On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 11:01 PM, Dennis Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I got this error on my GIMPS client (version 20.4.1) x86:
>
>Error 11: exponent already tested
>
>I'm testing exponent 8277083 and I'm about 45% done. Every other time
I've
>checked in, it was OK. Now I get this error message and the exponent is
>gone from my GIMPS user status page. Yet, the client continues to work on
>it.
>
>I HOPE I DIDN'T WASTE MY CPU CYCLES.
>
>Somehow, the exponent got cleared. It's in the cleared.txt document. (The
>cleared exponents page). It was cleared July 19th by a user named
"Floris".
> Thanks Floris. I didn't know the server was checking out multiple
>exponents.
>
>Could someone explain what has happened, and can someone tell me how to
fix
>my client to resolve this issue??
I have saved some of the hourly status and cleared reports, and I think
I see what happened.
On 13-May-2000:
8277083 64 4126527 105.0 -12.1 42.9
16-Apr-00 19:40 29-Jan-00 22:24 floris Vincent
This exponent was assigned to floris on 29-Jan-2000.
On 25-Jun-2000:
8277083 64 4126527 148.0 -55.1 -0.1
16-Apr-00 19:40 29-Jan-00 22:24 floris Vincent
The exponent had just expired, but is still assigned to floris.
On 26-Jun-2000:
8277083 64 0.7 34.5 66.5
26-Jun-00 10:24 26-Jun-00 06:44 timbit home1
The exponent has been re-assigned to you, and you didn't realize it was
previously assigned to floris.
floris/Vincent continued to work on the exponent, finished the LL test
in the last day or two, and checked in the result.
I don't know why the server accepted the result, since the exponent was no
longer assigned to floris. I think this was an error.
Probably you should continue the LL test and get credit for double
checking.
I guess you should contant the primenet administrator and ask for some
manual intervention to make sure your work isn't wasted.
Alas, it appears the first LL test has been completed and checked in.
Bummer.
-- Robert
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