LHC@home: CMS Application

LHC@home: CMS Application LHC@home: CMS Application https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/ CERN Tue, 26 May 2026 06:09:56 GMT en-us https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/rss_image.gif LHC@home https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/ <![CDATA[no new WUs available]]> https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=4209 https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=4209

a record heatwave for May

same here in Austria :-( and no end in sight :-( ]]> Tue, 26 May 2026 06:09:56 GMT <![CDATA[CMS tasks failing]]> https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=6379 https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=6379

Occasionally, anti-virus programmes wrongly flag up VirtualBox. You may need to manually create an exception in your AV.

I'm not running any antivirus, I messed it up myself. Also had issues with updating/upgrading software, kept getting some errors.

Eventually I got lucky with the system recommening a version upgrade to Mint 22.3. Got the same error at the end of the upgrade, but running a manual update through the software manager somehow fixed everything (it didn't, before upgrading to 22.3).

Got the VB Extension pack ticked in green, but I'll wait with rebooting the system until I finish a running CPDN task (will take 4-5 more days). Until then I'll just work on Theory so no LHC-time is lost. ]]> Wed, 13 May 2026 05:31:26 GMT <![CDATA[Reminder: CMS@Home virtual machines do not like being shut down abruptly]]> https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=6490 https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=6490

I do hope when we come back to life here that they return to working as good as they were for the last month

(version 61.25 vbox64_mt_mcore_cms is working perfectly right now)

I'm nor sure why we had the dip in running jobs last week. People saving energy because of the Iran crisis? Or shutting down machines because of a heat-wave? I know there was a power outage at FNAL recently, but I don't think they give us substantial resources. ]]> Mon, 11 May 2026 14:24:15 GMT