Posts by Dr Who Fan
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Ridiculous! 20 minutes deadline
(Message 2058)
Posted 21 Nov 2025 by Dr Who Fan Post: These tasks were very short - about 1..2 minutes for an "average" computer. And they were successfully computed. Even if they very short running tasks the deadline/turn around time should be more reasonable. As others have said previously At least a one day minimum. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Ridiculous! 20 minutes deadline
(Message 2056)
Posted 20 Nov 2025 by Dr Who Fan Post: mmonnin wrote: I brought it up before with a 2 hour deadline Indeed you did. But it appears it went in one ear and out through the nose with out even touching the brain of the project admin. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Ridiculous! 20 minutes deadline
(Message 2054)
Posted 20 Nov 2025 by Dr Who Fan Post: Please fix your schedules for tasks being sent out. These extremely short turnaround times are unmanageable for probably the majority of users attached to the project. This is a waste of computing resources, yours and our upload/download Internet bandwidth. Please explain what is the reason you need them back so soon? Ridiculous! 20 minutes deadline on recently sent out tasks. Example: Task 171645641 Sent 20 Nov 2025, 19:56:18 UTC Report deadline 20 Nov 2025, 20:16:18 UTC |
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Number crunching :
Lots of FAILED / ERROR OUT tasks
(Message 2048)
Posted 2 Oct 2025 by Dr Who Fan Post: Suddenly every task is ERRORING OUT in a matter of a few seconds after starting. Doesn't matter what version of Windows they are running on. They ALL have the same thing in common: Error: startup_info.hStdInput is invalid Example https://rake.boincfast.ru/rakesearch/result.php?resultid=167321336 Stderr output <core_client_version>7.16.20</core_client_version> <![CDATA[ <stderr_txt> 18:59:29 (3392): wrapper (7.9.26016): starting 18:59:29 (3392): wrapper: running rake_lsspectra_3.7_windows_intelx86_64.exe () Error: startup_info.hStdInput is invalid 19:02:41 (3392): rake_lsspectra_3.7_windows_intelx86_64.exe exited; CPU time 177.685139 19:02:41 (3392): called boinc_finish(0) </stderr_txt> ]]> Edit to add they are all marked VALID ON THE WEBSITE HERE but marked INVALID ON BOINC upon "completion" |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Strange credit calculation for Spectra of Latin squares
(Message 2020)
Posted 5 Jun 2025 by Dr Who Fan Post: Hi! When granted credit is proportional to amount of calculations, for each computer granted credit = run_time / k. But k are different for different computers. :) This is extremely unfair to EVERYONE who returns valid tasks...... If you want to keep the current volunteers and attract new volunteers, I highly recommend you change this way of awarding credit. So an OLDER, less powerful computer will receive MORE CREDIT than a very MODERN, and MORE POWERFUL computer will receive LESS CREDIT FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK. Also, if the computer/BOINC exit BEFORE the task completes the time and credit received will be LESS than if they let it run without interruptions. This is coming from a 25 year veteran of SETI/BOINC. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Multiple error messages on single task
(Message 1977)
Posted 3 May 2025 by Dr Who Fan Post: Task 153394662 Stderr output |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Can we have more info on the new tasks "Spectra of Latin squares"
(Message 1951)
Posted 5 Jan 2025 by Dr Who Fan Post: As title says: Can we have more information on the new tasks "Spectra of Latin squares"? |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Extremely short deadlines
(Message 1922)
Posted 19 Oct 2024 by Dr Who Fan Post: Hello! Increased to 12 hours is set for results that still unsent. :) Thank you! |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Extremely short deadlines
(Message 1920)
Posted 18 Oct 2024 by Dr Who Fan Post: Why the Extremely short deadlines on these tasks? Deadlines when received APROX 3 Hours There is no way one of these tasks can even get close to finishing in the time allotted.... Info of one running task from BOINC MANAGER: Application: Joint search of DLS spectra with Gerasim project 3.14 |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
jobs waiting for reporting
(Message 1915)
Posted 4 Oct 2024 by Dr Who Fan Post: This is not for the average user and if you're not careful you can break or cause problems with BOINC to run properly. You need to add or make a change to the cc_config.xml file located in your BOINC DATA FOLDER using a TEXT EDITOR such as Windows Notepad(.exe) ** Make sure you exit BOINC before editing the file AND MAKE A BACKUP COPY in case you break something. The folder might be hidden and is by default located at C:\ProgramData\BOINC The part you need to edit or add is detailed below. <options> <report_results_immediately>1</report_results_immediately> </options> |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
GPU support?
(Message 1914)
Posted 4 Oct 2024 by Dr Who Fan Post: Probably never. Not all applications can benefit from a GPU and I believe this applies here. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Only Joint search of ODLS12 with Gerasim project (%) tasks
(Message 1913)
Posted 4 Oct 2024 by Dr Who Fan Post: From your home page go to: Preferences for this project RakeSearch preferences Once there scroll to Edit preferences for the venue your PC(s) are in for the project (unless you have changed it it will be the first one, "Primary (default) preferences") Once at the proper venue page scroll down to Run only the selected applications Check/uncheck the boxes by the task type you do and don't want to run (empty box == not run). Make sure the "If no work for selected applications is available, accept work from other applications?" box is unchecked/empty. Scroll down to the Green Update button near bottom of page, click on it to save changes. Open the BOINC program on your PC(s), tap on the Application tab, scroll down to the listing for this project and click update so BOINC can receive the updated instructions. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Stats Export
(Message 1801)
Posted 8 Jul 2023 by Dr Who Fan Post: Yes indeed emails are working. F.Y.I. Peter, They are coming from communicate.rakesearch(at)gmail.com Replace "(at)" with "@". |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
McAffee alert when trying to run RakeSearch
(Message 1708)
Posted 3 Oct 2022 by Dr Who Fan Post: I did reset the project 1) Did you uncheck the box for "If no work for selected applications is available, accept work from other applications?" in correct venue [see below] and save changes? 2) Did you do it in the correct venue (default), home, work, school that your computer(s) running the project in? 3) Wild guess... Disable / uncheck "Run test applications" in preferences, save and see if they still download? |
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Questions and Answers :
Windows :
McAffee alert when trying to run RakeSearch
(Message 1705)
Posted 1 Oct 2022 by Dr Who Fan Post: The executable is probably still located in the project directory. YOU YOURSELF NEED TO REPORT THE FALSE POSITIVE TO MCAFEE. UNTIL THEN IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FLAGGED. |
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Questions and Answers :
Unix/Linux :
Не могу получить задания от сервера
(Message 1639)
Posted 12 Jul 2022 by Dr Who Fan Post: Alas I don't have 64 bit Windows computers, just 64 bit Linux. So no work for me for 2 years now, so many points and badges I have missed out on. Install & run WINE on your Linux system. Then Download, Install latest STABLE WINDOWS BOINC version (7.16.20) without vbox under WINE and add/attach to projects manually/by URL. Note: I don't think you can run BOTH Linux and Windows versions simultaneously on same PC under WINE, haven't tried. Most projects install/load/run on WINE for me. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Stats Export
(Message 1526)
Posted 28 Nov 2021 by Dr Who Fan Post: How often are Stats updated for Export? It appears they are only updated once every 24 hours. Is it possible to update them at least once every 12 hours? Index of /rakesearch/stats [ICO] Name Last modified Size Description [PARENTDIR] Parent Directory - [ ] badge_team.gz 2021-11-27 10:05 356 [ ] badge_user.gz 2021-11-27 10:05 101K [ ] db_dump.xml 2021-11-27 10:05 1.1K [ ] host.gz 2021-11-27 10:05 1.7M [ ] host_deleted.gz 2021-11-27 10:05 82 [ ] tables.xml 2021-11-27 10:05 18K [ ] team.gz 2021-11-27 10:05 36K [ ] user.gz 2021-11-27 10:05 135K [ ] user_deleted.gz 2021-11-27 10:05 81 |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Problems connecting to GERASIM project website
(Message 1461)
Posted 5 Nov 2020 by Dr Who Fan Post: Problems connecting to GERASIM project for about 24 hours now. Even if you try as http or try using Chrome based browser you get error message. Secure Connection Failed. |
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Message boards :
News :
Some news about next search
(Message 1423)
Posted 30 Sep 2020 by Dr Who Fan Post: When will we get a detailed line on the Server Status page showing the Research progress of the new sub-project? How many tasks in total will there be? |
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Message boards :
News :
Some news about next search
(Message 1415)
Posted 28 Sep 2020 by Dr Who Fan Post: i get this error i dont know how to fix it Remove the app_info.xml file from the project folder, shut down and restart BOINC or you can reset the project so you can get the new project apps, etc. |
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