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Steve Applin
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Hi Richard, The only

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Hi Richard,

The only issue that I"m having is with gamma-ray pulsar searches, it is the other search types which are returning as normal.

I've implemented the fix that you've linked to, so hopefully over the next few days things will be back to normal.

Steve Applin
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The problem that I've been

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The problem that I've been having with "Validate Error" is recurring despite having implemented the fix as requested and aborting all Gamma-ray pulsar searches downloaded up to and including the 25th of September:

248918542 105852449 4127571 23 Sep 2011 22:45:49 UTC 27 Sep 2011 6:12:34 UTC Validate error 32,584.56 31,661.12 223.79 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
248917734 105852066 4127571 23 Sep 2011 22:32:34 UTC 27 Sep 2011 6:12:34 UTC Validate error 32,793.45 31,761.49 224.50 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23

Any ideas?

Bernd Machenschalk
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Not really. There last two

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Not really.

There last two GR tasks your machine reported (before you started to abort these) apparently were found valid:

248004433 105444542 18 Sep 2011 14:49:42 UTC 24 Sep 2011 13:58:05 UTC Completed and validated 33,260.54 31,957.26 225.88 337.00 Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
248004357 105444507 18 Sep 2011 14:48:34 UTC 24 Sep 2011 13:58:05 UTC Completed and validated 33,327.46 31,983.75 226.07 337.00 Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23

So from my side it looks like the problem has vanished.

If you don't want to receive GR tasks at all anymore, I suggest you opt out of that application in your Einstein@home preferences, instead of manually aborting these.

BM

BM

Steve Applin
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Thanks for your help Bernd,

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Thanks for your help Bernd, seems I just need to be more patient.

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I waiting few days for

I waiting few days for resolve the "validate" problem but when got new BRP4 WU's from server and successfully computed its, finally all WU's stil have this error.

249504492 106115310 27 Sep 2011 7:56:25 UTC 27 Sep 2011 10:00:40 UTC Validate error 1,783.80 649.05 4.34 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249495409 106111161 27 Sep 2011 6:34:15 UTC 27 Sep 2011 8:16:14 UTC Validate error 1,746.22 622.75 4.16 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249488553 106107986 27 Sep 2011 5:09:58 UTC 27 Sep 2011 7:02:51 UTC Validate error 1,833.17 728.42 4.87 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249484737 106106347 27 Sep 2011 4:17:01 UTC 27 Sep 2011 6:05:55 UTC Validate error 1,775.58 661.53 4.42 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249482997 106105578 27 Sep 2011 3:52:38 UTC 27 Sep 2011 6:05:55 UTC Validate error 1,817.39 707.73 4.73 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249481597 106104975 27 Sep 2011 3:29:33 UTC 27 Sep 2011 5:09:58 UTC Validate error 1,833.42 727.00 4.86 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249477127 106102851 27 Sep 2011 3:01:01 UTC 27 Sep 2011 4:43:22 UTC Validate error 1,825.09 717.50 4.79 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249474629 106101686 27 Sep 2011 2:33:13 UTC 27 Sep 2011 4:16:58 UTC Validate error 1,766.20 638.97 4.27 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249472709 106100857 27 Sep 2011 2:04:24 UTC 27 Sep 2011 3:29:32 UTC Validate error 1,768.61 649.44 4.34 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249470657 106099972 27 Sep 2011 1:37:33 UTC 27 Sep 2011 3:01:01 UTC Validate error 1,791.31 679.67 4.54 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249467145 105479733 27 Sep 2011 1:08:57 UTC 27 Sep 2011 2:33:09 UTC Validate error 1,844.31 738.09 4.93 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249460198 106095330 27 Sep 2011 0:24:07 UTC 27 Sep 2011 1:37:29 UTC Validate error 1,832.33 727.28 4.86 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)
249459937 106065918 27 Sep 2011 0:24:07 UTC 27 Sep 2011 1:08:57 UTC Validate error 1,753.41 605.38 4.04 --- Binary Radio Pulsar Search (Arecibo) v1.00 (BRP3cuda32)

So I must waiting for new BOINC manager ?

Steve Applin
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I'm still having validate

I'm still having validate errors for Gamma Ray work done on computer ID 4127571.

I've disabled further work for gamma ray, but I'd prefer to resolve the problem.

I've created a cc_config file and put it in C:\ProgramData\BOINC\projects\einstein.phys.uwm.edu and have entered the following into it:

-

-


Any ideas how to get this working?

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That depends on what you're

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That depends on what you're trying to do.
The cc_config.xml file needs to be in the BOINC Data directory, not in the project directory. It's the core client configuration file, not the science application configuration file.

Then it needs to be made in plain text, not with an XML editor, as the XML used to this time is written specifically for BOINC; it's not real XML.

And then, anything to do with the upload certificates needs to be set on the project server, not on the client. So whatever it is you're trying to set with those certificates cannot be set through a cc_config.xml file. Added to that, the upload certificates are already disabled on Einstein.

Steve Applin
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Hi Ageless, I'm trying to

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Hi Ageless,

I'm trying to follow the instructions to prevent validate errors on the gamma-ray pulsar search.

There were some instructions provided to stop this from happening, and I tried to follow them (I'm not a technical guy), though I've obviously missed something.

I did create the cc_config file in plain text, but copy/pasted from Internet Explorer, so it looks as if it is XML - I was following the instructions in the link einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=9088 on how to create the cc_config file to stop the gamma-ray pulsar validate errors.

I've now moved the file to the Boinc data directory, and now am getting an "unrecognised tag" error message related to the cc_config file.

I've changed my settings so that I don't work on gamma-ray pulsar searchs because the problem has contineud with machine 4127571, and it's annoying to do the crunching only for it to result in an error.

I'm a bit of a simpleton when it comes to these things, so no doubt I've missed something obvious. I'd just like to get it fixed.

250788328 106676915 4127571 4 Oct 2011 15:59:41 UTC 12 Oct 2011 11:24:27 UTC Validate error 33,999.35 32,824.09 229.74 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250756592 106662707 4127571 4 Oct 2011 12:24:30 UTC 12 Oct 2011 4:11:19 UTC Validate error 34,297.10 33,019.17 229.80 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250742628 106656330 4127571 4 Oct 2011 9:48:07 UTC 12 Oct 2011 4:11:19 UTC Validate error 34,515.74 33,157.15 230.76 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250742386 106656217 4127571 4 Oct 2011 9:43:37 UTC 11 Oct 2011 21:50:21 UTC Validate error 34,528.18 33,492.70 233.09 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250742358 106656205 4127571 4 Oct 2011 9:46:59 UTC 12 Oct 2011 4:11:19 UTC Validate error 35,210.89 33,352.64 232.12 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250742337 106656194 4127571 4 Oct 2011 9:45:53 UTC 12 Oct 2011 4:11:19 UTC Validate error 34,424.20 33,174.49 230.88 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250742295 106656174 4127571 4 Oct 2011 9:43:37 UTC 12 Oct 2011 4:11:19 UTC Validate error 34,012.47 33,452.04 232.81 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250733746 106652512 4127571 4 Oct 2011 8:51:07 UTC 11 Oct 2011 12:11:48 UTC Validate error 34,007.35 32,586.38 226.79 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250733671 106652476 4127571 4 Oct 2011 8:53:22 UTC 11 Oct 2011 19:04:26 UTC Validate error 35,106.37 33,056.22 230.06 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250733584 106652439 4127571 4 Oct 2011 8:52:14 UTC 11 Oct 2011 19:04:26 UTC Validate error 34,511.67 32,886.73 228.88 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23
250732985 106652167 4127571 4 Oct 2011 8:51:07 UTC 11 Oct 2011 19:04:26 UTC Validate error 33,946.98 33,045.79 229.98 --- Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 v0.23

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RE: I was following the

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Quote:
I was following the instructions in the link einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=9088 on how to create the cc_config file to stop the gamma-ray pulsar validate errors.


That explains things. But you misread. The post I quoted there says that project admins need to add this to their config.xml file. It doesn't say anything about the cc_config.xml file.

As I said, it's not something that one can set through the client (the BOINC running on your computer), as both the upload certificates and the validator that does the validating and thus the validation errors, runs on the servers at the project. So it's something they would have to fix.

And as you can see from a post made by Oliver Bock, in the same thread, they have disabled the upload certificates already. Plus this was only a problem if you run the pre-alpha BOINC versions 6.13, not when you run 6.12s as you do.

So in short:
- Upload certificates --> project server thing. They have to fix this, not you.
- Validate errors --> project server thing. They have to fix this, not you.

You can remove the cc_config.xml file from your BOINC Data directory.
In case you ever want to learn what switches are correctly used on the cc_config.xml file, then look in this FAQ (pointing there as the BOINC domain is down at the moment).

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I have a few validate errors,

I have a few validate errors, links to the work units:
17-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/107529752
17-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/107529752
15-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/107401875
13-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/107293412
14-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/107250237
15-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/106507036
12-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/106485883
11-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/107159442
10-oct http://einsteinathome.org/workunit/107085443

These are just from the last week, I have more. I count 1681 validated work units in the same time so the percentage is pretty low. I didn't count the pending.

Joe

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