So you want me to remove those two "apparently unrelated" files and try ?

That is the only thing I know of that is unique to your situation, so I think it is worth a try. It will tell us if there is a problem in that area of the code.

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Charlie Fenton
BOINC / SETI@home Macintosh & Windows Programmer

Well, it was worth the try, though not solving the issue but after stopping the service and removing the 2 app_config files (for which the projects are not currently running) this happened :

Lun 26 jan 21:31:10 2015 | | don't use GPU while active

--> like before !

Lun 26 jan 21:31:29 2015 | | Suspending GPU computation - computer is in use

--> YES it's suspending again !!!

Lun 26 jan 21:31:29 2015 | | Resuming GPU computation

--> OH NO it's resuming again, and I was using the Mac all the time, WTF !!!

My large Collatz WU is now running :(

... so ... isn't there any log message flag that I could enable for you in order to provide more information ?

When you removed the app_configs.xml filed, did it suspend CPU tasks while you were using the mouse and keyboard?

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Charlie Fenton
BOINC / SETI@home Macintosh & Windows Programmer

Sorry I only tried the GPU setup again, not the CPU, I'll try this tonight (I haven't copied the app_config files again, anyway) and I'll let you know.

Well, no.

Mer 28 jan 08:03:24 2015 | | don't compute while active
Mer 28 jan 08:03:24 2015 | | don't use GPU while active
Mer 28 jan 08:03:24 2015 | | Not using a proxy
Mer 28 jan 08:03:31 2015 | | Running CPU benchmarks
Mer 28 jan 08:03:31 2015 | | Suspending computation - CPU benchmarks in progress
Mer 28 jan 08:03:31 2015 | | Suspending network activity - computer is in use
Mer 28 jan 08:03:31 2015 | | Resuming network activity
Mer 28 jan 08:04:02 2015 | | Benchmark results:
Mer 28 jan 08:04:02 2015 | | Number of CPUs: 8
Mer 28 jan 08:04:02 2015 | | 3370 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
Mer 28 jan 08:04:02 2015 | | 8091 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU

I have 1 collatz and 8 CSG running at the same time I'm using the Mac.

I don't even have the "suspending" and "resuming" log messages due to user activity on the machine like in my post above (though I had noticed since the beginning of this issue that I was not seeing them anymore, see from my first post above).

"suspending" and "resuming" will be shown when the <cpu_sched> debug flag in cc_config.xml is enabled. Use the Advanced->Event Log Diagnostic Flags (or CTRL+SHIFT+F) window to activate.

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I did activate that flag, then check both options (CPU and GPU) in the preferences, then uncheck them both.

This is all that I saw in the log from that moment :

Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | Re-reading cc_config.xml
Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | Not using a proxy
Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | Config: report completed tasks immediately
Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | Config: don't compute while Diablo III is running
Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | Config: don't compute while Diablo III Launcher is running
Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | Config: don't compute while StarCraft II is running
Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | Config: don't compute while The Lord of the Rings - War in the North is running
Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | Config: GUI RPC allowed from any host
Mer 28 jan 22:51:56 2015 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, cpu_sched
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | World Community Grid | General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 11-May-2013 22:09:18)
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | World Community Grid | Computer location: home
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | | General prefs: using separate prefs for home
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | | Reading preferences override file
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | | Preferences:
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | | max memory usage when active: 15564.80MB
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | | max memory usage when idle: 15892.48MB
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | | max disk usage: 40.00GB
Mer 28 jan 22:52:11 2015 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | World Community Grid | General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 11-May-2013 22:09:18)
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | World Community Grid | Computer location: home
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | General prefs: using separate prefs for home
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | Reading preferences override file
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | Preferences:
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | max memory usage when active: 15564.80MB
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | max memory usage when idle: 15892.48MB
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | max disk usage: 40.00GB
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | don't compute while active
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | don't use GPU while active
Mer 28 jan 22:52:54 2015 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)

I would have expected the "Suspending GPU computation - computer is in use" log message to appear at some point (at the end), since I'm using the computer...

This log snippet doesn't show anything is running either, so for all we know the message was already given. Best to completely exit BOINC, wait a minute, then restart it. Then leave running for 10 minutes, while you do what you normally do on the computer, and then look at the log, and if need be post it completely.

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Here you go, I let unckecked both CPU and GPU option, all 3 menu items say "follow preferences", CSG has servers problems so I opened vLHC work fetch and I got 2 WUs, I let them work for a while, then I completely stopped boinc services (launchctl unload), all went out of memory, then I loaded it again (launhctl load) and here is the log :

Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.4.36 for x86_64-apple-darwin
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, cpu_sched, cpu_sched_status
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.39.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1j zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.10.0
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Running as a daemon
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Data directory: /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Shared/BOINC Data
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 0: Radeon HD 4850 (driver version 1.0, device version OpenCL 1.0, 512MB, 512MB available, 402 GFLOPS peak)
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | OpenCL CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: Apple, driver version 1.1, device version OpenCL 1.2)
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Host name: iMac-Famile-Cadet-2.local
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5]
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clfsh ds acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pbe pni dtes64 mon dscpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 tpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | OS: Mac OS X 10.10.1 (Darwin 14.0.0)
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Memory: 16.00 GB physical, 306.87 GB virtual
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Disk: 1.81 TB total, 306.87 GB free
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Local time is UTC +1 hours
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | VirtualBox version: 4.3.20r96996
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Config: report completed tasks immediately
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Config: don't compute while Diablo III is running
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Config: don't compute while Diablo III Launcher is running
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Config: don't compute while StarCraft II is running
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Config: don't compute while The Lord of the Rings - War in the North is running
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Config: GUI RPC allowed from any host
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | ABC@home | URL http://abcathome.com/; Computer ID 270127; resource share 10
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Constellation | URL http://aerospaceresearch.net/constellation/; Computer ID 52683; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Asteroids@home | URL http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/; Computer ID 62328; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | ATLAS@home | URL http://atlasathome.cern.ch/; Computer ID 57; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | wanless2 | URL http://bearnol.is-a-geek.com/wanless2/; Computer ID 14411; resource share 10
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | AlmereGrid Boinc Grid | URL http://boinc.almeregrid.nl/; Computer ID 17117; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | rosetta@home | URL http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 1665975; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Poem@Home | URL http://boinc.fzk.de/poem/; Computer ID 65114; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Leiden Classical | URL http://boinc.gorlaeus.net/; Computer ID 114955; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | OPTIMA@HOME | URL http://boinc.isa.ru/dcsdg/; Computer ID 6941; resource share 50
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | NRG | URL http://boinc.med.usherbrooke.ca/nrg/; Computer ID 24379; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Rioja Science | URL http://boinc.riojascience.com/; Computer ID 6864; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Collatz Conjecture | URL http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/; Computer ID 117830; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | The Lattice Project | URL http://boinc.umiacs.umd.edu/; Computer ID 101088; resource share 300
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | climateprediction.net | URL http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID 1314566; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Einstein@Home | URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 9655927; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | NFS@Home | URL http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/; Computer ID 13976; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | FiND@Home | URL http://findah.ucd.ie/; Computer ID 9819; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | TN-Grid Test Platform | URL http://gene.disi.unitn.it/test/; Computer ID 195; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | URL http://lhcathome2.cern.ch/vLHCathome/; Computer ID 443; resource share 0
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | LHC@home 1.0 | URL http://lhcathomeclassic.cern.ch/sixtrack/; Computer ID 10308564; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Milkyway@Home | URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 548882; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | MindModeling@Beta | URL http://mindmodeling.org/; Computer ID 26699; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | NumberFields@home | URL http://numberfields.asu.edu/NumberFields/; Computer ID 16430; resource share 50
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | OProject@Home | URL http://oproject.info/; Computer ID 13820; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | pogs | URL http://pogs.theskynet.org/pogs/; Computer ID 22026; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | ibercivis | URL http://registro.ibercivis.es/; Computer ID 393298; resource share 500
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 5297103; resource share 50
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | URL http://volunteer.cs.und.edu/csg/; Computer ID 2506; resource share 500
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | SubsetSum@Home | URL http://volunteer.cs.und.edu/subset_sum/; Computer ID 7596; resource share 50
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | WUProp@Home | URL http://wuprop.boinc-af.org/; Computer ID 65762; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Enigma@Home | URL http://www.enigmaathome.net/; Computer ID 115064; resource share 10
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | malariacontrol.net | URL http://www.malariacontrol.net/; Computer ID 718914; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | primaboinca | URL http://www.primaboinca.com/; Computer ID 27486; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | PrimeGrid | URL http://www.primegrid.com/; Computer ID 417051; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | yoyo@home | URL http://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/; Computer ID 103747; resource share 10
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | Renderfarm.fi | URL http://www.renderfarm.fi/; Computer ID 18728; resource share 100
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | RNA World | URL http://www.rnaworld.de/rnaworld/; Computer ID 32581; resource share 200
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | World Community Grid | URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 2563649; resource share 500
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | World Community Grid | General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 11-May-2013 22:09:18)
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | World Community Grid | Computer location: home
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | General prefs: using separate prefs for home
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Reading preferences override file
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Preferences:
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | max memory usage when active: 15564.80MB
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | max memory usage when idle: 15892.48MB
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | max disk usage: 40.00GB
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | don't compute while active
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | don't use GPU while active
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Resetting file projects/pogs.theskynet.org_pogs/pogs_image01.png: md5 checksum failed for file
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:46 2015 | | Not using a proxy
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | | Suspending computation - computer is in use
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | | Suspending network activity - computer is in use
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | | Resuming network activity
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_163__216244_80000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_163__216244_80000_0_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | pogs | Started download of pogs_image01.png
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | WUProp@Home | [cpu_sched] Restarting task data_collect_v4_1422394869_27957_0 using data_collect_v4 version 415 (nci) in slot 8
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | WUProp@Home | [css] running data_collect_v4_1422394869_27957_0 ()
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | Collatz Conjecture | [cpu_sched] Restarting task large_collatz_2393222600227573998707_26388279066624_0 using large_collatz version 606 (opencl_amd_gpu) in slot 0
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | Collatz Conjecture | [css] running large_collatz_2393222600227573998707_26388279066624_0 ()
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [cpu_sched] Restarting task wu_1418905615_81815_0 using vboxwrapper version 26079 (vbox64) in slot 1
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81815_0 ()
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [cpu_sched] Restarting task wu_1418905615_81794_0 using vboxwrapper version 26079 (vbox64) in slot 2
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81794_0 ()
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:51 2015 | OProject@Home | Fetching scheduler list
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:54 2015 | pogs | Finished download of pogs_image01.png
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:54 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_163__216244_80000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:54 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__215293_150000_1_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:54 2015 | pogs | [error] MD5 check failed for pogs_image01.png
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:54 2015 | pogs | [error] expected fb970056e83a8c62da22a9549059ddd3, got cc2ee9c62e5fa9bd02d101f5d671226b
Jeu 29 jan 21:47:54 2015 | pogs | [error] Checksum or signature error for pogs_image01.png
Jeu 29 jan 21:48:00 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__215293_150000_1_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:48:00 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__215293_150000_1_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:48:52 2015 | WUProp@Home | [css] running data_collect_v4_1422394869_27957_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:48:52 2015 | Collatz Conjecture | [css] running large_collatz_2393222600227573998707_26388279066624_0 (0.506 CPUs + 1 AMD/ATI GPU)
Jeu 29 jan 21:48:52 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81815_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:48:52 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81794_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:10 2015 | | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:13 2015 | | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:16 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:16 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:20 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:20 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | No tasks sent
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:20 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | This computer has reached a limit on tasks in progress
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:20 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | Project has no tasks available
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:32 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_163__216244_80000_0_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:32 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__215349_130000_1_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:35 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__215349_130000_1_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:35 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__215349_130000_1_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:37 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__215293_150000_1_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:37 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_163__215698_170000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:40 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_163__215698_170000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:40 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_163__215698_170000_0_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:52 2015 | WUProp@Home | [css] running data_collect_v4_1422394869_27957_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:52 2015 | Collatz Conjecture | [css] running large_collatz_2393222600227573998707_26388279066624_0 (0.506 CPUs + 1 AMD/ATI GPU)
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:52 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81815_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:49:52 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81794_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:50:53 2015 | WUProp@Home | [css] running data_collect_v4_1422394869_27957_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:50:53 2015 | Collatz Conjecture | [css] running large_collatz_2393222600227573998707_26388279066624_0 (0.506 CPUs + 1 AMD/ATI GPU)
Jeu 29 jan 21:50:53 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81815_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:50:53 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81794_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:12 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_163__215698_170000_0_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:12 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_1motifs_5_161__214221_180000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:16 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_1motifs_5_161__214221_180000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:16 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_1motifs_5_161__214221_180000_0_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:24 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__215349_130000_1_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:24 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_1motifs_5_160__213411_90000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:27 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_1motifs_5_160__213411_90000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:27 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_snail_hg19_1000fa_1motifs_5_160__213411_90000_0_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:54 2015 | WUProp@Home | [css] running data_collect_v4_1422394869_27957_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:54 2015 | Collatz Conjecture | [css] running large_collatz_2393222600227573998707_26388279066624_0 (0.506 CPUs + 1 AMD/ATI GPU)
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:54 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81815_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:51:54 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81794_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:52:19 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_1motifs_5_161__214221_180000_0_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:52:19 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__214644_160000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:52:22 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Finished upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__214644_160000_0_0
Jeu 29 jan 21:52:22 2015 | Citizen Science Grid | Started upload of gibbs_slug_hg19_1000fa_4motifs_1_162__214644_160000_0_1
Jeu 29 jan 21:52:54 2015 | WUProp@Home | [css] running data_collect_v4_1422394869_27957_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:52:54 2015 | Collatz Conjecture | [css] running large_collatz_2393222600227573998707_26388279066624_0 (0.506 CPUs + 1 AMD/ATI GPU)
Jeu 29 jan 21:52:54 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81815_0 ( )
Jeu 29 jan 21:52:54 2015 | VirtualLHC@home | [css] running wu_1418905615_81794_0 ( )

I've been using the computer all the time, you can't even see any "resuming CPU" or "resuming GPU" in the log but all active WUs are currently running, boinc is not obeying the suspend setup...

I don't really understand also why I have a "suspend network" the "resume network", I don't see such options in the preferences.

Hi Jerome,

Just to confirm: were all the app_configs.xml files removed when you ran this log?

Cheers,
--Charlie

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Charlie Fenton
BOINC / SETI@home Macintosh & Windows Programmer

Absolutely, since I have put here the full log, and if it wasn't the case you'd see the 2 rows

08-Jan-2015 23:25:20 [ATLAS@home] Found app_config.xml
08-Jan-2015 23:25:20 [VirtualLHC@home] Found app_config.xml

that I used to have before.

Actually vLHC was one of the projects I tried again when asked to try with CPU suspend (see above), and it turned out that I got 2 WU, and because I didn't have the app_config they both started to run, and "of course" one was wasted after 30mn (unmanageable state, this is another issue I have LOOOONG discussed in other forums, and never found any proper solution, ie vLHC and RNA and Atlas), so it is the proof if need be.

Reminder : I run an iMac under Yosemite (latest) with latest stable boinc 7.4.26, it runs as a service.

Gee, after the end of the charity event I opened all the projects again, forgetting about Primegrid that I had suspended, I got plenty of them... boo the computer is slooooow... so I have to think about suspending GPU when I use the machine, and not forget to let it run before I leave it... or suspend primegrid again...

I did downgrade boinc to 7.4.26, 7.3.19, 7.2.42, and also ran it NOT as a service (since this is not the "regular" to run boinc in Mac OS X, there is not even an installation option like windows version, you have to perform some script) and both "do not run while active" options (CPU and GPU) are NOT followed by boinc. This was obviously working when I was using these older versions.

The only difference is that installed Yosemite : there is an incompatibility of boinc activity detection under Yosemite, whatever (recent enough) version of boinc is used, whatever the run mode (service, or not).

This has nothing to do with any project app, nor the presence of any app_config file.

Please can you have a look at this ?

Thanks

Hi Jerome,

I did test with BOINC 7.4.36 running as a service (I ran the script) under Yosemite, and it detected user activity correctly on my Early 2008 Mac Pro. BOINC also detected user activity correctly under Yosemite when not running as a service on my Mac Pro.

By the way, unless you remove the file /Library/LaunchDaemons/edu.berkeley.boinc.plist, the newly installed version of BOINC will still be run as a service / daemon.

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Charlie Fenton
BOINC / SETI@home Macintosh & Windows Programmer

I first remove the service using "launchctl unload ..." command before installing any version of boinc, at the end of the install the installer launches boinc automatically, ie not as a service (that's the moment when I tested it "not as a service"), then I have to stop it and I use "launchctl load ..." again to establish the service again. So for me with or without service, it's not working anymore.

So you are telling me this is somehow a "strange issue only happening on my Mac", and it started at some point after I installed Yosemite, I know it was first working after the upgrade and then I did uncheck the bloody option to do a test (as explained at the beginning of this thread), and from that moment on it never worked again...

So I'll have to definitively stop primegrid then (mainly because the rest of my family doesn't have control over boinc with their account on the Mac - I don't want to - and can't stop/start GPU when they need to use the machine), until the future day I change my computer...

That's only the second "strange boinc issue only happening to my Mac", together with the "won't resist more than one VM projet at the same time" (eg vLHC / Atlas / RNA, whatever mix of these I try) or they will always finish in an "unmanageable state" that will never recover by itself and I have to cancel all those WUs...

Sigh... :/

Hi Jerome,

I think I may have found your problem (at least I hope so.) Looking at the image of your Advanced Preferences dialog you posted here I noticed that you have set Only after computer has been idle for 0.00 minutes. Of course, the computer has always been idle for at least 0 minutes! Change that to 3.00 or whatever you wish.

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Charlie Fenton
BOINC / SETI@home Macintosh & Windows Programmer

Bloody bloody hell !!! YOU ARE RIGHT !!! It works, as designed !

How on earth did this happen ? I cannot remember having changed this setup for ages, for me "0" meant "don't consider the option", and I only had the "don't compute GPU when used" unchecked without any mention of a delay of "unused", but now what you say perfectly makes sense ! I really don't understand how this situation happened, or maybe I had a value there and when I did my test one month ago by checking the option I also changed this value, without really thinking about it ?

I can't remember, but anyway, YOU MADE MY DAY !

Now Primegrid is back in business !

Thank you so much Charlie.

Have a great day :)