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hacktor2

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Alright, so I was kinda into folding for #33 awhile back... didn't really do much, I only got like 1 WU done (just checkin it out) but anyway now i've pretty much lost all information I saved about it.

Now heres the deal I got it all setup and ready to go but now i keep on getting these errors:

+Attempting to get work packet
--Connecting to assignment server
--Successful: assigned to < my ip >.
+News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home
Loaded queue successfuly.
--Couldn't send HTTP reuest to server
+Could not connect to Work Server
--Error: Attempting #1 to get work failed, and no other work to do. Waiting before retry.

Now i've waited and it's gone through 6 retrys coming up with the same error each time. Am I doing something wrong or is standford down for today?

EDIT: using XP console version

EDIT2: nvm must have been down now its working

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EDIT3: i'll be borging when i'm at school, and when i'm sleeping so about 15 hours a day.

So now my question now is can i just exit out of f@h when i need the computer to do other stuff with and then when i go to bed just start it up again and will it go back to the same WU?

Thanks
 
RE edit three, yea if set as service will start up after reboot.

To test, reboot your box and give it a minute or two then check CPU usage
 
Could someone post a link to the scripts that can be used as desktop items that start and stop the service. I think these would be perfect for hacktor2, if he needs to stop the console(you really shouldn't need to stop it since it gives all cycles back to any program that requests them - that being said if you are running large work units and -advmethods flag those wus don't give the ram back as well as the cycles so you need to have a gig+ of ram). Thanks.

PS I think you have a term in your vocabulary mixed up hacktor2. Borging is when you install folding@home on other peoples computers with their permission. Folding is what you do when you let Folding@home run on your computer. Unless you are going to be running around all day installing F@H on everyones computer, then you are probably just folding. :) Welcome back into the folding world. It's nice to have you.

-MN Scout
 
"net stop $SERVICENAME" should do it, where SERVICENAME is the name of your service. Something like C:+Program+Files+FAH+FAH502-Console.exe. Look in the "services" thingy to find out what it is for your machine.

 
Thanks MN Scout - yeah my bad I meant folding :p What I really want to be able to do is just exit out of f@h and then start it back up when I go to bed. You were talking about scripts that start and stop f@h? Thats exactly what I want. Thanks
 
p[H]ant0m posted this:

Yes you can start and stop the console as needed. In my case, I've created .bat files that will invoke the service start and stop commands. The code for what I have is as follows:

start.bat:
net start "FAH@C:+Program Files+Folding@Home+FAH502-Console.exe"

stop.bat:
net stop "FAH@C:+Program Files+Folding@Home+FAH502-Console.exe"

Note, these will only work if you have the console installed as a service, and the sections marked in blue will vary depending on where you've installed F@H. You can find the console service name by looking in Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services and look for FAH@C:.... this will be the serivce name.

You can read the thread here http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=927802

Now I haven't used these so I'm wondering how does one get these to execute? Mine isn't doing anything. I created a file in notepad and named it start.bat and then copied it to my desktop and it didn't start/stop the service. I did change it to my service name.

-MN Scout
 
Those are the exact command I use on my desktop to start and stop the service. One thing I have learned is that they seem to work in XP only, for some reason 2k just doesn't like them. You also will want to make sure that if you're running MS Antispyware, you allow them to run, and that you don't have any policies in your antivirus that prevents the running of .bat files. :D

Edit: You might want to give the console a few hours to get a WU, it seems that some of the assignment servers have been getting hammered here lately.

 
MN Scout said:
Now I haven't used these so I'm wondering how does one get these to execute? Mine isn't doing anything. I created a file in notepad and named it start.bat and then copied it to my desktop and it didn't start/stop the service. I did change it to my service name.
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Make sure you have "hide extensions" or whatever dumb crap they called it turned off. If you hit properties, it should be start.bat, not start.bat.txt. Yay for hiding functionality, MS!

 
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