The network BIOS session limit was exceeded. - what is this?

Raistmer*
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Topic 227979

TASK 1335867559

Name:LATeah3012L12220807_804.0_0_0.0_21470400_1

Workunit ID:663323060

Created:11 Aug 2022 19:39:00 UTC

Sent:11 Aug 2022 20:35:54 UTC

Report deadline:25 Aug 2022 20:35:54 UTC

Received:11 Aug 2022 20:49:39 UTC

Server state:Over

Outcome:Computation error

Client state:Compute error

Exit status:69 (0x00000045) Unknown error code

Computer:12864699

Run time (sec):589.09

CPU time (sec):464.03

Peak working set size (MB):170.43

Peak swap size (MB):1044.53

Peak disk usage (MB):0.01

Validation state:Invalid

Granted credit:0

Application:Gamma-ray pulsar binary search #1 on GPUs v1.22 (FGRPopencl1K-nvidia)
windows_x86_64


Stderr output

<core_client_version>7.16.11</core_client_version>
<![CDATA[
<message>
The network BIOS session limit was exceeded.
 (0x45) - exit code 69 (0x45)</message>
<stderr_txt>
23:38:47 (3712): [normal]: This Einstein@home App was built at: May  8 2019 13:29:27

23:38:47 (3712): [normal]: Start of BOINC application 'projects/einstein.phys.uwm.edu/hsgamma_FGRPB1G_1.22_windows_x86_64__FGRPopencl1K-nvidia.exe'.
23:38:47 (3712): [debug]: 1e+016 fp, 3.8e+009 fp/s, 2733358 s, 759h15m57s50
23:38:47 (3712): [normal]: % CPU usage: 1.000000, GPU usage: 1.000000
command line: projects/einstein.phys.uwm.edu/hsgamma_FGRPB1G_1.22_windows_x86_64__FGRPopencl1K-nvidia.exe --inputfile ../../projects/einstein.phys.uwm.edu/LATeah3012L12220807.dat --alpha 2.59819959601 --delta -0.694603692878 --skyRadius 1.890770e-06 --ldiBins 15 --f0start 796.0 --f0Band 8.0 --firstSkyPoint 0 --numSkyPoints 1 --f1dot -1e-13 --f1dotBand 1e-13 --df1dot 1.69860773e-15 --ephemdir ..\..\projects\einstein.phys.uwm.edu\JPLEPH --Tcoh 2097152.0 --toplist 10 --cohFollow 10 --numCells 1 --useWeights 1 --Srefinement 1 --CohSkyRef 1 --cohfullskybox 1 --mmfu 0.1 --reftime 56100 --model 0 --f0orbit 0.005 --mismatch 0.1 --demodbinary 1 --BinaryPointFile ../../projects/einstein.phys.uwm.edu/templates_LATeah3012L12220807_0804_21470400.dat --debug 0 --device 0 -o LATeah3012L12220807_804.0_0_0.0_21470400_1_0.out
output files: 'LATeah3012L12220807_804.0_0_0.0_21470400_1_0.out' '../../projects/einstein.phys.uwm.edu/LATeah3012L12220807_804.0_0_0.0_21470400_1_0' 'LATeah3012L12220807_804.0_0_0.0_21470400_1_0.out.cohfu' '../../projects/einstein.phys.uwm.edu/LATeah3012L12220807_804.0_0_0.0_21470400_1_1'
23:38:47 (3712): [debug]: Flags: X64 SSE SSE2 GNUC X86 GNUX86
23:38:47 (3712): [debug]: Set up communication with graphics process.
boinc_get_opencl_ids returned [000000000154a1a0 , 000000000154a010]
Using OpenCL platform provided by: NVIDIA Corporation
Using OpenCL device "GeForce GTX 1050 Ti" by: NVIDIA Corporation
Max allocation limit: 1073741824
Global mem size: 0
OpenCL device has FP64 support
read_checkpoint(): Couldn't open file 'LATeah3012L12220807_804.0_0_0.0_21470400_1_0.out.cpt': No such file or directory (2)
% fft length: 16777216 (0x1000000)
% Scratch buffer size: 136314880
INFO: Major Windows version: 6
% C 0 171
ERROR: /home/bema/source/fermilat/src/bridge_fft_clfft.c:728: clFinish failed. status=-36
ERROR: gen_fft_execute() returned with error 297294144
23:48:21 (3712): [CRITICAL]: ERROR: MAIN() returned with error '5'
FPU status flags: COND_1 PRECISION
23:48:31 (3712): [normal]: done. calling boinc_finish(69).
23:48:31 (3712): called boinc_finish

</stderr_txt>
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The network BIOS session limit was exceeded. - smth new for me, what could it mean?

 

 

Ian&Steve C.
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Ignore the verbiage of the

Ignore the verbiage of the error. The error code value “69” from the application is being applied to the standard windows error codes list. Only the app devs will know exactly what error code 69 means. 
 

but looking at the stderr output, it seems clear this task had some problem with the FFT function. Could be a driver error. Or just a random occurrence. You could try updating the drivers. 
 

as a bonus, if you update to at least version 470+ Nvidia drivers, you will get the v1.28 application which is significantly faster than the v1.22 app. 

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Raistmer*
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Ian&Steve C. wrote:   as a

Ian&Steve C. wrote:

 

as a bonus, if you update to at least version 470+ Nvidia drivers, you will get the v1.28 application which is significantly faster than the v1.22 app. 

 

Thanks for the hint!

 

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