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ack a rogue WU!!
- Thread starter Demont
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Have you tried restarting the SETI client, or even your PC?
Something's not right there if it's being run on the rig in your signature.
Also, have anything running in the background that's using alot of cycles?
Something's not right there if it's being run on the rig in your signature.
Also, have anything running in the background that's using alot of cycles?
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I recommend stopping the WU.
Do a reboot, and reinstall the client.
If its still 4 days, then something could be wrong with the WU.
I like to eliminate my PC before blaming a WU.
Every now and then, you will get a "bad" one, but doenst happen too often.
Do a reboot, and reinstall the client.
If its still 4 days, then something could be wrong with the WU.
I like to eliminate my PC before blaming a WU.
Every now and then, you will get a "bad" one, but doenst happen too often.
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I have this happen occasionally. Mostly on the laptop. Sometimes on a real machine. Something else frags and eats up processing power. Rebooting always fixes it for me. Sucks catching it too late after it's already eaten a day of crunching time, though.
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Yeah, I've had problems before where IE crashes. It's not longer showing in anyway, but if I look at the processes running it's in there taking up 99% of my CPU time.
A reboot is deffinatly the first thing to try
A reboot is deffinatly the first thing to try
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update: ok ive tried rebooting and restarting the WU etc. I'm still getting problems but not quite as severe (15 hours estimated time!) ive noticed something running called 'setiathome-3' it seems to be another instance of seti running or something, i've seen up to two of these at once in addition to the normal seti driver and setispy. i am going to reinstall right now i guess, but someone tell me if they have seen this or what these extra processes are.
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Demont said:
That happened to me today too. I had two Seti drivers running at once. Don't know how the other started. I rebooted and started over. Running ok now.
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hrm in my seti folder there are 3 directories, named 1 2 and 3. they have all the same .sah files as the main directory...what is up with this? is this related?
[edit] oh i see this is because i have a cache of 3, hrm wonder if setting that to 1 will fix this stuff [/edit]
[edit] oh i see this is because i have a cache of 3, hrm wonder if setting that to 1 will fix this stuff [/edit]
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Demont said:
I think those are for cached w/u. Is your cache set to 3?
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UPDATE:
update: ok running good now, i did not reinstall seti i just deleted my 3 cache folders. I then set my cache back at 1. So, either my problem was fixed by deleting the bad WU, OR somehow my cached WU's were all trying to run at the same time. My guess is the latter, convienantly i have dedicated connection so no cache isnt a big deal. Strange/Interesting
update: ok running good now, i did not reinstall seti i just deleted my 3 cache folders. I then set my cache back at 1. So, either my problem was fixed by deleting the bad WU, OR somehow my cached WU's were all trying to run at the same time. My guess is the latter, convienantly i have dedicated connection so no cache isnt a big deal. Strange/Interesting
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Re: UPDATE:
You don't have to, but it's a good idea to keep enough in the cache to keep your system going when Berkley's servers are down and we can't re-supply the stock. Figure what your machine can crunch in a day and multiply times 5.
Demont said:
You don't have to, but it's a good idea to keep enough in the cache to keep your system going when Berkley's servers are down and we can't re-supply the stock. Figure what your machine can crunch in a day and multiply times 5.
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I keep a cache of 25 on all my machines standard... doesn't matter if it's one of my P166's downstairs in my farm or my P4, they all have 25WU's. I used to keep 50 when Berkeley had those bad connectivity problems a few months ago but I reduced my cache when they got the dedicated line up. I too recommend a cache of AT LEAST 5-10 WU's in case of a short bandwidth outage.
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You were probably good after the reboot. The 15 hour estimated time for completion would have been accounting for the slow progress from before the reboot and the estimate would have decreased as the WU progressed.
Whenever SETIDriver transmits or receives a WU, it spins up another SETI CLC process which is closed after the process is completed.
Whenever SETIDriver transmits or receives a WU, it spins up another SETI CLC process which is closed after the process is completed.
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What do you have your maximum processes set to in Seti Driver? it should be 1.
