PRPNet 3.0.0 Released

[rogue]

Comment line 234 of Work.cpp. I'll patch this differently in the leading edge.

[mdettweiler]

Originally Posted by rogue

Added all.html as the default webpage.

One request: could we have an option in prpserver.ini to choose what the default webpage is? I can think of some situations where it might not be preferable to have all.html as the default.

[rogue]

Originally Posted by mdettweiler

One request: could we have an option in prpserver.ini to choose what the default webpage is? I can think of some situations where it might not be preferable to have all.html as the default.

My preference is actually for server_stats.html as it makes the most sense (and it was the original default).

[mdettweiler]

Originally Posted by rogue

My preference is actually for server_stats.html as it makes the most sense (and it was the original default).

Yeah, mine too. How about if we put an option in prpserver.ini and had it set for server_stats.html out of the box?

[rogue]

I strongly recommend that anyone wanting to connect to a 3.2.1 server upgrade all of their clients first. 3.2.1 clients will work with older 3.x servers. There are some conditions under which older clients will not work with 3.2.1 servers. The main culprit are servers with a heavy load or servers with large databases (> 100,000 candidates in them).

[Xentar]

Got a new bug in 3.2.0:

The server tried to send a test to a client, but the log file just says:

[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Socket 9800: 670224*19^39921+1 sent to ......
[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Error sending [End of Message] to socket 9800
[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Error sending [Start Greeting] to socket 9800
[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Error sending buffer to socket 9800
[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Error sending [End Greeting] to socket 9800

Log from the client:

[2010-03-05 02:54:18 GMT] s19: Getting work from server <something> at port <port>
[2010-03-05 02:54:29 GMT] Nothing was received on socket 148, therefore the socket was closed
[2010-03-05 02:54:29 GMT] Could not connect to any servers and no work is pending.  Pausing 10 minutes

Too bad, I don't have a detailed log :(
The client never received this test, but it is still marked as "Assigned" in the database.
Which column do I have to reset, to reassign this one? It's the last one of my test range 34K - 40K, and completed in just 3 weeks!

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Xentar

Got a new bug in 3.2.0:

The server tried to send a test to a client, but the log file just says:

[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Socket 9800: 670224*19^39921+1 sent to ......
[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Error sending [End of Message] to socket 9800
[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Error sending [Start Greeting] to socket 9800
[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Error sending buffer to socket 9800
[2010-03-05 02:54:22 GMT] Error sending [End Greeting] to socket 9800

Log from the client:

[2010-03-05 02:54:18 GMT] s19: Getting work from server <something> at port <port>
[2010-03-05 02:54:29 GMT] Nothing was received on socket 148, therefore the socket was closed
[2010-03-05 02:54:29 GMT] Could not connect to any servers and no work is pending.  Pausing 10 minutes

Too bad, I don't have a detailed log :(
The client never received this test, but it is still marked as "Assigned" in the database.
Which column do I have to reset, to reassign this one? It's the last one of my test range 34K - 40K, and completed in just 3 weeks!

Without a detailed log, I don't have enough information to investigate. I have some ideas, but nothing concrete. I haven't seen this exact problem in my own testing, but I have seen similar problems. There are changes to 3.2.1 that I made to help combat the problems I have seen. They haven't resurfaced in a few days. I would have to give it another week or so before I would feel confident that the problem is resolved.

The server will eventually expire the test if it doesn't get a test result from the client. It depends upon the settings in prpserver.delay. If you use the stock prpserver.delay file, this test will expire 6 hours after it is assigned. You can lower that time limit (and restart the server) or you can use the mysql command line client. If you use mysql, you would need to do this:

delete from CandidateTest where CandidateName = '670224*19^39921+1';
update Candidate set HasPendingTest = 0 where CandidateName = '670224*19^39921+1';

[Xentar]

Originally Posted by rogue

delete from CandidateTest where CandidateName = '670224*19^39921+1';
update Candidate set HasPendingTest = 0 where CandidateName = '670224*19^39921+1';

Thanks, worked fine.
So this range is complete now
Will post a status update + primes, after I collected all the result files from the different clients.

[Mini-Geek]

// Setting to N means taht the server will sort by n, k, b, then c.

typo

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Mini-Geek

// Setting to N means taht the server will sort by n, k, b, then c.

typo

and probably not the only one. I'll fix it in the next release.

[Mini-Geek]

Originally Posted by Mini-Geek

PRPnet sorts the list of k's for server_stats.html like text, not like numbers. This, of course, makes it sort numbers with different numbers of digits wrong, e.g. it puts 2908*16^n+1 after 24582*16^n+1.

I just noticed that the same problem exists with the server's sorting of k's to hand out. (e.g. when set to sort by k, with k's including 77 and 1003, it starts with 1003)