Why didn't it finish?

benjo · 29 May 2006 at 11:06

Hi all,

Nearly finished this WU, but by the looks of the log, it didn't finish? :confused:

Code:

[01:14:04] Completed 4600000 out of 5000000 steps  (92)
[01:36:57] Writing local files
[01:36:57] Completed 4650000 out of 5000000 steps  (93)
[02:06:58] Timered checkpoint triggered.
[02:09:25] Writing local files
[02:09:25] Completed 4700000 out of 5000000 steps  (94)
[02:15:59] - Autosending finished units...
[02:15:59] Trying to send all finished work units
[02:15:59] + No unsent completed units remaining.
[02:15:59] - Autosend completed
[02:17:57] 
[02:17:57] Folding@home Core Shutdown: INTERRUPTED
[02:18:02] CoreStatus = 66 (102)
[02:18:02] + Shutdown requested by user. Exiting.***** Got a SIGTERM signal (2)
[02:18:02] Killing all core threads

Folding@Home Client Shutdown.

rich99million · 29 May 2006 at 11:12

that looks normal - i think the bit that's got you confused is the timing of the autosend
every 6 hours the client will automatically try to send any completed WUs - if there are none to send then you still get the message anwyay

the question is did the client start off where it had got to next time it was run or did it mess up and restart the WU at 0 again? :confused:

if it restarted at 0 then you might want to look at how you shut the client down

benjo · 29 May 2006 at 11:14

rich99million said:
that looks normal - i think the bit that's got you confused is the timing of the autosend
every 6 hours the client will automatically try to send any completed WUs - if there are none to send then you still get the message anwyay

the question is did the client start off where it had got to next time it was run or did it mess up and restart the WU at 0 again?
if it restarted at 0 then you might want to look at how you shut the client down

Well it started back at 1% again

And as i'm running it as a service, i thought just shutting down normally is ok?

rich99million · 29 May 2006 at 11:30

benjo said:
Well it started back at 1% again And as i'm running it as a service, i thought just shutting down normally is ok?

hmmm it should have been fine :confused:

I know concorde said he'd had problems with losing WUs when shutting down but I'd not seen it myself.

probably a good idea to stop it manually in future - though a real pain in the rear

there are also 3rd party back-up tools available though it's questionable if they do more harm than good really

Mikey1280 · 29 May 2006 at 11:33

Mine are fine when the pc is shutdown every night, that looks very odd.

benjo · 29 May 2006 at 11:42

Damn

Do i get any credits or anything for an unfinished WU?

Mattus · 29 May 2006 at 11:55

benjo said:
Do i get any credits or anything for an unfinished WU?

Not if it starts the unit again, and not if it starts a new unit but the client reports 'Deleting current work unit and continuing..."

You only get credit for unfinished WUs if the client reports 'EARLY_UNIT_END' and returns the WU to Stanford. That happens when the WU gets into a state which it can't get out of, ie. atoms in impossible places.