Known issues

Unresolved known issues

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Resolved known issues

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A known issue with Resolved Resolution state has been corrected.

Known Issues

Title Category Resolutionsort ascending Description Posted Updated
Gaussian g16b01 G4 problem Owens, Pitzer, Software Resolved
(workaround)

Gaussian-4 (G4) theory calculations in Gaussian 16 Rev. B.01 can produce erratic results.  A workaround is to use Gaussian 16 Rev. A.03 or Rev. C.01, e.g.: 

module load gaussian/...
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7 years 6 months ago 1 year 2 months ago
Jupyter security issue Aug. 13, 2021 Maintenance, OnDemand, Software Resolved

Please do not run any Jupyter applications at OSC until further notice due to a security vulnerability.

OSC will update JupyterLab and Jupyter Notebook applications to rectify this as soon...

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4 years 12 months ago 4 years 11 months ago
All HPC systems are available Login Problems, Operations, Outage Resolved

8/24/16 3:57PM: All HPC systems are availalbe including:

  • Oakley cluster for general access
  • Ruby cluster for restricted access
  • Owens cluster for...
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9 years 11 months ago 9 years 11 months ago
Podman storage error due to outdated configuration file Software Resolved
(workaround)

If you experience a storage error such as:

 write /var/tmp/storage388772891/1: no space left on device.

you may have an outdated ~/....

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1 year 1 week ago 1 year 1 week ago
Brief disruption of GPFS on 8/28/2013 filesystem Resolved

On the morning August 28th, 2013 we will briefly disrupt the GPFS filesystem to reboot servers. This is necessary to upgrade the GPFS system. The in-place upgrade should only briefly interrupt...

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12 years 11 months ago 12 years 11 months ago
ORCA Bind to CORE Failure Software Resolved
(workaround)

The default CPU binding for ORCA jobs can fail sporadically.  The failure is almost immediate and produces a cryptic error message, e.g.:

...
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3 years 3 months ago 1 year 2 months ago
Oakley login node down login Resolved

One of the Oakley login nodes is down. We are currently working on bringing it back online. SSH connections to oakley.osc.edu may time out. A workaround is to connect directly to oakley01.osc.edu...

12 years 5 months ago 12 years 5 months ago
Fail to connect with VS Code 1.86 Resolved

VS Code 1.86 (aka the ‘January 2024’ update) requires ≥glibc 2.28 which are not supported on Pitzer and Owens clusters. Please downgrade to VS Code 1.85. 

See this link for more...

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2 years 6 months ago 2 years 3 months ago
Intermittent issue with connecting to batch server Batch, Owens Resolved

Updated on June 18, 2018, at 3:15 PM:

This issue has been fixed. 

Posted on June 18, 2018, at 12:30 PM:

We've been having intermittent...

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8 years 1 month ago 8 years 1 month ago
Classroom Jupyter and RStudio Apps Software Resolved

If you have classroom projects at OSC that used the Jupyter or RStudio apps through class.osc.edu before June 30, 2025 and plan to reuse your classroom...

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3 months 1 week ago 3 months 1 week ago

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