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1) Message boards : Xtrack/SixTrack : where are the tasks?
Message 44390
Posted 25 Feb 2021 by Profileyo2013
This sixtrack batch seems big and consistant....


I wonder what are we computing now. HL-LHC tasks? FCC tasks? It's been a long time since we had such a long batch.
2) Message boards : Theory Application : WUs stuck at 100%
Message 44015
Posted 28 Dec 2020 by Profileyo2013
Finally they were uploaded, I don't know why.
3) Message boards : Theory Application : WUs stuck at 100%
Message 44014
Posted 28 Dec 2020 by Profileyo2013
Now I have 2 WUs that are always in the 'uploading' stage, no matter what I do.
4) Message boards : Theory Application : WUs stuck at 100%
Message 44013
Posted 27 Dec 2020 by Profileyo2013
When my WUs reach 100% they change their status to WaitR (Waiting to Run) and simply stay there. Only when I suspend all other projects, they finish and are uploaded.
5) Message boards : Theory Application : Problem installing native theory app
Message 44004
Posted 26 Dec 2020 by Profileyo2013
I deleted /sbin/create-boinc-cgroup and /etc/systemd/system/boinc-client.service and this time BOINC started and I obtained a couple of Theory workunits.

Since this machine runs 24/7 there should not be much problem not having suspend/resume in the application.
6) Message boards : Theory Application : Problem installing native theory app
Message 44003
Posted 26 Dec 2020 by Profileyo2013
I tried to install the native theory app following the instructions here:

https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=4971

I could install CVMFS with no problems and it's running ok, but when running the last instructions:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart boinc-client


boinc-client fails to restart, with the message:

Job for boinc-client.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status boinc-client.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.


"systemctl status boinc-client.service" gives:

● boinc-client.service - Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/boinc-client.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2020-12-26 16:48:59 CET; 1min 4s ago
     Docs: man:boinc(1)
  Process: 1060 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /bin/chmod +x /sbin/create-boinc-cgroup && /sbin/create-boinc-cgroup (code=exited, status=210/CHROOT)

dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: Starting Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client...
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: boinc-client.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=210
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: Failed to start Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client.
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: boinc-client.service: Unit entered failed state.
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: boinc-client.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.


"journalctl -xe" gives:

[...]
dic 26 16:48:40 frodo su[1045]: Successful su for root by yo
dic 26 16:48:40 frodo su[1045]: + /dev/pts/0 yo:root
dic 26 16:48:40 frodo su[1045]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user root by yo(uid=1000)
dic 26 16:48:40 frodo su[1045]: pam_systemd(su:session): Cannot create session: Already running in a session
dic 26 16:48:47 frodo systemd[1]: Reloading.
dic 26 16:48:48 frodo systemd[1]: apt-daily-upgrade.timer: Adding 7min 19.089474s random time.
dic 26 16:48:48 frodo systemd[1]: anacron.timer: Adding 14.782525s random time.
dic 26 16:48:48 frodo systemd[1]: apt-daily.timer: Adding 3h 28min 26.040214s random time.
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: Starting Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client...
-- Subject: Unit boinc-client.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
-- 
-- Unit boinc-client.service has begun starting up.
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1060]: boinc-client.service: Failed at step CHROOT spawning /bin/sh: No such file or directory
-- Subject: Process /bin/sh could not be executed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
-- 
-- The process /bin/sh could not be executed and failed.
-- 
-- The error number returned by this process is 2.
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: boinc-client.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=210
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: Failed to start Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client.
-- Subject: Unit boinc-client.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: https://www.debian.org/support
-- 
-- Unit boinc-client.service has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: boinc-client.service: Unit entered failed state.
dic 26 16:48:59 frodo systemd[1]: boinc-client.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
7) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Which project applications dont require virtualbox?
Message 44002
Posted 26 Dec 2020 by Profileyo2013
OK, thanks!
8) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Which project applications dont require virtualbox?
Message 43999
Posted 26 Dec 2020 by Profileyo2013
Nice! I'll install them.
9) Questions and Answers : Getting started : Which project applications dont require virtualbox?
Message 43992
Posted 26 Dec 2020 by Profileyo2013
Does ATLAS native need virtualization option enabled in the BIOS? I never ran vbox apps because my BIOS don't have it. Does the native app require it too? I searched in the native app guides but didn't find any mention.
10) Message boards : Xtrack/SixTrack : 260.000 WUs to send, but no handed out
Message 28729
Posted 30 Jan 2017 by Profileyo2013
2 or 3 days ago I crunched SixTrack tasks, but now I'm getting the "No tasks are available for SixTrack. Virtualbox is not installed" message. I'm not signed for the other projects and I never had Virtualbox.
11) Message boards : Cafe LHC : Well, almost the truth
Message 27242
Posted 30 Mar 2015 by Profileyo2013
Very interesting :)
12) Message boards : LHC@home Science : Electric fault delays relaunch of CERN collider after two-year refit
Message 27225
Posted 25 Mar 2015 by Profileyo2013
Here is more info:

http://lhc-commissioning.web.cern.ch/lhc-commissioning/news-2015/LHC-latest-news.html

https://indico.cern.ch/event/382659/
13) Questions and Answers : Wish list : More info on tasks
Message 27221
Posted 22 Mar 2015 by Profileyo2013
Can you add more information in the description of each task? For example, a link to the homepage of the research team that submited the task would be nice. That way we would know what we are computing.
14) Message boards : Cafe LHC : Nearly there
Message 27193
Posted 3 Mar 2015 by Profileyo2013
Nice! We are at last approaching restart. It's also nice to see that we are computing FCC WUs now.
15) Message boards : News : News, December, 2014.
Message 27053
Posted 31 Dec 2014 by Profileyo2013
Very happy new year, Eric!

This is the first BOINC project I ran (many years ago, with other user name) and I hope it will continue many years!
16) Message boards : Number crunching : help
Message 27046
Posted 25 Dec 2014 by Profileyo2013
Who?
17) Message boards : Cafe LHC : 15 Day -celebration Challenge-Cern
Message 27029
Posted 9 Dec 2014 by Profileyo2013
Here it is: https://test4theory.cern.ch/challenge/
18) Message boards : Number crunching : Is this legit?
Message 27017
Posted 30 Nov 2014 by Profileyo2013
Usually the user of the day is someone that has modified his profile. If nobody modified his profile, it's picked at random. If you want to become user of the day, simple update your profile.
19) Message boards : Cafe LHC : New project launched to explore Higgs boson data
Message 27012
Posted 27 Nov 2014 by Profileyo2013
The Zooniverse project team has launched a citizen scientists initiative to search through ATLAS data. Here is their introduction:


Hey there,
Today we launched our latest citizen science project, and it's a real beauty!

On Higgs Hunters we need you to look through data from the ATLAS experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, where protons are smashed together at one billion kilometres per hour in order to create new particles and give us a better understanding of the building blocks that make up our Universe.

Specifically we are asking you to search through roughly 90,000 images from the ATLAS detector for tiny sub-atomic explosions caused when a Higgs boson 'dies', which some scientists think could generate a new kind of particle, previously undetected.

Begin your search for new and exciting particles now at http://www.higgshunters.org

Thanks for your continued help and support,

Grant & the Zooniverse Team
20) Message boards : Cafe LHC : CERN makes public first data of LHC experiments
Message 27005
Posted 21 Nov 2014 by Profileyo2013
CERN today launched its Open Data Portal where data from real collision events, produced by experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will for the first time be made openly available to all. It is expected that these data will be of high value for the research community, and also be used for education purposes.

http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2014/11/cern-makes-public-first-data-lhc-experiments
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