Client error - Float Invalid Operation
8 Oct 2011 2:55:37 UTC
Topic 196002
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Hello all,
I have a new i7 2630QM laptop keeps getting client errors when running Gravitational Wave S6 GC search v1.01 (SSE2) WUs.
Computer ID: 4233397
Error tasks for computer 4233397
Trying to search for a solution, but no luck.
Please help. Thank you in advance.
Client error - Float Invalid Operation
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The only exit code I could find is -1073741819 (0xc0000005) and that's not "Float Invalid Operation" but something with access problems.
Is your AV perhaps blocking file access? You shouldn't let the BOINC data directory be scanned actively.
Gruß,
Gundolf
[edit]See also this FAQ.[/edit]
Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)
The exit status indicates a
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The exit status indicates a "general access violation", but apparently is misleading. It probably occurs when trying to backtrace the stack after the initial error.
As can be seen in stderr, the problem is indeed a floating point exception, apparently occurring in the BOINC API (app_ipc.cpp:103).
It is true that the GW search (S6Bucket) is the only application which enables FPEs, but I never saw these occur on Windows before. I'll look into this.
BM
BM