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PaddyHseti
Cruncher Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 4 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Just recently switched to a new Mac mini with the M1 chip. Most, but not all, (90 out of 99) WU's are failing with errors. The error is 'process got signal 4' message. This is running the OpenPandemics project, although I have also had a WU fail on the Microbiome Immunity Project.
Are there settings in the client I should change to allow the WU's to run correctly, or do I need to wait until an ARM version of the code? |
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thunder7
Senior Cruncher Netherlands Joined: Mar 6, 2013 Post Count: 238 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I think your new M1 Apple is emulating an Intel chip to handle these WU's. Perhaps the emulation is good enough for 'normal' programs, but not for very cpu-intensive programs like BOINC. Googling for 'apple M1 process "signal 4" ' gives some hints that this may be the case.
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7846 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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See here . The problem apparently has to do with the sleep mode. It seems if you disable the sleep mode, the problem will go away.
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Sgt. Joe
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PaddyHseti
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Thanks Sgt Joe. Will give this solution a whirl and report back here.
----------------------------------------See here . The problem apparently has to do with the sleep mode. It seems if you disable the sleep mode, the problem will go away. Cheers [Edit 1 times, last edit by PaddyHseti at Feb 12, 2021 9:49:57 PM] |
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PaddyHseti
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Update:
----------------------------------------Work units completing correctly. Thanks to Sgt. Joe for the tip. [Edit 1 times, last edit by PaddyHseti at Feb 12, 2021 9:52:05 PM] |
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