OFFICIAL "SERVER PROBLEMS" THREAD

[Minty]

I've been doing a lot of PRPing in the 117M range, but this has now been booked by Primenet & I can't manually check out any more. Putting my own line in worktodo results in 'illegal line in worktodo' message. Similar to pegaso in previous post, Primenet probably won't accept PRP result, so what to do?

[kriesel]

Originally Posted by Minty

what to do?

Some possibilities include

1. Move on to first time PRP at 118M or above
2. Help with wavefront DC, via PRP as DC for LL
3. Help with 117M via PrimeNet API
4. If you have sufficient ram available, help with remedial P-1 before DC, as in https://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=28038
5. Help with strategic DC etc, as in https://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=28613
6. Help with tidying 1M bins above the first test wavefront as in https://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=28613
7. Combinations of the preceding

[James Heinrich]

Originally Posted by Minty

Putting my own line in worktodo results in 'illegal line in worktodo' message.

That hints more towards a badly-formatted assignment line rather than simply not getting an assignment ID.
If you insist on working on specific exponents you can try to get an manual assignment

But really, the best thing you could do -- set your client to do What Makes Sense and let it get assignments automatically.

[Andrew Usher]

Right, but that is how you are supposed to get an assignment for one specific exponent - by putting a line into your worktodo (copy a line that worked, change what needs to be changed and the AID to "N/A", yes?). Surely cases where a user must be blocked from assignment - mainly, blatant abuse and suspected fraud - are rare enough that they should be done manually by an administrator.

While the error message quoted by pegaso seems to be clear, in that somehow it has been decided to block his PRPs (why would this happen?) Minty probably has nothing to worry about - the server does not to my knowledge refuse results because of not having an assignment, and his 'booked by Primenet' comment appears not to be user-specific.

I suppose 'What Makes Sense' could be said to be 'best' for nearly everyone, but many people would prefer something else and GIMPS generally accommodates such desires.

[James Heinrich]

"Illegal line in worktodo" is a local Prime95 error where the worktodo line is malformed in some way. It's not a PrimeNet error.

[Minty]

Thanks everyone! (especially James) I wanted to keep going in the 117M range & put gibberish in the long first input of worktodo. Deleting that resulted in being assigned the number, now me & PrimeNet are pals again! (though that was never really in doubt was it?!) Cheers to everyone that read & replied

[kriesel]

Originally Posted by Andrew Usher

Right, but that is how you are supposed to get an assignment for one specific exponent - by putting a line into your worktodo (copy a line that worked, change what needs to be changed and the AID to "N/A", yes?).

No.
Inserting yourself N/A, will prevent issue of a valid AID for the worktodo line. To obtain an AID for it, by the next PrimeNet API checkin by mprime/prime95, the AID field and its trailing comma must be absent.
"N/A: no AID issued yet, and don't get one at the next PrimeNet checkins" https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpo...8&postcount=22

And there are other ways of obtaining an assignment with valid AID, including the manual web page.

[pegaso56]

Hi
Really I don`t know what is going on. Server assigned the exponent, I did not get it manually.

F-ECM found

[Mon May 22 02:47:48 2023]
{"status":"F", "exponent":2533217, "worktype":"ECM", "factors":["262570600000782192246103"], "b1":50000, "b2":45033450, "sigma":3403859971291753, "stage":2, "curves":1, "fft-length":147456, "security-code":"433C893C", "program":{"name":"Prime95", "version":"30.12", "build":1, "port":8}, "timestamp":"2023-05-22 05:47:48", "user":"pegaso", "computer":"citronella", "aid":"20C6C567C6FFB4610344D14155471A66"}

PRP Proof

[Mon May 22 03:38:09 2023]
{"status":"C", "exponent":2533217, "known-factors":["262570600000782192246103"], "worktype":"PRP-3", "res64":"7466EC83C3CED1D5", "residue-type":5, "res2048":"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", "fft-length":131072, "shift-count":543014, "error-code":"00000000", "security-code":"30B43138", "program":{"name":"Prime95", "version":"30.12", "build":1, "port":8}, "timestamp":"2023-05-22 06:38:09", "errors":{"gerbicz":0}, "proof":{"version":2, "power":7, "hashsize":64, "md5":"279e0b390ed1e95344723de0c60b4a4e"}, "user":"pegaso", "computer":"citronella"}

[Prime95]

Originally Posted by pegaso56

Hi, my PC found a F-ECM, the server accepted it, but not the PRP test.
[Mon May 22 03:38:09 2023 - ver 30.12]
Sending result to server: UID: pegaso/citronella, M2533217/262570600000782192246103 is not prime. Type-5 RES64: 7466EC83C3CED1D5. Wh8: 30B43138,543014,00000000

PrimeNet error 40: No assignment
Your PRP cofactor test results are prohibited until further notice.

In April, your account was spamming the server with hundreds of useless PRP-CF results. Consequently, I changed the server to reject all PRP-CF results from your account. I've removed the restriction. Please be careful going forward.

[pegaso56]

Oh, I see, it was not my Intention. I was trying to find factors in low exponents manually. Sorry again, i`m doing F-ECM assigned from server only.
Best regards, Carlos

[James Heinrich]

Originally Posted by pegaso56

Oh, I see, it was not my Intention.

Two months ago you didn't reply to emails sent by the admins.
Today you didn't reply to my PM about why you were banned either.