Win2000 DOS client not uploading, at gen 776

[_CK_]

Hello,

A while back I noticed a "cannot find structure" type error, not one of the ones listed on the known bugs page. I didn't have time to report it or help track it down, so I downloaded and re-installed the client.

I've recently changed my handle, and the client has now been running for a number of days, however it doesn't seem to have uploaded any completed units, my stat's haven't changed.

I've quit and re-started the client, I thought one of those two was supposed to force an upload.

It currently says "Beginning struc. #50 gen. 22 (0 until next gen., 776 gen. buffered". There are over 2400 files in the distribfold directory, 1/3 bz2 files, 1/3 .val files, and 1/3 _min.val files.

Any suggestions? I thought the software was supposed to update itself, however I see another thread down below talking about manually downloading and updating the client.

Cheers,

[rsbriggs]

Take a look at foldit.bat. In particular the line that invokes foldtrajlite.exe should have a -it in it. If it has -if (internet false), it will never attempt to upload. Not certain what the default is, since I always set my flags true or false explicitly.

Also take a look at your error log....

It wouldn't be a bad idea to set the -qf flag (== quiet false) and run the program and watch - look at what the console is saying as the program comes up....

[tpdooley]

what type of errors do you see at the end of the error.log file?

If it's a missing/corrupted file message, is the file it's asking about present?

you might be able to use "foldtrajlite -purgeuploadlist 1" to get rid of the references to the missing files in filelist.txt - and it'll upload everything for you. (although you don't get credit for the generations that result in a previous generation not found error message from the server - you'll get credit for everything after the next generation 0.

[_CK_]

:banana: :fireboun:

Thank-you people.

So there were no errors in the error.log file. There was however the "-if" flag. So I switched it from "-if" to "-it", and now when re-started it downloaded a client update, and then after a successful self-install and self-restart, it is now uploading all those filesets.

Maybe I chose not to allow self updates the last time I installed? Still, I can't understand how I would ever screw up an install so that it thought it should never try and upload work units. Maybe I mistook the "disallow internet connectivity" question for the "disallow automatic updates" question?

:dunno: :whistle:

In any case, we'll blame it on me for now.

:gone:

[tpdooley]

Which is why some of us copy the foldit.bat file from a working system. :)

I've got systems all ready to run DF overnight at work, and neglected to doubleclick on the foldit.bat file.. at least you had a wonderful dump after your mistake. *grin*

[_CK_]

Originally posted by tpdooley
I've got systems all ready to run DF overnight at work, and neglected to doubleclick on the foldit.bat file.. at least you had a wonderful dump after your mistake. *grin*
Actually no, most of the saved stats were from the *last* protein/run, I only got 50 credits from the ones uploaded.
:trash: :D

Oh well, at least I'm in a position to notice. Imagine how many sites have dozens if not hundreds of computers running it in the background low priority, when a client gets hung and stops generating results, no-one may ever notice...

[Paratima]

Originally posted by _CK_
Imagine how many sites have dozens if not hundreds of computers running it in the background low priority, when a client gets hung and stops generating results, no-one may ever notice... Um, not as many as you may be thinking. Notice the emphasis on statistics. :D The force that drives most of the crunchers here, especially the big pharmers, is competition. I think you'd find that the more competitive the person, the more assiduously they check up on what produces the points. Boxen that aren't producing get attention pretty quickly!

[Brian the Fist]

As I always say, RTFM :rotfl: Glad you figured it out though