It's almost like the system refuses to give me new work since 6 tasks for some odd reason did not get started by the deadline (downloaded dec 3 and supposed to be reported by the 15th). But these tasks have not gone well for the others. 2 random sampled tasks have validation inconclusive. One, the second in line had a computation error (file not found on linux).

I have reset the project, expanded the days from .3 to .5 and it refuses to send work.
The other projects then take over.

Is it this project or is it BOINC or whats going on?

I believe buried somewhere down in all the forum threads is a post from the admin/devs that the attempt to develop a N-body gpu app was deemed infeasible and the attempt abandoned.

They need Petri's help, at least that way a Linux app would be available. It doesn't need to be incremently faster than cpu crunching, just comparable would help alot. Incremental steps can come thru time.

I thought that both Windows and Linux were currently supported ?

I believe buried somewhere down in all the forum threads is a post from the admin/devs that the attempt to develop a N-body gpu app was deemed infeasible and the attempt abandoned.

An issue with BAM! ? Looks like my projects are not connecting in there. I have not looked at that in a long time. I am turning that off in my clients and see if that helps.

12/15/2023 9:33:03 AM | | Using account manager BOINCstatsBAM!
12/15/2023 9:33:03 AM | Milkyway@home | URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 1012351; resource share 100
12/15/2023 9:33:03 AM | World Community Grid | URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 7758606; resource share 100
12/15/2023 9:33:03 AM | World Community Grid | Not using AMD/ATI GPU: project preferences
12/15/2023 9:33:03 AM | | Setting up GUI RPC socket
12/15/2023 9:33:03 AM | | Checking presence of 124 project files
12/15/2023 9:33:03 AM | | Suspending GPU computation - computer is in use
12/15/2023 9:33:03 AM | | Contacting account manager at https://bam.boincstats.com/
12/15/2023 9:33:04 AM | | Account manager: BAM! User: 235457, C0mputerGuy
12/15/2023 9:33:04 AM | | Account manager: BAM! Host: 1291313
12/15/2023 9:33:04 AM | | Account manager: Number of BAM! connections for this host: 48
12/15/2023 9:33:04 AM | | Account manager: Delayed detach from MilkyWay@home, project changed URL. After detaching project will reattach with new URL on next communication!
12/15/2023 9:33:04 AM | | Account manager contact succeeded

Nothing super crazy - 2 projects - Disk usage set to 50GB of space. Do I need more. I think I just left it default from a while ago.
I thought about reinstalling - but since it is the same on both computers has to be a setting or some other issue,

But I have reattached 4 times on both computers. It pulls some work and then that message pops up. I don't have a graphics card on my linux device - it is just a nas server running truenas scale. It was working fine for a few weeks. I do not run GPU tasks and I was not a member when they were running them.

Thanks for answering.

Forgot to add - I have just been reattaching to the project and it downloads more work..
Not the right way to do it, but it works!

Warning: Attempt to read property "appid" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 83

Warning: Attempt to read property "platformid" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 84

Warning: Attempt to read property "user_friendly_name" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 85

Warning: Attempt to read property "version_num" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 86

Warning: Attempt to read property "version_num" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 86

Warning: Attempt to read property "plan_class" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 87

Warning: Attempt to read property "name" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 92

Warning: Attempt to read property "appid" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 83

Warning: Attempt to read property "platformid" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 84

Warning: Attempt to read property "user_friendly_name" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 85

Warning: Attempt to read property "version_num" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 86

Warning: Attempt to read property "version_num" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 86

Warning: Attempt to read property "plan_class" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 87

Warning: Attempt to read property "name" on null in /home/boinc/boinc/milkyway/html/inc/result.inc on line 92

I'm getting these errors again on this host https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/results.php?hostid=880719

With the change of servers, there is a lot missing.
I am not seeing any credits showing up, when I go look at my tasks, they are all pending validation. If I click on the work unit, the system says it can not find the work unit.

When will this be fixed?

In your case never because those tasks are gpu tasks and they are no longer available at MilkyWay, ONLY cpu tasks are available at MilkyWay now,. Actually not long after you finished those tasks and probably why you never got a wingman they said in the thread where they stopped sending them out that they were no longer needed and that they had enough data to write the paper that was the whole point of the gpu tasks. Now George found a thread a few days ago sayig that they MAY bring them back again in the future, along with hopefully an app for Mac pc's but there is NO timeline at all.

The reason you have no credits is because you have just now started running the cpu tasks that will provide those credits.

Ah..thanks Mikey. I have been to busy to follow the news. I thought it was just Nbody that got killed a long time ago, not this GPU stuff. Oh well.

With the change of servers, there is a lot missing.
I am not seeing any credits showing up, when I go look at my tasks, they are all pending validation. If I click on the work unit, the system says it can not find the work unit.

When will this be fixed?

I rejoined after long absence and uploaded the new link. Now the work unit keeps getting stuck and the only solution is to reboot which is not always convenient, currently stuck for 3rd time after c.30% progress. WCG has the same issue after changing servers, but usually one reboot is enough

If I detach and re-attach to this project to correct the "milkyway-new" issue now that all my work units have been returned, do I use "http" as stated in the join link or do I use "https" as shown on the web search panel.
I am guessing "https".

Conan

I’m very sorry to pull this request of deleting my bonic account for milkyway@home project. I need to do this mainly because I have done something wrong. I hope you could accept my request and delete it. Thank you!

Hello Kevin,

My name is George Generke, Co-Administrator of GPU Users Group, and I would like to thank you for stepping up and trying to resurrect the MilkyWay project. I realize that you have a large learning curve to deal with, but I'm sure that you will get it sorted out eventually.

Also, I would like to add that we in GPU Users Group are not complainers or do we provide unwanted feedback to MilkyWay as you refer to others that have done so. It is unfortunate, but myself and the rest of my teammates are on your side and will do what we can to help if need be.

As for your comment about "the need for better communication", I'll give you my thoughts since you asked.

I think that communication is important and I hope that you can live up to your goals that you are setting. As you work though the challenges of getting things set to right, so to speak, I think at least a little blurb about once per week would be good so that we and other members/crunchers of MilkyWay can see your attempted progress. As it comes about when you make progress towards your goals, I think that you could re-schedule your time to a more lenient time frame of maybe once per month, if for no other reason than to say "all's well".

One thing that so many of us crunchers on MilkyWay were sad to see go was the ending of GPU tasks. Many of us, including those in GPU Users Group, miss that. It did cause many to switch to a different project. Are there any plans in the future of bringing GPU tasks back to life? I think I speak for all those that do and did MilkyWay that we would welcome it back again.

Once again, I would like to give you a warm welcome and say thank you for stepping up and making the progress in learning the ways of BOINC and getting the new server online. THANK YOU!

Best regards,

George Generke

Hello everyone,

One common concern has been the need for better communication. Despite my efforts to preemptively share updates, it appears more is needed. I would like to improve in this area. I'm considering regular updates (weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly) and would appreciate your thoughts on this. Please share your ideas in the comments on how I could improve communication.

Once again, I apologize for the recent issues with MilkyWay@home and am very thankful for your patience.

Best regards,
Kevin

There is something going on with the project, unable to upload or download any new or completed wu's

See that milkyway-new.cs.rpi.edu is not resolving to an IP?
;milkyway-new.cs.rpi.edu. IN A

added line to hosts to map the milkyway.cs.rpi.edu to -new
128.113.126.54 milkyway-new.cs.rpi.edu

And that allowed complete work unit to be uploaded.

Don't know if a new update needs to be done??

We have changed the DNS setting such that milkyway-new no longer exists and the url milkyway.cs.rpi.edu points directly to the server IP and is not longer a cname for the server.
I am going through and changing everything on the server to reflect that change.

Marcin wrote:

another issue to report!
I am getting hostname resolution errors now:
[code]34852: 19-Nov-2023 11:13:37 (low) [Milkyway@home] Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
34853: 19-Nov-2023 11:13:37 (low) [Milkyway@home] Reporting 1 completed tasks
34854: 19-Nov-2023 11:13:37 (low) [Milkyway@home] Not requesting tasks: don't need (job cache full)
34855: 19-Nov-2023 11:13:42 (low) [] Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
34856: 19-Nov-2023 11:13:42 (low) [Milkyway@home] Scheduler request failed: Couldn't resolve host name

[quote]It seems that I can eliminate the issue locally in the client by shutting down the client, removing the <scheduler_url>url</scheduler_url> line from client_state.xml, and restarting the client. But that's just a workaround of course, the real fix needs to happen on the server.

I hadn’t been paying attention for a while—seems my iMac hasn’t done any work since June. Is there any point to remaining attached to this project, or is it the end of the road?

I don't see anything (official) on website where the correct URL is.

It appears Kevin needs to let Willy @ BAM! know what the correct URL is because it's not pointing to it.

I posted to the thread in the number crunching but apparently that info hasn't been relayed over...

I'm on WIndows 10 with latest BOINC client and can't get any work.

Go to your preferences and enable tasks for Milkyway@home N-Body Simulation

Respectfully
Bill F

Nbody was checked on both main and work preferences. The only thing not checked was run other applications on work. I checked it, saved it and tried it again...

First try, I had a moment and smacked myself for not turning work fetch on...

Second try client requested work, but didn't get any:

[11/15/23 7:26:44 PM | Milkyway@home | [sched_op] CPU work request: 34560.00 seconds; 1.00 devices
11/15/23 7:26:47 PM |  | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
11/15/23 7:26:47 PM | Milkyway@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
11/15/23 7:26:47 PM | Milkyway@home | [sched_op] Server version 721
11/15/23 7:26:47 PM | Milkyway@home | This project seems to have changed its URL.  When convenient, remove the project, then add http://milkyway-new.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/
11/15/23 7:26:47 PM | Milkyway@home | No tasks sent
11/15/23 7:26:47 PM | Milkyway@home | Project requested delay of 91 seconds
11/15/23 7:26:47 PM | Milkyway@home | [sched_op] Deferring communication for 00:01:31
11/15/23 7:26:47 PM | Milkyway@home | [sched_op] Reason: requested by project
11/15/23 7:26:48 PM |  | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.

It did an auto-try a couple mins later and failed to get any work again.