1) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC Mgr-BAM sync doesn't sync all my projects - just 6 out of 9 (Message 86637) Posted 20 Jun 2018 by llagos Post: Hi, I had a happy running system, but I had to change laptop. In my new laptop, I installed BoincMgr, (latest stable) sync'd with BAM, but only 6 of my 9 projects got sync'd. I've tried several times, even clicking on "attach to new host by default" several times in BAM site, but still only 6 out of 9. Please help! thanks! Regards,

2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : how to disable automatic use of VirtualBox? (Message 77176) Posted 5 Apr 2017 by llagos Post: Hi. I installed VirtualBox yesterday, and today I noticed there is a VM named "boinc_something" in it... I assume Boinc Mgr detected VBox and started downloading VM for it. How do I disable this behavior? I don't want BoincMgr to use VBox. Just normal tasks under BoincMgr. And of course, I won't uninstall VBox since I need it for my work. Thanks!

3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : separate "usage limits" under "computing preferences" for "in use-inactive" (Message 75964) Posted 16 Feb 2017 by llagos Post: Hi. I'd like to ask for an enhancement if possible for next/future versions. In current version "Usage limits" is one and for all. However I'd like it to be separated in two, for "active computer" or "idle computer/screensaver". This way, I could define something like: - when in use, use 75% of CPUs && 50% of CPU time - when not in use use 100% of CPUs && 100% of CPU time The idea is that I can run boinc when i'm also working, with some restrictions that won't affect the type of work I do, but when in screensaver mode, I can let boinc run at full throttle. Today, it's just nothing or all with the option to "suspend boinc when in use"... Thanks!

4) Message boards : BOINC client : feature request: UsageLimit for both "In use" and "Idle" or "screensaver" modes (Message 64501) Posted 28 Sep 2015 by llagos Post: Hi, I'd like to split this settings, which currently applies globally. The idea would be that I could tell Boinc to assign x% of CPU time while computer is in use, and a different Y% when computer is idle. I have a computer with 4 COREs, so I'd like to assign 1 core (25%) when I'm using the PC, but 3 (75%) when not in use. An even better option would be to have a check saying "use full CPUs when idle", and have only "usage limit" for "in use" case. Something along that line, would be a very good thing to have. At least, I'd use it :) Thanks

5) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc "not requesting tasks: don't need" even with NO tasks currently running and idle CPU (Message 54582) Posted 24 Jun 2014 by llagos Post: Sorry, yes... I forgot: 6/24/2014 1:18:54 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for windows_x86_64 Today it happened with project Constellation, but it has happened with other projects before. Same situation, I have no tasks, when boinc ask projects, this message of "not need" REgards,

6) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc "not requesting tasks: don't need" even with NO tasks currently running and idle CPU (Message 54579) Posted 24 Jun 2014 by llagos Post: Hi, Recently I aborted all my tasks (all overdue since I was out for a week), and today I resumed Boinc. Tasks pane is empty, and I have plenty of CPU and RAM. I enabled a few projects, but all I get is this message of "not needed", so I got no tasks to run... Why this? For instance, this one: 6/24/2014 1:28:03 PM | Constellation | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. 6/24/2014 1:28:03 PM | Constellation | Not requesting tasks: don't need How come I don't need, if I have none at all??? Regards,

7) Message boards : BOINC Manager : feature request: CPU use when in use / when idle (Message 48218) Posted 15 Mar 2013 by llagos Post: Hi, In current lastest version of BOINC Manager, it's possible to assign a particular amount (%) of RAM when the computer is in use, and a different one when it's idle. that's good, and I think it should be the same when the computer is idle (or screensaver mode). For instance, I have 50% cpu time assigned to boinc, but the computer goes idle, screensaver, etc., it could go higher! Hope this makes it... Regards,

8) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Feature request: preffered tasks (Message 48217) Posted 15 Mar 2013 by llagos Post: This feature was long ago requested as a "run until finish" feature. This way, you could select a particular task, marked as "run until finish", and voila. You got what you want. Of course, still waiting on that feature :(

9) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.0.28 on Linux 64bits error: libnotify.so.4: cannot open shared object file (Message 46524) Posted 1 Dec 2012 by llagos Post: Thanks... although, if that is the case, a more elegant solution would be to be fully 64bit complaint. I've seen application that are labeled as "64bit" but underneath, they use 32libs and need those "compat-libs". Regards, Leo

10) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.0.28 on Linux 64bits error: libnotify.so.4: cannot open shared object file (Message 46518) Posted 30 Nov 2012 by llagos Post: Hi. [netcool@T410-llagos BOINC]$ ldd boincmgr ./boincmgr: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by ./boincmgr) ./boincmgr: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by ./boincmgr) linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff70784000) libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_html-2.8.so.0 (0x000000387b000000) libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.8.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_adv-2.8.so.0 (0x0000003879000000) libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 (0x000000387b800000) libwx_baseu_net-2.8.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libwx_baseu_net-2.8.so.0 (0x000000387a000000) libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 (0x000000387b400000) libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x00000035f2800000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00000035dc600000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00000035dc200000) libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00000035e9000000) libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00000035de600000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00000035dd600000) libnotify.so.4 => not found libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00000035e2600000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00000035dca00000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00000035e2a00000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00000035dbe00000) libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00000035ea400000) libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00000035e7e00000) libgio-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00000035e6200000) libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f716458c000) libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00000035ea000000) libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f7164341000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00000035e0200000) libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00000035e0e00000) libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00000035e3200000) libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /lib64/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00000035df200000) librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00000035dce00000) libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00000035e1a00000) libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x000000387a400000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libSM.so.6 (0x00000035e5a00000) libpng12.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpng12.so.0 (0x00000035dfe00000) libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00000035dd200000) libjpeg.so.62 => /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so.62 (0x00000035ef800000) libtiff.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3 (0x00000035e6600000) libSDL-1.2.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libSDL-1.2.so.0 (0x00000035ea800000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00000035dba00000) libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f716412f000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00000035df600000) libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib64/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00000035e1e00000) libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libcairo.so.2 (0x00000035e8600000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6 (0x00000035dfa00000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1 (0x00000035e0a00000) libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXi.so.6 (0x00000035e1200000) libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00000035e1600000) libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00000035e2200000) libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00000035e8c00000) libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00000035e7200000) libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x00000035dde00000) libselinux.so.1 => /lib64/libselinux.so.1 (0x00000035dda00000) libexpat.so.1 => /lib64/libexpat.so.1 (0x00000035e0600000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libICE.so.6 (0x00000035e5600000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib64/libuuid.so.1 (0x00000035e2e00000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00000035dea00000) libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00000035e7a00000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00000035dee00000) [netcool@T410-llagos BOINC]$ About libc: netcool@T410-llagos BOINC]$ ls -l /lib64/libc.* lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 12 Nov 8 19:13 /lib64/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.12.so [netcool@T410-llagos BOINC]$ Regards, Leo

11) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.0.28 on Linux 64bits error: libnotify.so.4: cannot open shared object file (Message 46236) Posted 11 Nov 2012 by llagos Post: Hi, I've downloaded latest ".sh" script to install Boinc on my CentOS 6.3 64bits. After running the script, I ran the manager script and get the following error: [netcool@T410-llagos BOINC]$ ./run_manager ./boincmgr: error while loading shared libraries: libnotify.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [netcool@T410-llagos BOINC]$ However, I do have libnotify installed: [netcool@T410-llagos BOINC]$ rpm -ql libnotify /usr/bin/notify-send /usr/lib64/libnotify.so.1 /usr/lib64/libnotify.so.1.2.3 /usr/share/doc/libnotify-0.5.0 /usr/share/doc/libnotify-0.5.0/AUTHORS /usr/share/doc/libnotify-0.5.0/COPYING /usr/share/doc/libnotify-0.5.0/NEWS [netcool@T410-llagos BOINC]$ So, I do a libnotify.so.1, just not a ".so.4", and according to some quick research, this is the latest version of libnotify (.so.4 is older). Can Boinc run with this version of libnotify? Or do I need to "downgrade" my current up-to-date version of it? Regards,

12) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.0.28x64 runs only 2 tasks on system with 4-core and 75% CPU assigned (Message 45214) Posted 10 Aug 2012 by llagos Post: Hi, I'm running latest boinc, and I noticed a few days ago that it's only running two tasks simultaneously, where it used to run 3, since I have a 4 core cpu, and as computing option, I have assigned 75% of CPU to Boinc. Any idea what could be wrong? Regards,

13) Message boards : BOINC client : got an intel i5 cpu with 2 cores and hyper threading, but only 1 task running (Message 38892) Posted 11 Jul 2011 by llagos Post: Oh...!!!! Boinc manager is such a liar!!!! I changed that from the default '0.00' to '75.00' and now it's running 3 tasks! Thanks a lot... anyway, I think the options should be renamed... it's confusing to have a 'run based on preferences' and a 'run always' which (at least for me) makes me believe that NONE of the preferences will be used for the 'always' option... Regards, Leo

14) Message boards : BOINC client : got an intel i5 cpu with 2 cores and hyper threading, but only 1 task running (Message 38890) Posted 11 Jul 2011 by llagos Post: Hi. I just changed laptop to a new Lenovo T410, with an Intel i5 cpu. According to the intel webiste, it'a dual core, each core with hyper threading, so I expected Boinc Manager to run at least 2 tasks, if not 4. On the contrary, it's only running one, with 25% CPU usage. About preferences, I have boinc with 'Run Always', so it should be performing better... Here is the output from boinc manager: 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.33 for windows_x86_64 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.5 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Running under account llagos 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 5] 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Processor: 256.00 KB cache 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 syscall nx lm vmx smx tm2 popcnt aes pbe 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Professional x64 Edition, (06.01.7600.00) 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Memory: 3.80 GB physical, 7.60 GB virtual 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Disk: 137.62 GB total, 93.59 GB free 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | Local time is UTC -6 hours 7/11/2011 1:49:40 PM | | No usable GPUs found Any idea what can be wrong? Regards, Leo

15) Message boards : Questions and problems : task exited with zero status but no 'finished' file... what to do? (Message 35778) Posted 17 Nov 2010 by llagos Post: Maybe this problem is caused when I turn off my laptop. The "shutdown" signal frmo windows arrives to Boinc but Boinc takes too much time to finish all running tasks, so when the shutdown arrives, boinc hasn't finished, and it's killed (speaking in unix terms)... I've been trying suspending all network/tasks just before shutdown, in order to let boinc nicely finish all work, and then shutdown. Seems to work, although it's a PITA having to do this manually all the time... Regards, Leo

16) Message boards : Questions and problems : BM downloads new task, but doesn't show it under "Tasks" :( (Message 35523) Posted 29 Oct 2010 by llagos Post: silly lazy me :( Thanks!

17) Message boards : Questions and problems : BM downloads new task, but doesn't show it under "Tasks" :( (Message 35521) Posted 29 Oct 2010 by llagos Post: Hi. Boinc Manager 6.10.58 on WVista. I've noticed lately that new tasks, after downloaded, are not shown in the Tasks tab. It's when they are "almost-ready" to start, that they show up in that tab with 0%. Don't know why this. Is this a new feature of this version? Anyway, I can't tell how many new tasks do I have...! I have to check under "Messages", and take a manual count comparing with the Tasks tab....! Awful! Regards, Leo

18) Message boards : Questions and problems : task exited with zero status but no 'finished' file... what to do? (Message 35520) Posted 29 Oct 2010 by llagos Post: Hi. I've seen this message a lot lately, for different projects. I sometimes see the project going back to 0% progress (start all over), other times it just continues as normal... Should I worry about this? Eventually, the task finishes normally, but I'm worried about the double-work and cpu time wasted...! Regards, Leo

19) Message boards : Questions and problems : just detached project, but directory "symbols" is still on my HD (and using 100 MB!!!) (Message 35519) Posted 29 Oct 2010 by llagos Post: Hi. The project was Ralph@Home... BOINC has crashed from time to time... but not boinc manager (well, a few times, when resuming work, coming back from screensaver); but mostly the applications crash from time to time... So, should I get rid from those 100MB manually? BTW, I have other directories with the "symbols" name...??? Regards, Leo

20) Message boards : Questions and problems : just detached project, but directory "symbols" is still on my HD (and using 100 MB!!!) (Message 35489) Posted 28 Oct 2010 by llagos Post: Hi... I've just detached from a project (since I realized it's a "alpha test" project), and after checking the AppData\Boinc folder, I still can see 100MB in a directory with the name of that project but with the "symbols"... So, why this? shouldn't boinc remove everything from a project when detaching from it? Regards, Leo

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