Network/Website problems resolved, update proceeding

[Brian the Fist]

As you may have noticed we were having some network issues yesterday which prevented us from updating the web site properly. Our news item to this effect showed up this morning, for what its worth.. As such we were forced to postpone the update until today. We realize this may be an inconvenience to our non-North American participants but we would rather not leave it until next week. We will extend the 'grace period' to 72 hours from update time for full credit and 96 hours for half credit, for those of you who will not be able to update over the weekend.

Thanks for your patience

[kandan]

I can't access the news section on www.distributedfolding.org
(Error 403)

[HaloJones]

Thanks for the info. Any idea of timings for the update? Otherwise, I may have to set the farm to run no-net til Monday.

[[DPC]Mobster]

Switched my work clients to SoB for the weekend. Hopefully I'll be able to at least update my home boxes this weekend.

An ETA would be appreciated.

[magnav0x]

As far as I can tell the update is already occuring. Last I checked the client said server down for protien change.

[erk]

The update server is preventing access:

Checking for newer versions...
SERVER DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE, TRY AGAIN LATER

Please try again later. Press Enter

[Norman]

hi,

the update is in progress !

download the new complete client for win under:

ftp://ftp.mshri.on.ca/pub/distribfol...rent-win9x.zip

[Grumpy]

Non of my machines has auto updated yet, is auto update working yet


OMG

06:20:01 2003 ERROR: [000.000] {foldtrajlite2.c, line 2201} Unable to check update file length
Sat Dec 20 06:20:01 2003 ERROR: [000.000] {foldtrajlite2.c, line 2561} Unable to retrieve update file list

Looks like a lot are getting this message, and I am not the only one

[erk]

There is bugs:

Checking for newer versions...

New version found; attempting to unpack patch file

Update was successful, restarting client

./foldtrajlite: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


I am running the libncurses.so.5 version of linux, the auto update pulled down the wrong version compared to what it was running previously!

[pfb]

Originally posted by erk
There is bugs:

Checking for newer versions...

New version found; attempting to unpack patch file

Update was successful, restarting client

./foldtrajlite: error while loading shared libraries: libncurses.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


I am running the libncurses.so.5 version of linux, the auto update pulled down the wrong version compared to what it was running previously!

I had that with my Mandrake 9.2 box - following the below fixed it:

The Intel compiler we use to build this version may not work under Redhat 7.3 and newer due to changes made to glibc. Until a new Intel compiler is released which works properly, please use the Redhat 6.2 gcc version of the client. If when trying to run this version you get an error about libcurses.so.4 not being found, you may simply make a symbolic link from libcurses.so.5. Try the following:

> locate libcurses.so


(you see the full path of where the curses library is, such as:)


/usr/lib/libcurses.so.5
> cd /usr/lib
> ln -s libcurses.so.5 libcurses.so.4

This should make the missing library message go away.

(from the Known Bugs&Fixes page)

Not sure why it happened with this update though

[dbuske]

I ran the screen saver version. The SS uploaded my latest data, then downloaded the latest auto-update. I rebooted, tried running the screensaver and crash. I got a black dos box that said "Fatal error invalid arguments"

In fact, it crashes just when I bring up the WinXP control panel, by right clicking on the desktop and choosing properties when the folding screensaver is set as the default.

I downloaded the new SS update manually and ran set-up and still the same problem.

[Grumpy]

Looks like the update just came through ok

[magnav0x]

What update? When my client checks for updates it finds nothing....when I goto the website the latest client is shown to be released in November

[DocWardo]

Originally posted by magnav0x
What update? When my client checks for updates it finds nothing....when I goto the website the latest client is shown to be released in November

They just havn't edited the html on the download page. if you download one of the packages the files are dated yesterday.


sure you didnt' already auto update? check the datestamp on the exec file?

[magnav0x]

All my clients were JUST now able to detect the auto update

BTW:

/usr/lib/libcurses.so.5
> cd /usr/lib
> ln -s libcurses.so.5 libcurses.so.4


should be:

/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5
> cd /usr/lib
> ln -s libncurses.so.5 libncurses.so.4

[erk]

Originally posted by magnav0x
All my clients were JUST now able to detect the auto update

BTW:

/usr/lib/libcurses.so.5
> cd /usr/lib
> ln -s libcurses.so.5 libcurses.so.4


should be:

/usr/lib/libncurses.so.5
> cd /usr/lib
> ln -s libncurses.so.5 libncurses.so.4

The reason the error is happening is that the autoupdate is grabing the gcc version not the icc version that it's supposed to. A manual download and update using the correct linux version is all thats required, not a symbolic link to a library as a work around.

[magnav0x]

BTW I seem to have problems getting this new client to run in the background under linux with nohup. Usualy I changes the (./foldtrajlite -f protein -n native -qf -it -rf) line in the foldit script to (nohup ./foldtrajlite -f protein -n native -qf -it -rf &) so it will run in the background. For some reason the client keeps right after I run it. If I revert to running it without nohup it runs fine though. Any ideas?

[gistech1978]

it took multiple tries but both my computers here at work took the update.

[pfb]

Originally posted by erk
The reason the error is happening is that the autoupdate is grabing the gcc version not the icc version that it's supposed to. A manual download and update using the correct linux version is all thats required, not a symbolic link to a library as a work around.

could it be those who were running the test clients under *nix are experiencing this? I thought I saw mention of a problem with the *nix test client under some systems...

[bwkaz]

The problem that I remember with the Linux test client was that it was compiled on a glibc 2.3 system, and therefore required glibc 2.3 to run.

Beta 1 at least was not looking for libncurses.so.4, or I don't think it was.

My autoupdate is looking for libncurses.so.5, but it didn't update until just a couple minutes ago... hmm.

[Chinasaur]

OS X didn't auto-update.. stopped, restarted and it worked.

New Linux ICC version doesn't work under Knoppix Knoppix 2.4.22 release...ncurses error

[YoKenny]

Originally posted by dbuske
I ran the screen saver version. The SS uploaded my latest data, then downloaded the latest auto-update. I rebooted, tried running the screensaver and crash. I got a black dos box that said "Fatal error invalid arguments"

In fact, it crashes just when I bring up the WinXP control panel, by right clicking on the desktop and choosing properties when the folding screensaver is set as the default.

I downloaded the new SS update manually and ran set-up and still the same problem.

I just had the same thing happen on my system.

[jaydee116]

Originally posted by YoKenny
I just had the same thing happen on my system.

12/19/2003
Screensaver bug - Invalid arguments
We had a short-lived bug in the new screensaver which is now fixed. If you are getting the error "Bad arguments" or "Invalid arguments" when running the screensaver, please re-download the complete screensaver package from the Downloads page. If you are not getting the error, proceed with the update as usual - it works fine. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

[YoKenny]

I tried downloading and installing the complete screensaver then rebooting and the same thing happens. I did this twice with the same results.

I set up the options then go to Display Properties then verify the Screensaver Settings. I Then try Preview to see if it is working. The Loading rotamer Window comes up. I get a window:

Fatal Error: [067:001] FindPath failed in Loadict. So I click OK and the screensaver disapears.

This is what I see in the screensaver log:

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:12 PM ]========================
ERROR: [000.000] {ncbi_connutil.c, line 776} [URL_Connect] Bad arguments
ERROR: [000.000] {ncbi_connutil.c, line 776} [URL_Connect] Bad arguments

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:13 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:13 PM ]========================
ERROR: [001.008] {trajtools.c, line 95} CheckMD5: File not found C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
ERROR: [001.007] {saver.c, line 1452} File failed checksum C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
FATAL ERROR: [067:001] {mmdbapi1.c, line 1190} FindPath failed in LoadDict

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:13 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:13 PM ]========================
ERROR: [000.000] {ncbi_connutil.c, line 776} [URL_Connect] Bad arguments

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:14 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:14 PM ]========================
ERROR: [001.008] {trajtools.c, line 95} CheckMD5: File not found C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
ERROR: [001.007] {saver.c, line 1452} File failed checksum C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:15 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:15 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:15 PM ]========================
ERROR: [001.008] {trajtools.c, line 95} CheckMD5: File not found C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
ERROR: [001.007] {saver.c, line 1452} File failed checksum C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
FATAL ERROR: [067:001] {mmdbapi1.c, line 1190} FindPath failed in LoadDict

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:15 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 6:15 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:14 PM ]========================
ERROR: [000.000] {ncbi_connutil.c, line 776} [URL_Connect] Bad arguments
ERROR: [000.000] {ncbi_connutil.c, line 776} [URL_Connect] Bad arguments

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:14 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:14 PM ]========================
ERROR: [000.000] {ncbi_connutil.c, line 776} [URL_Connect] Bad arguments

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:15 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:15 PM ]========================
ERROR: [000.000] {ncbi_connutil.c, line 776} [URL_Connect] Bad arguments

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:15 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:15 PM ]========================
ERROR: [001.008] {trajtools.c, line 95} CheckMD5: File not found C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
ERROR: [001.007] {saver.c, line 1452} File failed checksum C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
FATAL ERROR: [067:001] {mmdbapi1.c, line 1190} FindPath failed in LoadDict

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:16 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:22 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:22 PM ]========================
ERROR: [001.008] {trajtools.c, line 95} CheckMD5: File not found C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
ERROR: [001.007] {saver.c, line 1452} File failed checksum C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
FATAL ERROR: [067:001] {mmdbapi1.c, line 1190} FindPath failed in LoadDict

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:23 PM ]========================

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:24 PM ]========================
ERROR: [001.008] {trajtools.c, line 95} CheckMD5: File not found C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
ERROR: [001.007] {saver.c, line 1452} File failed checksum C:\PROGRA~1\DISTRI~1\df_logo.bmp
FATAL ERROR: [067:001] {mmdbapi1.c, line 1190} FindPath failed in LoadDict

========================[ Dec 19, 2003 7:24 PM ]========================