Message boards : Questions and problems : Warns that WCG project "may not have work" incorrect
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Send message Joined: 22 Mar 06 Posts: 9 |
Hi, When attaching various Windows Vista and XP computers to the World Community Grid project the BOINC Manager (usually version 6.10.18) gives me a warning stating something like "This project may not have work for this type of computer. Attach anyway?" I say 'yes' and attach, of course, because the WCG has *never* lacked plenty of material for all of my computers, but the warning is confusing and I could see how it could discourage others from choosing that project (or, rather, group of projects). Ironically, LHC@home ( http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/ ) is still one of the preferred projects on the list and it has been, sadly, completely unreachable for months, without even an accessible web page to explain what happened. Is this a bug? ~~Matt |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5121 |
1) The 'Platforms' tag in the all_projects.xml file that is managed and circulated by BOINC is blank for WCG: <platforms> <name></name> </platforms> That would indeed seem to be a problem that BOINC should correct. 2) It is entirely up to each individual project what they do, or don't do. I used to crunch for LHC@home too, and I regret that it seems to have fallen into a black hole - at least, their administrative staff have retreated behind an event horizon: the website is still there, idle and covered in cobwebs. But that's not BOINC's responsibility. |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5121 |
If you're doing a clean install, the initial "Attach to project" will be done using the all_projects.xml file distributed inside the installer: it's the only data file in the package. I only have the packages for v6.10.24 and v6.10.25 unpacked for immediate inspection, but they both have blank platform lists. On the other hand, v6.6.36 has a full set: <platforms> <name>windows_intelx86</name> <name>i686-pc-linux-gnu</name> <name>i686-apple-darwin</name> <name>powerpc-apple-darwin</name> <name>x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</name> <name>i386-portbld-freebsd</name> </platforms> If someone has been using BOINC for a while, the 'Attach to project' wizard will use a fresh copy of all_platforms: that's got the blank list, as I showed you earlier. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15542 |
Forwarded to BOINC devs and WCG development. |
Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15542 |
Fixed in [trac]changeset:20461[/trac] |
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