No appropriate work server was available

[pafka]

Got that on a number of Q6600 cores with "Client Version 6.02", Arguments: -freeBSD -verbosity 9 w/ and w/o -advmethods flag.

[08:29:17] Connecting to http://assign.stanford.edu:8080/
[08:29:18] Posted data.
[08:29:18] Initial: 0000; + No appropriate work server was available; will try again in a bit.
[08:29:18] + Couldn't get work instructions.
[08:29:18] - Attempt #44 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.

I should probably note that clients were working for years till last few days.

[chrisretusn]

Got a new WU after 20 attempts.

[sashwa]

Finaly received a wu around 1:00 am PST.

[bruce]

My core2duo Mac is sitting without being able to get work, now since Friday 3/5.

I am running the SMP client.

Is the project out of work?

There is plenty of work for Intel-based Macs (and Linux) which have upgraded to the v6.29 client.

There is currently a WU shortage for both PPC based hardware and for Intel-based Linux/OS-X machines running an earlier client version. I'm not sure when either of these shortages will be resolved. The SMP projects that have been based on FahCore_a1 and FahCore_a2 are being phased out in favor of FahCore_a3 and it requires V6.29 or later. For the PPC, a resolution is more complicated.

[Pette Broad]

All machines picked up work overnight

Pete

[cardinal25]

Bruce

My Intel mac is working again.

Was able to get WU this morning.

Ironically the WU I picked up is using the a1 core not a3.

I am running the v6.29 client.

Doug

[martiou]

One of my PC (Athlon X2) has nothing to do since yesterday 17:20 UTC.

Configuration is v6.29, smp, big, 3705, advmethods=yes

Server for last WU was 171.64.65.64 but it seems overloaded.
And serveur 171.64.65.56 seems to not have available WU.

Another one will have finished in 1 hour.

[HaloJones]

Same here. Linux machines not able to get a1/a2 units.

[martiou]

It's good for my 2 PC on Linux SMP since 5:30 UTC today.
They got WU from server 171.64.65.56.

[Pette Broad]

No work again. 15 or so CPU's idle.

Pete

[fredct]

Bump...

This has been happening again for the last 2 days. I haven't gotten anything. Running Mac command line client, v6.29r1

Help?

[PantherX]

Well, I just started SMP2 and so far I have only finished 6 WUs. I have to try at least 5 times to get a WU and sometimes it can take up to 12 Hours to get the WU. I have -advmethods and passkey and enabled large WUs. I am just hoping that by the end of this month, the shortages of a3 WUs will be over.

[7im]

I have it from a reliable source that several new SMP projects are coming online very shortly. We'll be busy for months.

[RAH]

Oh no!! Watch that wording 7im. Shortly around here can mean 6 months to a year.

[7im]

Yes, but I included the modifier "very" which reduces that time frame substantially.