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I downloaded the console client and am now receiving the following error message:

[10:53:00] Configuring Folding@Home…

User name [Anonymous]? riddlermarc
Team Number [0]? 315
Launch automatically at machine startup, installing this as a
service (yes/no) [no]?
Ask before fetching/sending work (no/yes) [no]?
Use Internet Explorer Settings (no/yes) [no]?
Use proxy (yes/no) [no]?
Allow receipt of work assignments and return of work results greater than
5MB in size (such work units may have large memory demands) (no/yes) [no]?
Change advanced options (yes/no) [no]?

[10:53:27] - Ask before connecting: No
[10:53:27] - User name: riddlermarc (Team 315)
[10:53:27] - User ID not found locally
[10:53:27] + Requesting User ID from server
[10:53:28] - Machine ID: 1
[10:53:28]
[10:53:28] Work directory not found. Creating…
[10:53:28] Could not open work queue, generating new queue…
[10:53:28] + Benchmarking …
[10:53:31] - Preparing to get new work unit…
[10:53:31] + Attempting to get work packet
[10:53:31] - Connecting to assignment server
[10:53:32] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.122.112).
[10:53:32] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[10:53:32] Loaded queue successfully.
[10:53:32] - Couldn’t send HTTP request to server
[10:53:32] (Got status 503)
[10:53:32] + Could not connect to Work Server
[10:53:32] - Error: Attempt #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[10:53:40] + Attempting to get work packet
[10:53:40] - Connecting to assignment server
[10:53:40] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.122.112).
[10:53:40] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[10:53:40] Loaded queue successfully.
[10:53:41] - Couldn’t send HTTP request to server
[10:53:41] (Got status 503)
[10:53:41] + Could not connect to Work Server
[10:53:41] - Error: Attempt #2 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[10:53:53] + Attempting to get work packet
[10:53:53] - Connecting to assignment server
[10:53:54] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.122.112).
[10:53:54] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[10:53:54] Loaded queue successfully.
[10:53:54] - Couldn’t send HTTP request to server
[10:53:54] (Got status 503)
[10:53:54] + Could not connect to Work Server
[10:53:54] - Error: Attempt #3 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[10:54:27] + Attempting to get work packet
[10:54:27] - Connecting to assignment server
[10:54:28] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.122.112).
[10:54:28] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[10:54:28] Loaded queue successfully.
[10:54:29] - Couldn’t send HTTP request to server
[10:54:29] (Got status 503)
[10:54:29] + Could not connect to Work Server
[10:54:29] - Error: Attempt #4 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
[10:55:13] + Attempting to get work packet
[10:55:13] - Connecting to assignment server
[10:55:14] - Successful: assigned to (171.64.122.112).
[10:55:14] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
[10:55:14] Loaded queue successfully.
[10:55:14] - Couldn’t send HTTP request to server
[10:55:14] (Got status 503)
[10:55:14] + Could not connect to Work Server
[10:55:14] - Error: Attempt #5 to get work failed, and no other work to do.
Waiting before retry.
… is it a server issue or something I am doing incorrectly?

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Taken from the F@H forums Here looks like server 112 is down.

hth, Curly

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close the client and restart it and 9/10 times it will try for a different server :slight_smile:

DT.

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WB Marc :smiley:

Xeons make good folders :wink:

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Hmm, okay got it up and running but how do I get two(four with HT?) instances running on my dual Xeon box? I tried placing the client in another directory and running it but it moaned…

My capacity for investigation into this at the mo is a little stunted so I thought I’d ask here first :slight_smile:

EDIT: okay, sussed out the multiple instances but can I run two or four on a dual Xeon HT box? Wasn’t sure if there would be extra pressure on running four clients?

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Im running four instances on my dual Xeon HT , if I stop one, CPU usage drops to 75%- seems OK to me. :cool:
I take it you sussed the -local -config then CPU number rigmarole

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Cool, four instances now up and running under FC4 :cool:


  PID USER      PR  NI  VIRT  RES  SHR S %CPU %MEM    TIME+  COMMAND
13531 marc      39  19 12352 4144 1120 R 99.7  0.8  95:06.35 FahCore_7a.exe
14470 marc      39  19 14744 7088 1092 R 99.7  1.4   1:43.06 FahCore_78.exe
14483 marc      39  19 14716 7068 1092 R 99.7  1.4   0:59.81 FahCore_78.exe
14420 marc      39  19 15120 7412 1068 R 98.7  1.4   3:01.63 FahCore_78.exe

Thanks guys :thumbsup:

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Just beware projects 147x - more than 1 starts to seriously impact performance…

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Nice going Ridds :cheers: