Posts by pschoefer

31) Message boards : BOINC client : Connected Frac = -1.000000 (Message 12046)
Posted 13 Aug 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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Hi all!
Last week my C2D, which is running with BOINCpe, started to get only one WU per request, although much more work is requested and I did not change the preferences. There are two projects attached: Pirates@Home and PrimeGrid.
Here's a part from the logfile:
06.08.2007 10:03:48|PrimeGrid|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
06.08.2007 10:03:48|PrimeGrid|Requesting 325679 seconds of new work
06.08.2007 10:03:53|PrimeGrid|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 511]
06.08.2007 10:03:53|PrimeGrid|Deferring communication for 7 sec
06.08.2007 10:03:53|PrimeGrid|Reason: requested by project
06.08.2007 10:03:55|PrimeGrid|[file_xfer] Started download of file llrTPS_7055979
06.08.2007 10:03:56|PrimeGrid|[file_xfer] Finished download of file llrTPS_7055979
06.08.2007 10:03:56|PrimeGrid|[file_xfer] Throughput 425 bytes/sec
06.08.2007 10:04:03|PrimeGrid|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
06.08.2007 10:04:03|PrimeGrid|Requesting 325041 seconds of new work
06.08.2007 10:04:08|PrimeGrid|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 511]
06.08.2007 10:04:08|PrimeGrid|Deferring communication for 7 sec
06.08.2007 10:04:08|PrimeGrid|Reason: requested by project
06.08.2007 10:04:10|PrimeGrid|[file_xfer] Started download of file llrTPS_7054620
06.08.2007 10:04:11|PrimeGrid|[file_xfer] Finished download of file llrTPS_7054620
06.08.2007 10:04:11|PrimeGrid|[file_xfer] Throughput 512 bytes/sec

...and so on...
At that time I was using BOINC 5.8.15, I updated to 5.10.13 at first, now 5.10.18, but still the same behaviour (my other host's are running fine and getting lots of PG-WUs per request). I also tried different prefs, but nothing changed.

Today I discovered <connected_frac>-1.000000</connected_frac> in the client_state.xml. Because this is the only difference form my other host's (there it is 0), I think that this is the reason.

I tried to manually set it to different values from 0 to 1 (client closed before that), but after restarting the client, it was -1 again.
32) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Where have all the messages gone...? (Message 11884)
Posted 30 Jul 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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After reading some old BOINC logs of mine, I find some useful messages missing in newer versions of BOINC.

Since 5.8.x we have two times "starting task" (I still don't see any sense in that), "resuming task", "restarting task" and "computation finished". But while switching from one task to another one, there used to be the following message:
2006-09-12 15:52:03 [SETI@home Beta Test] Pausing task 01my06aa.17871.305.972158.3.126_0 (left in memory)


Next examples:
2006-10-18 09:44:06 [---] Using earliest-deadline-first scheduling because computer is overcommitted.
2006-10-18 09:44:06 [---] Suspending work fetch because computer is overcommitted.
2006-10-18 12:46:24 [---] Resuming round-robin CPU scheduling.
2006-11-25 18:03:15 [---] Allowing work fetch again.

OK, the EDF scheduling has become more complicated with 5.8.x, but it would be great, if there was at least a message when work fetch is suspended/allowed.

And last but not least (and -unfortunately- NOT missing ;)) something about the error messages. I think it was in some of the 5.8 versions... Error messages where easy to see, as they were displayed in red. Now you might not see some error messages, because all messages are black. :|
33) Message boards : The Lounge : Really, who likes the new BOINC logo? (Message 11840)
Posted 28 Jul 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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At first sight I did not like the logo, but now I start loving it. :D

The old logo was just some kind of ink blot with the letters BOINC on it.

Now you can interprete those blue arms as seperated things (e.g. computers), which unify into one whole thing (i.e. the orange circle). That's exactly, what BOINC is! :)
34) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Problems with 5.8.15 (Message 9618)
Posted 16 Apr 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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If you click Retry or Update project or similar, it enables network again for 5 minutes. I'm tired of asking for that stupid "feature" to be removed.

It's really a useless feature that should be removed. I had the following problem with it: After all Workunits were crunched I set all projects on "no new tasks", enabled network communication, reported the WUs and disabled network again. Then I allowed the projects to fetch work again, and lots of WUs were downloaded, although network communication was DISABLED.
35) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Problems with 5.8.15 (Message 9371)
Posted 5 Apr 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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The problem with two instances of Internet Explorer 6 is still there in BOINC 5.8.16 :(

If you look back a couple posts in the thread, it's not a problem with BOINC. It's a problem with the version of libCurl that is used. The libCurl programmers have been informed.

Yes, of course. But it could have been that the libCurl-problem was fixed and the new solution was built in in BOINC 5.8.16 ...
btw: Is there any overview of the changes between the 5.8.x releases, like the one of 5.4.x?
36) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Problems with 5.8.15 (Message 9360)
Posted 5 Apr 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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The problem with two instances of Internet Explorer 6 is still there in BOINC 5.8.16 :(
37) Message boards : BOINC client : Trouble with router (Message 9060)
Posted 24 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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I don't know if you can believe it, but I could not at the first sight...
I made a firmware update (manually, because the router didn't find the new version automatically), and it works now.
Thanks for your support, although I finally solved the problem on my own.
38) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Trojan boinc installation by rogue member (Message 9016)
Posted 23 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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Anyone else find David Braun at Predictor@Home's response to this matter puzzling? I have to say I did.

We reopened the discussion. It cannot be that the oldest BOINC project supports abusing!
39) Message boards : BOINC Manager : graphically blind (Message 8987)
Posted 22 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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hi
I have been running boinc w/o being able to display any graphics since I started used my new IBM/T60 laptop.
I am now using 5.8.15 but it was the same issue for 5.8.11 and 5.8.16.
I have a single user install, when I upgrade, I first remove (via add/remove programs) and a couple times I also went as far as renaming the boinc folder.
note that I have been a Seti then boinc user for a couple years now so I am not a complete idiot with this.
I was running fine on my previous laptop and the ONLY thing which has changed is well, just that. the Laptop.
I have the latest LENOVO/ATI display driver and it does support openGL.
what else ?
it's frustrating to crunch the numbers in a blank screen. sometimes, I have the boinc logo bouncing around with the project(s) percentage but nothing else.
any idea ?
thank you

Are you not able to start the graphics via the BOINC manager, too, or is only the screensaver not working? Which projects are you running?
To give you a piece of advice: Forget about the graphics, they're just eating performance.
40) Message boards : BOINC client : Trouble with router (Message 8837)
Posted 17 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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Remember this is all outgoing.

Are there any ports needed for incoming connections? I spoke to an expert from Netgear today at Cebit, and he could only imagine that BOINC needed some ports forwarded.
41) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Trojan boinc installation by rogue member (Message 8770)
Posted 15 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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What a shame!
Wate is the featured volunteer of the day!
42) Message boards : BOINC client : Trouble with router (Message 8606)
Posted 7 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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Let's not forget port 443 please, though few projects use it.

Do you know, which projects use that port?
As mentioned before, I can contact SETI, SETI-Beta, and the account manager BAM!, while ABC, LHC, QMC, Einstein, PrimeGrid, Predictor, Spinhenge are unreachable.
43) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc Manager suggestions (Message 8575)
Posted 6 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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To extend your list:
4) "Update all projects"-button (There was one in ~5.2.7, but where is it now?)

On Windows, I don't think that can be done from a script... I plan on making a couple of little utilities for BOINC to do things like this.


But since it was built-in in a former version, I don't think it'd be a big problem to build it in again.
44) Message boards : BOINC Manager : North American Daylight Saving Time change (Message 8574)
Posted 6 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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It certainly does save energy, as most people who have the choice don't get up at daybreak and do stay up late enough to need electric lighting. Summer Time reduces the number of hours in the evening when electric light is required.

But most people have no choice when to get up, so they need electric light in the morning, exspecially at the begin and the end of DST. Take me for an example: I have to get up at 6 AM CET. In march, when the sun rises earlier, our European DST starts, so I have to get up at 6 AM CEST = 5 AM CET. At that time it's still dark outside, so I need light.

Everyone, who likes the DST, can get up earlier on his/her own and go to bed an hour earlier, too, without a clock showing one hour later. But those, who dislike the DST, have not this choice in most cases.

btw: The 3/4 of the French population voted against the DST, but they're forced to accept it.
45) Message boards : BOINC Manager : North American Daylight Saving Time change (Message 8570)
Posted 6 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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Just awful...
DST from March to November in the USA.
The Daylight Saving Time breaks Human Rights and does not save any energy.
46) Message boards : The Lounge : BOINC History (Message 8513)
Posted 4 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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So although Predictor was first, it's really lagging behind SETI :)

Two reasons for that:
1. Predictor came from almost nothing, while SETI came from SETI Classic and the BOINC Beta Test.
2. Predictor had no work for the last 8 months.
47) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Problems with 5.8.15 (Message 8470)
Posted 1 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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Suggest to get a second browser like Firefox or Opera and make either your preferred browser. If the behavior continues, blame BOINC, if not blame MS. I think someone found a solution though for the double feature and posted on this forum

What router problem (?).... helps if you provide link.

I won't install another browser, cuz IE has always done a good job for me. And the IE6-BOINC-problem is a problem of BOINC. In all official BOINC releases before 5.8.8 the links worked fine with IE.

And here's the link to the router problem.
48) Message boards : BOINC client : Trouble with router (Message 8469)
Posted 1 Mar 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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Do you have a firewall on your own PC? Usually router firewalls are pretty basic and don't interfere with outgoing port 80 traffic.

No. Windows 2000 has no internal firewall and I'm not using any third party software firewall.
The crazy thing is, that I can't contact the project servers (except of SETI), even if I place the PC in a DMZ. So it might be a problem with the router's firmware (but it's the up-to-date version), causing the firewall to be enabled although PC is in DMZ, or it's not a firewall problem. But what could it be else? I can reach every corner of the internet with IE via the router, but to connect to the BOINC project servers I need to install a direct connection.
49) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Problems with 5.8.15 (Message 8458)
Posted 27 Feb 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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New release, old problems:
By clicking on a link two instances of IE 6 are started. At least I understand that now: When you've already started an instance, it prevents the link to open in the same. But when nothing's open, there two instances after clicking on the link.
And I've still the same problem with BOINC + router (see BOINC Core Client - Trouble with router), but I don't think this is a BOINC problem.
50) Message boards : BOINC client : Trouble with router (Message 8456)
Posted 27 Feb 2007 by Profile pschoefer
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I will try a clean deinstallation when I'm out of work next time. Or does anybody have another idea?

Tried clean uninstallation with BOINC folder deletion, but it doesn't work. Only improvement is that I can contact BAM via the BOINC Manager now.

27.02.2007 15:01:45||Starting BOINC client version 5.8.15 for windows_intelx86
27.02.2007 15:01:45||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
27.02.2007 15:01:45||Libraries: libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8a zlib/1.2.3
27.02.2007 15:01:45||Data directory: C:\\Programme\\BOINC
27.02.2007 15:01:46||Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.50GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4] [fpu tsc sse mmx]
27.02.2007 15:01:46||Memory: 223.48 MB physical, 538.66 MB virtual
27.02.2007 15:01:46||Disk: 18.62 GB total, 16.09 GB free
27.02.2007 15:01:46||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
27.02.2007 15:01:47||This computer is not attached to any projects
27.02.2007 15:01:47||Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions
27.02.2007 15:02:58||Contacting account manager at http://bam.boincstats.com/
27.02.2007 15:03:18||Account manager error: can't resolve hostname
27.02.2007 15:03:18||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
27.02.2007 15:03:20||Access to reference site failed - check network connection or proxy configuration.
27.02.2007 15:04:22||Contacting account manager at http://bam.boincstats.com/
27.02.2007 15:04:22||Account manager: BAM Host-ID: 20485
27.02.2007 15:04:22||Account manager contact succeeded
27.02.2007 15:04:23||Attaching to http://lhcathome.cern.ch/
27.02.2007 15:04:23||Attaching to http://www.primegrid.com/
27.02.2007 15:04:23||Attaching to http://spin.fh-bielefeld.de/
27.02.2007 15:04:23||Attaching to http://abcathome.com/
27.02.2007 15:04:24|http://lhcathome.cern.ch/|Master file download succeeded
27.02.2007 15:04:24|http://lhcathome.cern.ch/|Sending scheduler request: Project initialization
27.02.2007 15:04:24|http://lhcathome.cern.ch/|Requesting 1 seconds of new work
27.02.2007 15:07:03||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
27.02.2007 15:07:03|http://lhcathome.cern.ch/|Scheduler request failed: server returned nothing (no headers, no data)
27.02.2007 15:07:03|http://lhcathome.cern.ch/|Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
27.02.2007 15:07:03|http://lhcathome.cern.ch/|Reason: scheduler request failed
27.02.2007 15:07:06||Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down.
27.02.2007 15:07:07|http://www.primegrid.com/|Master file download succeeded
27.02.2007 15:07:07|http://www.primegrid.com/|Sending scheduler request: Project initialization
27.02.2007 15:07:07|http://www.primegrid.com/|Requesting 1 seconds of new work


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