Thanks in advance for your help

I have recently run into a problem about tasks being started, running for about 2 seconds then giving a "Waiting for shared memory" status error. I cant find any explanation as to what is causing the problem.

I am currenly running version 7.0.25 and have changed the default memory allocation from 50% to 95% The tasks were from SETI and Einstein@home. LHC@home and Test4theory project seem to be running fine. Thanks again for reading this. I am more likely to respond to my email : rugby guru at hot mail com

I am currently running version 7.0.25 and have changed the default memory allocation from 50% to 95%

Shared memory is something different from the memory allocation that you can set for BOINC to use when idle or when busy. The latter just tells BOINC how much of the system RAM it can use at maximum, while the former is a way for applications to access memory at the same time as other applications access that memory.

You neglect to state which operating system you run, for instance, if it's on OS X, you may want to check this BOINC FAQ. For more information on that and explanations from developers, see this thread here on these forums.

Else please state your OS.

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Cheers for your reply. Im running ubuntu 12.04

Iv seen the mac threads but have tried to look for a linux based thread before I start editing seemingly crucial files.