Posts by Andrew Sanchez

1) Message boards : Number crunching : Merge Credits from vLHC (Message 28037) Posted 2 Dec 2016 by Andrew Sanchez Post: I 2nd (3rd?) that motion! Merge credits.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : All VM tasks postpone (Message 28036) Posted 2 Dec 2016 by Andrew Sanchez Post: You may have updated to too new of a version. Try following my reinstall instructions in the above post and when you get to point where you select a vbox version go here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_5_1 and try 5.1.0, 5.1.2, or 5.1.4 I can only see 1 errored task for your PC right now but it says that you're running version 5.0.12 and as Toby said above, that may be too old. I also notice from the sterr log that you don't have the vbox extensions installed so it can't connect to the remote desktop. I'm not sure if the extensions are required now but it doesn't hurt to install them. Install the preferred vbox version 1st then vbox usually asks if you want to install extensions (do it). If it doesn't ask then you can download and install them from the same link given above under your preferred version where it says "Extension Pack -> All Platforms" I really do recommend following the reinstall instructions in my first post. Clear our all those old virtualbox files and folders before you reinstall. What have you got to lose?
3) Message boards : Number crunching : All VM tasks postpone (Message 28027) Posted 1 Dec 2016 by Andrew Sanchez Post: I can't say exactly what the issue is but i've had the hypervisor error before and i've noticed that it usually has something to do with the set-up of VirtualBox or virtualization. First i would check to make sure that virtualization is enabled on your OS (for Windows10 open the Task Manager, click the "performance" tab, check lower right corner to see if virtualization is "enabled"). I had a Windows update once that disabled virtualization. If that IS the issue you can re-enable it following the instructions here: https://lhcathome.cern.ch/vLHCathome/forum_thread.php?id=1813&postid=20451#20451 If everything is fine with virtualization and no one recommends a better solution you can try my go-to solution for the hypervisor error. Remove the project, uninstall Vbox, search your hard drive for any files/folders called "virtualbox" and delete them. Then restart your PC and reinstall your preferred version of Vbox + extensions. Restart you're PC again and then re-add the project (make sure you sign-in with your existing acct so you don't lose your credits). When the project is re-added it will re-download the VM and all the necessary stuff. That has always worked for me with the hypervisor error. Also make sure that your version of Vbox isn't too new. I'm using 5.1.4 but use what-ever version has worked for you in the past. Hopefully that will help.
4) Message boards : Theory Application : Tests of Theory app on LHC@home (Message 27905) Posted 22 Nov 2016 by Andrew Sanchez Post: I have 2 Windows10 machines that i just migrated back to this site. Seems like everything is looking good so far. Had a little glitch on one of the machines when it tried to start 2 tasks simultaneously, but that has happened before and the remedy is just staggering my task startups. I was wondering, though. Will our credit from vLHC be migrated over to our accounts here? I was 44K credits from the 1M mark and i was looking forward to the milestone. (Obviously its not TOO big of a deal or i would have just stayed at vLHC until i hit my mark. But still...)
5) Message boards : Number crunching : Sixtrack has heartbeat failure -- hangs (Message 26850) Posted 4 Oct 2014 by Andrew Sanchez Post: One of my b3's was completed and validated: w-b3_-4000_job.HLLHC_b3_-4000.0732__3__s__62.31_60.32__17_19__5__65.2943_1_sixvf_boinc2087 But yeah, i think it's best that that batch of wu's get aborted. It doesn't make sense to waste CPU time on unit's that will probably fail.

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