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Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:43 pm
by Joe_H
(These posts have been split from a topic that was about problems getting uniprocessor assignments.)
Fadamor wrote:Getting the same message for my GPU3 client for the last day and a half.
Which version of the F@H client are you using, and what model GPU is in your system? Could you post which WS's or projects your GPU client usually got assignments from in the recent past.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 5:51 pm
by Fadamor
Sure.
O/S: Win 7 SP1 x64
FAH (GPU): Windows Client ver. 6.41r2 (Oct 21, 2010)
GFX Card: Nvidia GTX 580
GFX Drivers: Ver 310.90 (1/5/2013)
WU's worked on based on the log (opened Feb 7) are multiple Project 8072 WU's (50000 steps). A few weeks back were more intense projects that took twice as long to complete, but were only 40000 steps. I'm not sure where I could get a full list of my completed WU's - or at least a list of the ones completed in the last few months.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:27 pm
by Joe_H
Shouldn't need to go back too far, at most the previous log file. The Project 8072 info at least gives a WS to look at, 171.67.108.36. It is up and appears to be sending and receiving WU's. May have to get some more reports to see if there is a pattern, your 580 should be getting assignment from different servers than warbeast's 8400GS.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:35 pm
by Fadamor
Also, 8073 WU's were run a few times. The majority seem to be 8072 WU's from the previous log.
Here's my queue dump (slot 6 is the one trying to get filled now, I guess). As you can see, I haven't received any new work since early Saturday morning.
EDIT: Actually, if the queues are supposed to be continually filled, I haven't been getting new work since Thursday the 7th. 
Code: Select all
[20:30:32] Printing Queue Information
Current Queue:
Slot 06 Fetching
Slot 07 Empty/Deleted
Project: 8072 (Run 0, Clone 1053, Gen 64), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 6 23:24:24
Finished date: February 7 02:35:18
Slot 08 Empty/Deleted
Project: 8072 (Run 0, Clone 1053, Gen 65), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 7 02:35:25
Finished date: February 7 14:50:43
Slot 09 Empty/Deleted
Project: 8072 (Run 0, Clone 1053, Gen 66), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 7 14:50:50
Finished date: February 8 06:35:44
Slot 00 Empty/Deleted
Project: 8073 (Run 0, Clone 2937, Gen 37), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 8 06:35:51
Finished date: February 8 09:47:58
Slot 01 Empty/Deleted
Project: 8073 (Run 0, Clone 2673, Gen 42), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 8 09:48:05
Finished date: February 8 12:58:19
Slot 02 Empty/Deleted
Project: 8073 (Run 0, Clone 1642, Gen 79), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 8 12:58:26
Finished date: February 8 16:08:43
Slot 03 Empty/Deleted
Project: 8073 (Run 0, Clone 1642, Gen 80), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 8 16:08:50
Finished date: February 8 19:19:12
Slot 04 Empty/Deleted
Project: 8072 (Run 0, Clone 2267, Gen 53), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 8 19:19:19
Finished date: February 9 04:33:03
Slot 05 *Empty/Deleted
Project: 8072 (Run 0, Clone 131, Gen 83), Core: 15
Work server: 171.67.108.36:8080
Collection server: 171.65.103.160
Download date: February 9 04:33:10
Finished date: February 9 07:44:27
PF: 0.983673 based on last 4 slot(s)
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:08 pm
by bruce
There are 3 types of GPU assignments. There's the OpenCL assignments for AMD, there's the Fermi/Kepler assignments for NV, and there's the NV assignments for older GPUs such as G80/Tesla (aka GPU2). There were a couple of somewhat more primitive NV GPUs that were still named as part of the 8000 series but didn't have all of the necessary features of the 8800+ Your 8400GS might be one of those but I can't lay hands on the exact list of the GPUs that had to be excluded due to high WU failure rates.
I notice that the 8400 GS is whitelisted for V7, but it's not really clear if updating your client would be helpful.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:50 am
by stickman
I'm having the same error on my Ubuntu 12.10 machine since I set it up on Feb 8th. I have a pair of 8800GTS GPUs in that machine. Is there just a dearth of G80 WU's available?
I just tweaked up my verbosity, will see if there's anything in it when my system checks for new WU's.
18:22:38: Options: -std=gnu++98 -O3 -funroll-loops -mfpmath=sse -ffast-math
18:22:38: -fno-unsafe-math-optimizations -msse2
18:22:38: Platform: linux2 3.2.0-1-amd64
18:22:38: Bits: 64
18:22:38: Mode: Release
18:22:38:******************************* System ********************************
18:22:38: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2400
18:22:38: CPU ID: AuthenticAMD Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 2
18:22:38: CPUs: 2
18:22:38: Memory: 3.86GiB
18:22:38:Free Memory: 2.06GiB
18:22:38: Threads: POSIX_THREADS
18:22:38: On Battery: false
18:22:38: UTC offset: -5
18:22:38: PID: 2979
18:22:38: CWD: /var/lib/fahclient
18:22:38: OS: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
18:22:38: OS Arch: AMD64
18:22:38: GPUs: 2
18:22:38: GPU 0: NVIDIA:1 G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS]
18:22:38: GPU 1: NVIDIA:1 G80 [GeForce 8800 GTS]
18:22:38: CUDA: Not detected
18:22:38:***********************************************************************
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:38 am
by PantherX
warbeast wrote:I have the same problem to GPU:0:G86 [GeForce 8400GS]
20:02:55:WARNING:WU03:FS02:Failed to get assignment from 'assign-GPU.stanford.edu:8080': Empty work server assignment
20:02:55:ERROR:WU03:FS02:Exception: Could not get an assignment
Please respond.
Welcome to the F@H Forum warbeast,
Can you please post the initial section of your log so we can see what version of V7 you are using and how it is configured.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:40 am
by PantherX
Fadamor wrote:Sure.
O/S: Win 7 SP1 x64
FAH (GPU): Windows Client ver. 6.41r2 (Oct 21, 2010)
GFX Card: Nvidia GTX 580
GFX Drivers: Ver 310.90 (1/5/2013)...
Is there a reason that you are still using the GPU3 Client? If not, I would suggest that you try out
V7.2.9 or the latest beta,
V7.3.4, depending on your preference.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:42 am
by PantherX
stickman wrote:I'm having the same error on my Ubuntu 12.10 machine since I set it up on Feb 8th. I have a pair of 8800GTS GPUs in that machine. Is there just a dearth of G80 WU's available?
I just tweaked up my verbosity, will see if there's anything in it when my system checks for new WU's.
Welcome to the F@H Forum stickman,
Can you please post a section of your log? Please note that since you are running an unofficial configuration, support might be limited. Do note that my GTX 260 is receiving plenty of FahCore_11 WUs on V7.2.9 so a server issue is less likely.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:47 am
by Fadamor
PantherX wrote:Is there a reason that you are still using the GPU3 Client? If not, I would suggest that you try out
V7.2.9 or the latest beta,
V7.3.4, depending on your preference.
Didn't know there WAS a 7.x GPU client. What's the difference between the two versions?
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:54 am
by PantherX
Key points are as follows:
Integration of SMP, GPU clients into a single installer
Better GPU detection method
A GUI interface to control all Slots (each slot can be considered as a separate v6 Client)
Access to future FahCore and WUs
For a more detailed change log, you may want to check out the documentation and links
here
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:59 am
by P5-133XL
Fadamor wrote:PantherX wrote:Is there a reason that you are still using the GPU3 Client? If not, I would suggest that you try out
V7.2.9 or the latest beta,
V7.3.4, depending on your preference.
Didn't know there WAS a 7.x GPU client. What's the difference between the two versions?
7.2.9 is an officially released version while 7.3.4 is a new beta. It defaults to fully using the machine which may produce some lag for the user.
7.3.4 adds a web control that uses a single slider to simplify folding for novices. It defaults to a lower folding performance level that shouldn't be noticeable to the user. It adds a folding screensaver.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:02 am
by Fadamor
I was running 7.2.9 for my SMP client. I just added a GPU client (after stopping the GPU3 client) and it brought down an 8072 WU. Looks like that solved the issue.
EDIT: Yep. already 2.7% complete on the WU.
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 4:59 am
by bruce
Fadamor wrote:I was running 7.2.9 for my SMP client. I just added a GPU client (after stopping the GPU3 client) and it brought down an 8072 WU. Looks like that solved the issue.
EDIT: Yep. already 2.7% complete on the WU.
The default installation of V7.2.9 (and earlier) should have installed both a SMP and a GPU slot if your hardware permitted such installations. Did you manually disable/remove the GPU slot at some point?
Re: Failed to get assignment: Empty work server assignment [
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:24 am
by 7im
PantherX wrote:stickman wrote:I'm having the same error on my Ubuntu 12.10 machine since I set it up on Feb 8th. I have a pair of 8800GTS GPUs in that machine. Is there just a dearth of G80 WU's available?
I just tweaked up my verbosity, will see if there's anything in it when my system checks for new WU's.
Welcome to the F@H Forum stickman,
Can you please post a section of your log? Please note that since you are running an unofficial configuration, support might be limited. Do note that my GTX 260 is receiving plenty of FahCore_11 WUs on V7.2.9 so a server issue is less likely.
No current support for running GPU slots in Linux, but a recent blog post said they are working on it.