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Message 58396 - Posted: 2 Dec 2014, 19:34:53 UTC - in response to Message 57834.  

David Anderson wrote:
There was a bug involving zero-share projects.
I fixed it, and things seem to work, at least in the simulator: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/scenarios/126/simulations/5/timeline.html

We'll port this to 7.4 and do a new release.

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v7.4.32 is now available on the 'download all' page. It installs and runs OK (64-bit Windows), but I don't use the backup project setting. Any testers?
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Message 58398 - Posted: 2 Dec 2014, 19:58:01 UTC
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Rom Walton wrote:
Howdy Folks,

We have a new build out that should address quite a few issues that were
discovered after the public release.

Fixes should include:
* Attaching to World Community Grid
* Back-up projects (0 Resource Share)
* Suspending GPUs should not suspend Bitcoin Miners
* Improved error message handling for app_config.xml parsing errors
* Better detection of notice updates (reduces the number of system notifications)
* Should ignore VirtualBox installer errors and proceed with BOINC installation
* Updates to OpenSSL(1.0.1j) and LibCurl(7.39.0)

Outstanding issues:
* Certain locales with certain types of characters are causing a crash in the manager

This is a release candidate.

Please report your test results as quickly as possible to: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha/test_form.php

Please report any bugs to boinc_alpha@ssl.berkeley.edu.

Thanks in advance.

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Message 58405 - Posted: 2 Dec 2014, 21:49:39 UTC - in response to Message 58396.  

David Anderson wrote:
There was a bug involving zero-share projects.
I fixed it, and things seem to work, at least in the simulator: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/scenarios/126/simulations/5/timeline.html

We'll port this to 7.4 and do a new release.

-- David

v7.4.32 is now available on the 'download all' page. It installs and runs OK (64-bit Windows), but I don't use the backup project setting. Any testers?

Hi Richard,

I would love to test it, but WCG sent monster BETA's to my machines containing 1 single job in a Workunit, so no checkpointing and running now 14 hours and 50% progress.
Will see tomorrow ;-)

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Message 58406 - Posted: 3 Dec 2014, 8:57:52 UTC - in response to Message 58405.  
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David Anderson wrote:
There was a bug involving zero-share projects.
I fixed it, and things seem to work, at least in the simulator: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/scenarios/126/simulations/5/timeline.html

We'll port this to 7.4 and do a new release.

-- David

v7.4.32 is now available on the 'download all' page. It installs and runs OK (64-bit Windows), but I don't use the backup project setting. Any testers?

Hi Richard,

I would love to test it, but WCG sent monster BETA's to my machines containing 1 single job in a Workunit, so no checkpointing and running now 14 hours and 50% progress.
Will see tomorrow ;-)

CP

Done! I only tested this issue and can confirm that it's fixed. I set resource share zero for PG before and updated the project with the old client. With 1 idle core:

39 03 Dec 09:53:17 Version change (7.4.18 -> 7.4.32)
87 PrimeGrid 03 Dec 09:53:45 update requested by user
88 PrimeGrid 03 Dec 09:53:46 Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
89 PrimeGrid 03 Dec 09:53:46 Requesting new tasks for CPU
90 PrimeGrid 03 Dec 09:53:49 Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
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Message 58441 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014, 22:55:00 UTC

Just a message to tell you that "Suspend GPUs" doesn't work in version 7.4.32, GPU still work after selection.
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Message 58442 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014, 23:08:04 UTC - in response to Message 58441.  

Yup thanks, confirmed and forward to Alpha email list.
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Message 58445 - Posted: 6 Dec 2014, 1:24:39 UTC

I haven't received any notices since I went to 7.4.27 and 7.4.32. I have 8 machines running XP3, windows 7 and windows 8.1. I looked at boinc/data/notices and I have some 12.5.2014 entries mainly feeds and archives. I turned on debug notices, but all i see in message log is:

OFFICE

41102 12/5/2014 6:19:24 PM NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
41103 12/5/2014 6:19:34 PM NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
41104 12/5/2014 6:19:44 PM NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
41105 12/5/2014 6:19:54 PM NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices


Are there other flags I need to turn on?

Any ideas.
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Message 58446 - Posted: 6 Dec 2014, 2:30:19 UTC - in response to Message 58445.  
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Without knowing what projects you added, it's a tad difficult to say something about it. Perhaps your projects haven't put out any notices in the past 30 days.
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Message 58447 - Posted: 6 Dec 2014, 3:09:29 UTC - in response to Message 58446.  

Across the eight computers I run every known project that is still active according to BAM. Surely there would be a notice from one of them in the last 30 days. Why are there current days (12/5/2014} project, feeds and archives in the boinc data Notices folder? Why is there a project folder and an archive for that project with the date of 12/5/2014? Are the feeds suppose to show in notice tab?
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Message 58467 - Posted: 6 Dec 2014, 21:29:22 UTC
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BOINC doesn't check for new notices all the time. The time between checks is defined by projects, I guess the default is one day. See <poll_interval> in notices/feeds.xml . If you want BOINC to fetch new notices right now, just restart it.

You should see something like this when BOINC checks for new notices:

[notice] start fetch from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/notices.php?userid=x&auth=y
[notice] handling reply from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/notices.php?userid=x&auth=y
[notice] parsed RSS feed: total 4 error 0 added 0



Does any of the xml files in notices directory have any notices in them. Seti seems to have notices online so do you have anything from them?
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Message 58470 - Posted: 6 Dec 2014, 23:37:14 UTC
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Yes I have these messages, but for project charity. It looks like it doesn't check anything else. Here is the event log after restart of Boinc: Seti has a message in notices folder.


12/6/2014 4:22:34 PM | | Not using a proxy
12/6/2014 4:22:34 PM | | [notice] adding feed: http://www.charityengine.com/notices/feed/981/ca4070792f876fec0bb0cb3360af148a, 43200 sec
12/6/2014 4:22:34 PM | | [notice] feed: http://www.charityengine.com/notices/feed/981/ca4070792f876fec0bb0cb3360af148a, 43200 sec
12/6/2014 4:22:34 PM | | read 0 total notices
12/6/2014 4:22:37 PM | | [notice] start fetch from http://www.charityengine.com/notices/feed/981/ca4070792f876fec0bb0cb3360af148a
12/6/2014 4:22:37 PM | http://boinc.berkeley.edu/vbox/ | Fetching scheduler list
12/6/2014 4:22:38 PM | | [error] Can't create HTTP response output file projects/qcn.emsc-csem.org_sensor/ntpdate_4.2.4p7c_windows_intelx86.exe
12/6/2014 4:22:38 PM | Quake-Catcher Network EMSC / CSEM | Backing off 00:02:32 on download of ntpdate_4.2.4p7c_windows_intelx86.exe
12/6/2014 4:22:38 PM | | [error] Can't create HTTP response output file projects/qcn.emsc-csem.org_sensor/qcn_7.36_windows_intelx86__nci.exe
12/6/2014 4:22:38 PM | Quake-Catcher Network EMSC / CSEM | Backing off 00:02:13 on download of qcn_7.36_windows_intelx86__nci.exe
12/6/2014 4:22:52 PM | | [notice] handling reply from http://www.charityengine.com/notices/feed/981/ca4070792f876fec0bb0cb3360af148a
12/6/2014 4:22:52 PM | | [notice] parsed RSS feed: total 0 error 0 added 0
12/6/2014 4:22:56 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:22:57 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:22:58 PM | http://falua.cesfelipesegundo.com/Ideologias/ | Fetching scheduler list
12/6/2014 4:22:58 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:22:59 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:00 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:01 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:02 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:03 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:04 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:05 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:06 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:07 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:08 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:09 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:10 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:11 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:12 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:13 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:14 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:15 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:16 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:17 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:18 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:19 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:20 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:21 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:22 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:23 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:23 PM | | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
12/6/2014 4:23:24 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:25 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
12/6/2014 4:23:25 PM | | Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
12/6/2014 4:23:25 PM | Plagiarism@Home | Fetching scheduler list
12/6/2014 4:23:26 PM | | NOTICES::write: seqno 0, refresh false, 0 notices
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Message 58509 - Posted: 7 Dec 2014, 22:29:34 UTC - in response to Message 58396.  

David Anderson wrote:
There was a bug involving zero-share projects.
I fixed it, and things seem to work, at least in the simulator: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/scenarios/126/simulations/5/timeline.html

We'll port this to 7.4 and do a new release.

-- David

v7.4.32 is now available on the 'download all' page. It installs and runs OK (64-bit Windows), but I don't use the backup project setting. Any testers?


I have upgraded from 7.2.42 to version 7.4.32 and can confirm that the zero share bug I experienced in version 7.4.27 is fixed in this version.

don't experience any other defects in this version.

06-Dec-2014 18:15:51 [---] Version change (7.2.42 -> 7.4.32)
06-Dec-2014 18:15:51 [Collatz Conjecture] URL http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz/; Computer ID 149089; resource share 0
06-Dec-2014 18:15:51 [Einstein@Home] URL http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID 11628448; resource share 0
06-Dec-2014 18:15:51 [GPUGRID] URL http://www.gpugrid.net/; Computer ID 171983; resource share 10
06-Dec-2014 18:15:51 [World Community Grid] URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 2996493; resource share 100
06-Dec-2014 18:15:51 [World Community Grid] General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 24-Aug-2014 10:33:22)
06-Dec-2014 18:44:52 [Collatz Conjecture] Computation for task solo_collatz_2391875353958451782771_1649267441664_0 finished
06-Dec-2014 18:44:52 [World Community Grid] Starting task MCM1_0009673_3032_1
06-Dec-2014 18:44:55 [Collatz Conjecture] Started upload of solo_collatz_2391875353958451782771_1649267441664_0_0
06-Dec-2014 18:44:56 [Collatz Conjecture] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
06-Dec-2014 18:44:56 [Collatz Conjecture] Requesting new tasks for Intel GPU
06-Dec-2014 18:44:57 [Collatz Conjecture] Finished upload of solo_collatz_2391875353958451782771_1649267441664_0_0
06-Dec-2014 18:44:57 [Collatz Conjecture] Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
06-Dec-2014 18:44:59 [Collatz Conjecture] Started download of solo_collatz_2391889381216413820019_1649267441664
06-Dec-2014 18:45:00 [Collatz Conjecture] Finished download of solo_collatz_2391889381216413820019_1649267441664
06-Dec-2014 18:45:00 [Collatz Conjecture] Starting task solo_collatz_2391889381216413820019_1649267441664_1
06-Dec-2014 18:47:02 [Collatz Conjecture] Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
06-Dec-2014 18:47:02 [Collatz Conjecture] Reporting 1 completed tasks
06-Dec-2014 18:47:02 [Collatz Conjecture] Not requesting tasks: don't need (CPU: ; NVIDIA GPU: ; Intel GPU: )
06-Dec-2014 18:47:04 [Collatz Conjecture] Scheduler request completed
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Message 58518 - Posted: 8 Dec 2014, 20:14:38 UTC

BOINC 7.4.34 has been released for testing, but it still contains the bug where you suspend GPU and although all shows GPU is suspended, the computation continues. So do not use 7.4.34 if you're struck by that bug.
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Message 58578 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014, 21:54:22 UTC

Seems some of the text for the Boinc 7.4.35 changelog is missing in Message 58529:

The full text:

client: fix bug where GPU jobs non suspended

There was a bug where, when you suspend GPU activity,
GPU jobs show as suspended but are not actually suspended.
This was because of recent changes to distinguish GPU and non-GPU coprocs.
Change things so that coprocs are by default GPUs.
If you want to declare a non-GPU coproc in your cc_config.xml,
you much put <non_gpu/> in its <coproc> element.


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Message 58582 - Posted: 9 Dec 2014, 22:16:02 UTC - in response to Message 58578.  
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No, that text was there, but I always forget that the admin title means any &lt; and &gt; signs get executed. So instead I have to use [code/] containers, or as in this case, use HTML name signs.
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Message 58601 - Posted: 10 Dec 2014, 18:24:06 UTC
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BOINC 7.4.35 released for Windows and Mac

Rom Walton wrote:
Howdy Folks,

I've posted a new build which addresses:
* Increasing the maximum number of coprocessor devices to 64.
* GPU Suspension issue.

This is a release candidate.

Please report your test results as quickly as possible to: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha/test_form.php

Please report any bugs to boinc_alpha@ssl.berkeley.edu.

Thanks in advance.

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Message 58624 - Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 15:23:19 UTC
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Due to my administrator title, all previous posts that have some kind of HTML code and XML containers in the text will not show this text. This includes on all posts the reminder for Alpha testers log flags bit.

I did edit the last 4 or 5 posts to now show that bit again, I am not going to edit all posts in the thread though. For the people wondering what the text should say:

REMINDER TO ALL ALPHA TESTERS:
It's far easier for the developers to fix problems when you send message logs with the appropriate flags set. The main flags are:

<cpu_sched_debug>: problems involving the choice of applications to run.
<work_fetch_debug>: problems involving work fetch (which projects are asked for work, and how much).
<rr_simulation>: problems involving jobs being run in high-priority mode.
<sched_op_debug>: problems involving scheduler operations and other low level information.

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Message 58631 - Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 20:06:53 UTC - in response to Message 58582.  

No, that text was there, but I always forget that the admin title means any &lt; and &gt; signs get executed. So instead I have to use [code/] containers, or as in this case, use HTML name signs.

Do you think it would be better if the BBCode and HTML modes were separated? Say, if there were a [html] BBCode tag. What's inside that is passed to the web page as is, no processing at all. And what's outside it gets the normal processing, escaping HTML tags and all.
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Message 58635 - Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 22:34:00 UTC
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Rom Walton, head guru BOINC building wrote:
Howdy Folks,

I've posted a new build which addresses:
* BOINC Manager now resets the column lists in the advanced view when
restarted. (This reverts back to 7.4.27 and older behavior)

This is a release candidate.

Please report your test results as quickly as possible to: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/alpha/test_form.php

Please report any bugs to boinc_alpha@ssl.berkeley.edu.

Thanks in advance.

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Message 58636 - Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 22:36:48 UTC - in response to Message 58631.  

Do you think it would be better if the BBCode and HTML modes were separated? Say, if there were a [html] BBCode tag. What's inside that is passed to the web page as is, no processing at all. And what's outside it gets the normal processing, escaping HTML tags and all.

Now there's an idea. Although this will probably add unnecessary white lines again, just as [pre/], [code/], [list/] and [quote/] do. But yeah, it's something to think about.
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