - Posted: 3 Jul 2017 \| 22:49:32 UTC
	yes, it is Ah, thanks for the reply. At least now I know it wasn't in my setup. If this is your only GPU project you can attach to a second GPU project and set its resource share to zero. That way it'll only run when this project is out of work. Yes at this time. I don't mind a pause here and there just so I know what the norm is. Good suggestion, I may look into some other GPU projects. ____________ Crunching since Feb 2003 (United Devices, Find-a-Drug)
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ExtraTerrestrial Apes Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Aug 08 Posts: 2705 Credit: 1,311,122,549 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47536 - Posted: 5 Jul 2017 \| 20:14:03 UTC
	Over the past they mostly ran dry over the weekend and filled the queue at the beginning of the week. That has not yet happened this time, though. Personally I run Einstein@Home at 1/100 the ressource share of GPU-Grid, which works fine. This way BOINC builds up a larger Einstein buffer if GPU-Grid is down than at ressource share 0. Make sure to max your GPU memory clock and run 2 WUs concurrently (can be set in the profile). MrS ____________ Scanning for our furry friends since Jan 2002
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PappaLitto Send message Joined: 21 Mar 16 Posts: 511 Credit: 4,672,242,755 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47537 - Posted: 5 Jul 2017 \| 20:29:58 UTC
	The 2 WUs per GPU might be a cause for these shortages as each new WU is only created once the previous one is uploaded and validated. I suggest having only one WU per GPU
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Erich56 Send message Joined: 1 Jan 15 Posts: 1132 Credit: 10,205,482,676 RAC: 29,855,510 Level Scientific publications	Message 47541 - Posted: 6 Jul 2017 \| 4:43:37 UTC - in response to Message 47537.
	The 2 WUs per GPU might be a cause for these shortages as each new WU is only created once the previous one is uploaded and validated. I suggest having only one WU per GPU Well, if there are no WUs available at all (like during the past few days), it makes not difference as to whether there are 2 WUs or 1 WU per GPU. The well has run dry :-(
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Erich56 Send message Joined: 1 Jan 15 Posts: 1132 Credit: 10,205,482,676 RAC: 29,855,510 Level Scientific publications	Message 47542 - Posted: 6 Jul 2017 \| 5:13:36 UTC - in response to Message 47536.
	Over the past they mostly ran dry over the weekend and filled the queue at the beginning of the week. That has not yet happened this time, though. I suspect that this time it has to do with the vacation period that has started recently. But, as said before, it would just be nice if we received any kind of indication as to when we can expect new WUs.
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mmonnin Send message Joined: 2 Jul 16 Posts: 337 Credit: 7,617,757,013 RAC: 10,860,147 Level Scientific publications	Message 47553 - Posted: 8 Jul 2017 \| 14:04:40 UTC
	Has this been the 1st shortage since admins mentioned stopping DC support? Might just be the end for good.
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Erich56 Send message Joined: 1 Jan 15 Posts: 1132 Credit: 10,205,482,676 RAC: 29,855,510 Level Scientific publications	Message 47555 - Posted: 8 Jul 2017 \| 18:32:59 UTC - in response to Message 47553.
	Has this been the 1st shortage since admins mentioned stopping DC support? hm, where/when did they mention this?
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Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 11 Jul 09 Posts: 1620 Credit: 8,822,866,430 RAC: 19,442,844 Level Scientific publications	Message 47556 - Posted: 8 Jul 2017 \| 18:59:20 UTC - in response to Message 47555.
	Has this been the 1st shortage since admins mentioned stopping DC support? hm, where/when did they mention this? Here, nearly a month ago.
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Erich56 Send message Joined: 1 Jan 15 Posts: 1132 Credit: 10,205,482,676 RAC: 29,855,510 Level Scientific publications	Message 47557 - Posted: 9 Jul 2017 \| 10:58:03 UTC - in response to Message 47556.
	Has this been the 1st shortage since admins mentioned stopping DC support? hm, where/when did they mention this? Here, nearly a month ago. ah, this is what you mean; I remember this posting by Stefan. However, I don't think that many of the current problems are caused by BOINC. It's basically the new buggy crunching software, which had to be put together in a hurry in April after the former one stopped working from one moment to the other. Then, there are a few other things that would help us crunchers - and again, they have nothing to do with BOINC.
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fractal Send message Joined: 16 Aug 08 Posts: 87 Credit: 1,248,879,715 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47572 - Posted: 10 Jul 2017 \| 22:14:27 UTC
	Has anyone received work for the past week or three? I see units show up on the server status page but I don't get any. My machines have run GPUGrid for several years and they haven't changed. I did have them on another project for 6 months but haven't had any work since I came back.
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mmonnin Send message Joined: 2 Jul 16 Posts: 337 Credit: 7,617,757,013 RAC: 10,860,147 Level Scientific publications	Message 47573 - Posted: 10 Jul 2017 \| 22:35:33 UTC - in response to Message 47556.
	Has this been the 1st shortage since admins mentioned stopping DC support? hm, where/when did they mention this? Here, nearly a month ago. Correct thread I was thinking of. Post was a bit farther up: https://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=4584&nowrap=true#47404 Fixing bugs with BOINC is relatively pointless from our perspective (and time-intensive). We are considering rather other options like moving out of it, but don't ask when or how as it's more an idea than a scheduled plan. I am sorry for those inconveniences that this causes. The reason we cannot address technical issues with BOINC is that we don't have anyone in the lab anymore who knows his way around it and that priorities are higher on getting scientific work done. Of course you have a point that this will eventually bite us in the ass since we won't be able to do scientific work without crunchers but it's a tricky thing to manage. I agree though. Other GPU apps run better in many ways. The issues are with the project, but not because GPUGrid is using BOINC as its distribution channel. OTH, I got 2 tasks just about 2 hours ago.
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klepel Send message Joined: 23 Dec 09 Posts: 189 Credit: 4,718,545,137 RAC: 2,198,542 Level Scientific publications	Message 47575 - Posted: 10 Jul 2017 \| 23:33:00 UTC - in response to Message 47572. Last modified: 10 Jul 2017 \| 23:33:50 UTC
	fractal, There has been a problem with the driver around the time you are not receiving new WUs. Your diver is still 367.55 on one of the cards and 355.11 on the other with Cuda65. Please try to up-date your driver. I am using 375.66 (Cuda80) on a GTX1070 in Lubuntu, and do not have any problems with downloading and processing WUs. klepel
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Erich56 Send message Joined: 1 Jan 15 Posts: 1132 Credit: 10,205,482,676 RAC: 29,855,510 Level Scientific publications	Message 47576 - Posted: 11 Jul 2017 \| 4:47:06 UTC - in response to Message 47575.
	fractal, There has been a problem with the driver around the time you are not receiving new WUs. Your diver is still 367.55 on one of the cards and 355.11 on the other with Cuda65. from what I remember back in April when the new crunching software was introduced, at least driver version 381.65 is needed. Meanwhile, there are even newer versions available from NVIDIA.
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fractal Send message Joined: 16 Aug 08 Posts: 87 Credit: 1,248,879,715 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47577 - Posted: 11 Jul 2017 \| 6:05:01 UTC - in response to Message 47575. Last modified: 11 Jul 2017 \| 6:07:07 UTC
	fractal, There has been a problem with the driver around the time you are not receiving new WUs. Your diver is still 367.55 on one of the cards and 355.11 on the other with Cuda65. Please try to up-date your driver. I am using 375.66 (Cuda80) on a GTX1070 in Lubuntu, and do not have any problems with downloading and processing WUs. klepel I updated to the latest public version from nvidia, 375.66, and am getting a different message. There is no work so I'll check again tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion. FWIW, http://www.gpugrid.net/join.php says 343 is good enough.
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Erich56 Send message Joined: 1 Jan 15 Posts: 1132 Credit: 10,205,482,676 RAC: 29,855,510 Level Scientific publications	Message 47578 - Posted: 11 Jul 2017 \| 6:13:01 UTC - in response to Message 47577.
	I updated to the latest public version from nvidia, 375.66, hm, this driver version is definitely an older one. Which OS are you using?
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fractal Send message Joined: 16 Aug 08 Posts: 87 Credit: 1,248,879,715 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications	Message 47581 - Posted: 11 Jul 2017 \| 20:44:16 UTC Last modified: 11 Jul 2017 \| 20:47:16 UTC
	Much improved. Both of my systems are crunching cuda80 units. I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on both machines. I went to the nvidia download page and got the latest released issue for the 970 on linux 64.
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klepel Send message Joined: 23 Dec 09 Posts: 189 Credit: 4,718,545,137 RAC: 2,198,542 Level Scientific publications	Message 47582 - Posted: 11 Jul 2017 \| 22:24:23 UTC
	great news!
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