Good evening lads and gents,

its weeks that my boinc doesn't download new tasks from my 10 projects (occasionally 1 in 3 weeks) but I still receive news about them.

Here the pj list, but they are not down:

- Asteriods
- Constellation
- Cosmology@home
- Docking
- Einstein@home
- eon2
- Milkyway@home
- rosetta@home
- SETI@home
- WCG

Any suggestion?

Thanks in advance and a nice evening to all of you.

Rino

Can you supply some required information please:

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8600

Claggy

Thanks for the link.

Here the details requested, sorry for the time zone delay.

-BOINC 7.0.64 (x64)

-Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9]

-OS: Microsoft Windows 8: Core x64 Edition, (06.02.9200.00)

-Memory: 7.89 GB physical, 9.08 GB virtual

-OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 610M (driver version 306.97, CUDA version 5.0, compute capability 2.1, 2048MB, 1993MB available, 91 GFLOPS peak)

-OpenCL: Intel GPU 0: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (driver version 9.17.10.2828, device version OpenCL 1.1, 1624MB, 1624MB available, 45 GFLOPS peak)

The project list is attached in the previous message.

The problem is for all the projects in the list.

The problem is that BOINC is not downloading new packages, but I can receive the projects news feed.

I tried to unistall and reinstall BOINC.
I removed the exclusion program list.

Here the event log lines:

18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.0.64 for windows_x86_64
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Running under account Rino
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9]
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | 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 popcnt aes syscall nx lm vmx tm2 pbe
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | OS: Microsoft Windows 8: Core x64 Edition, (06.02.9200.00)
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Memory: 7.89 GB physical, 9.08 GB virtual
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Disk: 372.60 GB total, 200.10 GB free
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Local time is UTC +2 hours
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | VirtualBox version: 4.2.6
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 610M (driver version 306.97, CUDA version 5.0, compute capability 2.1, 2048MB, 1993MB available, 91 GFLOPS peak)
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 610M (driver version 306.97, device version OpenCL 1.1 CUDA, 2048MB, 1993MB available, 91 GFLOPS peak)
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | OpenCL: Intel GPU 0: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (driver version 9.17.10.2828, device version OpenCL 1.1, 1624MB, 1624MB available, 45 GFLOPS peak)
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | Constellation | URL http://aerospaceresearch.net/constellation/; Computer ID 15039; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | Asteroids@home | URL http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/; Computer ID 11761; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | rosetta@home | URL http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 1599671; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | Docking | URL http://docking.cis.udel.edu/; Computer ID 128823; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | Einstein@Home | URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 6508825; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | eon2 | URL http://eon.ices.utexas.edu/eon2/; Computer ID 37140; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | Milkyway@Home | URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 495841; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6895919; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | Cosmology@Home | URL http://www.cosmologyathome.org/; Computer ID 183369; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | World Community Grid | URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 2302405; resource share 100
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | General prefs: from http://qcn.stanford.edu/sensor/ (last modified 17-Feb-2013 10:47:17)
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Host location: none
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | General prefs: using your defaults
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Reading preferences override file
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Preferences:
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | max memory usage when active: 403.88MB
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | max memory usage when idle: 2019.41MB
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | max disk usage: 0.00GB
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | max CPUs used: 2
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 50 %
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
18/09/2013 22.30.24 | | Not using a proxy
18/09/2013 22.30.25 | eon2 | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
18/09/2013 22.30.25 | eon2 | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA
18/09/2013 22.30.28 | eon2 | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
18/09/2013 22.30.28 | eon2 | No work sent
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | Asteroids@home | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | Constellation | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | Cosmology@Home | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | Docking | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | Einstein@Home | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | eon2 | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | Milkyway@Home | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | rosetta@home | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | SETI@home | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.32 | World Community Grid | update requested by user
18/09/2013 22.30.33 | Constellation | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.30.33 | Constellation | Not requesting tasks: project is not highest priority
18/09/2013 22.30.36 | Constellation | Scheduler request completed
18/09/2013 22.30.41 | Asteroids@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.30.41 | Asteroids@home | Not requesting tasks: project is not highest priority
18/09/2013 22.30.43 | Asteroids@home | Scheduler request completed
18/09/2013 22.30.49 | rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.30.49 | rosetta@home | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA
18/09/2013 22.30.52 | rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
18/09/2013 22.30.57 | Docking | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.30.57 | Docking | Not requesting tasks: project is not highest priority
18/09/2013 22.31.02 | Docking | Scheduler request completed
18/09/2013 22.31.07 | Einstein@Home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.31.07 | Einstein@Home | Not requesting tasks: project is not highest priority
18/09/2013 22.31.09 | Einstein@Home | Scheduler request completed
18/09/2013 22.31.14 | eon2 | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.31.14 | eon2 | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA
18/09/2013 22.31.16 | eon2 | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
18/09/2013 22.31.16 | eon2 | Not sending work - last request too recent: 47 sec
18/09/2013 22.31.22 | Milkyway@Home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.31.22 | Milkyway@Home | Not requesting tasks: project is not highest priority
18/09/2013 22.31.24 | Milkyway@Home | Scheduler request completed
18/09/2013 22.31.29 | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.31.29 | SETI@home | Not requesting tasks: project is not highest priority
18/09/2013 22.31.37 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed
18/09/2013 22.31.42 | Cosmology@Home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.31.42 | Cosmology@Home | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA
18/09/2013 22.31.44 | Cosmology@Home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
18/09/2013 22.31.44 | Cosmology@Home | No work sent
18/09/2013 22.31.49 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
18/09/2013 22.31.49 | World Community Grid | Not requesting tasks: project is not highest priority
18/09/2013 22.31.54 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request completed
18/09/2013 23.01.21 | eon2 | Sending scheduler request: Requested by project.
18/09/2013 23.01.21 | eon2 | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA
18/09/2013 23.01.24 | eon2 | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
18/09/2013 23.01.24 | eon2 | No work sent

Thanks for the help.

Rino

Is your BOINC set to Suspend? BOINC Manager->Activity->Suspend?
Are the projects set to Suspend? BOINC Manager->Projects tab->Any project status Suspended?
Are the projects set to No new tasks? BOINC Manager->Projects tab->Any projects status Won't get new tasks?
Is there any work (still) suspended? BOINC Manager->Tasks tab->Status of any work in cache?
What are your project preferences set for, with regard to CPU and GPU usage?

BOINC is obviously asking for work from eon2, Rosetta and Cosmology, but only for the Nvidia GPU. Nothing for the CPU. Which makes me believe then that you only have set project preferences to use the GPU, not the CPU. Or that the CPU Activity is set to Suspended.

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Ah, also good catch. I read over that one.
Rino, since you seem to be using your local preferences, check what it says for Disk usage under (Advanced view->)Tools->Computing preferences->Disk and memory usage.

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Since we have

18/09/2013 22.30.24 | Einstein@Home | URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 6508825; resource share 100

we can track that back to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/hosts_user.php?userid=572711

If you wait until BOINC requests work by itself (rather than clicking update), and then follow that link, you (and we) can click on the date/time in the far right-hand column and see what the server thought of your request - that can be easier for less-experienced users than setting up local debug logging. The lack of allowed disk space does seem like something to check first, though.

Here conditions details:

processor:
-use CPU when using computer
-use GPU when using computer
-when CPU usage is less then 50%
-change task every 30m
-use at maximum 25% of processors
-use at amaximum 10% of CPU
disk:
-use at maximum 5GB of disk
-leave at minimum 100GB of free disk
- use at maximum 10% of total disk
- write every 60s
-use at maximum 5% paging file
- use at mazimum 5% when in use
-use at maximum 25% when not in use

@ageless
all answer to your questions are negative, I used boinc with these settings for months, suddenly it stopped working.
All activity are set to continuos.

@Richard, Its weeks that is idle, looks like it doesn't connect automatically even if the web activity is set to always available (as CPU and GPU as well).

Thanks to all of you for the support. I try now to extend the space and range limits once again.

Keeping you updated ;)

You did take those preferences from the local preferences, as I pointed out? These override any web-preferences.

Can you else please post the contents of your global_prefs.xml file and the global_prefs_override.xml file? You can find these in your BOINC Data directory, at C:\ProgramData\BOINC (probably a hidden directory, just fill in the path to it in Windows Explorer and hit Enter). You can open these XML files with Notepad, no need for an XML program. Don't open them in Internet Explorer either, as that adds characters that aren't there.

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GLOBAL PREFS XML:

<global_preferences>

<source_project>http://qcn.stanford.edu/sensor/</source_project>
<source_scheduler>http://qcn.stanford.edu/sensor_cgi/cgi</source_scheduler>

<mod_time>1361094437</mod_time>
<leave_apps_in_memory>0</leave_apps_in_memory>
<suspend_while_on_batteries>0</suspend_while_on_batteries>
<idle_time_to_run>0</idle_time_to_run>
<suspend_if_no_recent_input>0</suspend_if_no_recent_input>
<cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>60</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>
<work_buf_min_days>0</work_buf_min_days>
<work_buf_additional_days>0.25</work_buf_additional_days>
<max_cpus>1</max_cpus>
<cpu_usage_limit>100</cpu_usage_limit>
<disk_interval>60</disk_interval>
<disk_max_used_gb>100</disk_max_used_gb>
<disk_max_used_pct>50</disk_max_used_pct>
<disk_min_free_gb>0.001</disk_min_free_gb>
<vm_max_used_pct>75</vm_max_used_pct>
<ram_max_used_busy_pct>50</ram_max_used_busy_pct>
<ram_max_used_idle_pct>90</ram_max_used_idle_pct>
<max_bytes_sec_down>0</max_bytes_sec_down>
<max_bytes_sec_up>0</max_bytes_sec_up>
<suspend_cpu_usage>0</suspend_cpu_usage>
</global_preferences>

GLOBAL PREFS OVERRIDE

<global_preferences>
<run_on_batteries>0</run_on_batteries>
<run_if_user_active>1</run_if_user_active>
<run_gpu_if_user_active>1</run_gpu_if_user_active>
<suspend_cpu_usage>50.000000</suspend_cpu_usage>
<start_hour>0.000000</start_hour>
<end_hour>0.000000</end_hour>
<net_start_hour>0.000000</net_start_hour>
<net_end_hour>0.000000</net_end_hour>
<leave_apps_in_memory>0</leave_apps_in_memory>
<confirm_before_connecting>0</confirm_before_connecting>
<hangup_if_dialed>0</hangup_if_dialed>
<dont_verify_images>0</dont_verify_images>
<work_buf_min_days>0.100000</work_buf_min_days>
<work_buf_additional_days>0.500000</work_buf_additional_days>
<max_ncpus_pct>25.000000</max_ncpus_pct>
<cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>30.000000</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>
<disk_interval>60.000000</disk_interval>
<disk_max_used_gb>10.000000</disk_max_used_gb>
<disk_max_used_pct>10.000000</disk_max_used_pct>
<disk_min_free_gb>100.000000</disk_min_free_gb>
<vm_max_used_pct>10.000000</vm_max_used_pct>
<ram_max_used_busy_pct>10.000000</ram_max_used_busy_pct>
<ram_max_used_idle_pct>25.000000</ram_max_used_idle_pct>
<max_bytes_sec_up>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_up>
<max_bytes_sec_down>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_down>
<cpu_usage_limit>10.000000</cpu_usage_limit>
<daily_xfer_limit_mb>0.000000</daily_xfer_limit_mb>
<daily_xfer_period_days>0</daily_xfer_period_days>
</global_preferences>

<disk_max_used_pct>10.000000</disk_max_used_pct>
<disk_min_free_gb>100.000000</disk_min_free_gb>

I wonder if the two values above do it.
How big is your hard drive? BOINC says you have Disk: 372.60 GB total, 200.10 GB free, but is your hard drive really only ~375 GB big? So I am looking for the total hard drive space value, in Gigabytes.
How much space is free on the total hard drive? The 200 GB BOINC says is free is on the present partition that's on that hard drive.

If you're not sure how to get the total drive space info, do: right-click My Computer->Manage->Storage->Disk Management. I'm interested in the drive space for the drive that the C: partition sits on.

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Ageless,
the C OS partition is 372GB with 198G free. I have another partition for docs 537GB, so total size around 1TB.

At now BOINC uses 845MB, has 9.2GB available for it, total 10GB, the different projects use space between 700KB (asteriods@home) and 246MB (constellation), sometimes I received the message that one project was needing more space and I increased it as required.

I added right now a new project SAT@home and superlinkattechnion, the first one is downloading packages at the moment, I'm going to remove all the projects and re-add them again, let's see what happen.

Always thanks :)

R

Guys,
I'm happy to tell you that looks like it's working now, at the start I removed some projects, but I try to first suspend, block request and reset the others project and then reprise them again, with positive results.

The reson I didn't try this before is that I thought it was resetting my statistics. But they are on the cloud, fool me..

In these years I changed computers, forgot password, losing data, losing statistics, nothing of really important actually compared to the help anyway given, its years that I support this philosophy and it was frustracting to be out of it.

Anyway my contribution to the community starts again!

I want to show gratitude to all of you that helped me to face this problem.

Have a good computing!

Rino

I added right now a new project SAT@home and superlinkattechnion, the first one is downloading packages at the moment, I'm going to remove all the projects and re-add them again, let's see what happen.

I don't know if you're familiar with superlinkattechnion but, FYI, they often go very many months without having work for users so don't be surprised if you don't get any work from them.

-- David

Ok David no panic! :D

Thanks

Rino