Posts by Tom Awtry

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1) Message boards : BOINC client : lost all wu's after crash
Message 503
Posted 23 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
i can understand it is possible that boinc crashes my computer. every other program can, so why not boinc.


Bas – Please provide us the following information, which will assist us in rendering you some help with your crashing problem.

    Your computer’s Operating System (example, (example, Microsoft XP)

    The Project you were running when the Crash Occurred (example, SETI@Home)

    The Version number of the Project’s software (example 4.18)

Thanks,
Tom

2) Message boards : BOINC client : Instruction referenced at memory location errors
Message 489
Posted 22 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
extract from BOINC:

18/09/2005 13:01:27|LHC@home|Unrecoverable error for result wjun4A_v6s4hhpac_mqx__16__64.2624_59.2787__8_10__6__10_1_sixvf_boinc22140_3 ( - exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005))
18/09/2005 14:45:51|SETI@home|Unrecoverable error for result 03oc03ab.11884.27200.103400.253_1 ( - exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005))


Gary, thanks for the kind words and Stuart, another reference source, perhaps you may want to Bookmark and review, this link to Microsoft Support, assuming you have a Microsoft Operating System. This aforementioned link will not provide assistance to your existing posted problem (the Wiki is best) , but may be useful in the future.

Regards,
Tom

3) Message boards : BOINC client : Instruction referenced at memory location errors
Message 434
Posted 18 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
I have experienced critical errors in both seti@home and LHC project.Any pointers at to what is causing the problem?

extract from BOINC:

18/09/2005 13:01:27|LHC@home|Unrecoverable error for result wjun4A_v6s4hhpac_mqx__16__64.2624_59.2787__8_10__6__10_1_sixvf_boinc22140_3 ( - exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005))
18/09/2005 14:45:51|SETI@home|Unrecoverable error for result 03oc03ab.11884.27200.103400.253_1 ( - exit code -1073741819 (0xc0000005))


You may consider starting here.

Regards,
Tom
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Displeased with Bonic after several months.
Message 378
Posted 15 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
Now I have lost another 4300 credits because of a bug in the new software.


Rudy – Just one quick question; were these 4,300 credit points accumulated by you, while you were a member of a SETI “team”?

Thanks,
Tom
5) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Screensavers problem
Message 377
Posted 15 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
Hello Tom,

I am sorry, should know that.

My operating system is Windows XP, version of the manager is 4.45 and the projects I run are Einstein, Seti, Climate prediction, LHC and Protein prediction. Almost all of them except Cell

Maybe it is strange I am running so many but I must say I started with BOINC not so long ago.

Regards

Michal

Forgot to add - my computer is IBM ThinkPAD R51 - with 1.5MHZ centrino.


Michal – I’m at a lose for words and ideas on what advice and ideas you should try, but let me give you some experience that I’ve accumulated. BOINC Manager 4.45, which I am currently a subscriber of, operates without a problem of any sorts (graphics included) on SETI@Home and Einstein@Home for Microsoft’s XP, Operating System. As for your other Projects, I cannot attest to any personal experience, since I’ve never processed for them before.

I believe your “Possible” problem resides in your computer, but again, I’ve little experience with a ThinkPad or a Centrino, CPU. My best suggestion is; keep diligently monitoring this posting you have started and also place a posting on Einstein@Home’s forum at this following provided link, along with all the useful information you have within this posting, and see if you can receive an experienced user’s suggestion on a BOINC Project implementing a ThinkPad System.

Sorry Best I Can Do,
Tom

6) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Screensavers problem
Message 374
Posted 15 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
Hello, I have a problem with screensavers for all the projects. They just appear for 1 or 2 seconds and then I see black screen. Is there anything worng with settings?
Michal


Michal – Maybe we could assist you better if we had some additional information concerning your BOINC Manger:
    What version number, of the Manger are you using?

    Which Projects are you processing for?

    What computer system do you have and what is you Operating System on the computer?

Knowing these answers would help a lot.

Regards,
Tom

7) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Can I use Boinc Manager in Windows 98??
Message 355
Posted 14 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
My computer at my office is still using windows 98. Is there any version of Boinc manager for this windows? Both 4.19 and 4.45 seems to be somewhat not running OK.


Steven – I have run The BOINC Manger (version 4.45), with success, on Widows 98, but please provide the following info, so that we can perhaps be of more assistance:

    What projects are you intending to run?

    How much memory dose your system have?

    What speed dose your CPU operate at?

    Do you have a Dial-up or ADSL modem connection?

Knowing these answers would help a lot.

Regards,
Tom

8) Message boards : BOINC Manager : 4.72
Message 319
Posted 12 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
Jim – I believe the relevant point being made, within the thread, is locating either a linkable URL or a typed listing of a URL to create a BOOKMARK.

In reference to your condescending:

Can anyone say BOOKMARK, man o man......


Can you say “Missed the Boat”

9) Message boards : BOINC Manager : disconnected
Message 255
Posted 10 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
What about older versions of windows? I run WIN98SE, does this mean I am automatically disqualified?


Neil – I’ve had SETI@Home up and running on a Windows 98 (Service Pak 2), 200MHz system (a long three days per unit) for the past month without any problems.

Go For It,
Tom
10) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Blank screen and no response
Message 253
Posted 10 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
Tom,
Each project implements the screensaver code specific to their requirements, however it looks like the Ctrl key functionality is part of the BOINC framework.


Chris – First, to offer my apologies; I believe you to be absolutely correct in your posting, to my self infected embarrassment in my posting, I had two windows open on the screen, and felt I was responding to Len’s posting in the window I had opened for the E@H forum, not the BOINC forum, so yes, I concur that each project’s Screen Saver operates differently depressing the “Ctrl” key.

However, on my version 4.45 - E@H project (OS =’s Windows XP), depressing the “Ctrl” key has no affect on my monitor’s display at all. This could be problem with my computer or a relationship to which version of E@H a user is implementing, not sure.

E@H - One press = blank for a few secs, then reverts to screensaver, two presses, or holding down Ctrl for a couple of seconds = desktop.


Regardless, again, my apologies for both an incomplete posting and misleading posting.

Take Care,
Tom
11) Message boards : BOINC client : Benchmark Connotations
Message 237
Posted 9 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
Everyone, ”Thanks” for your time and energy, in providing your responses to my posting(s).

Paul, personally, only an opinion, I would like to see the projects attempt to align the users as closely as possible, based on their respective turn around times. By doing so, I feel “Credits” could be issued to their contributors quicker, thus for more time consuming, work unit related projects, users would stay with their chosen projects, without skipping from one project to another, using the excuse of “Where’s my credit or why do things take so long”.

In essence, it could provide an enhanced stability to each project, which in-turn provide a greater stability to all projects and perhaps allowing the folks at S@H to catch-up some, during their “project down times”.

If so, will this assist the projects, I’m involved with, help determine the Work Unit partners I’ll be validating with?


No. This will still be pretty much a random draw. There were discussions on introducing code in the scheduler that would allow the projects to assign work to computers with the same approximate turn-around time, but I am not sure that this has been implemented yet by any project.


Guys, Again Thanks,
Tom
12) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc idle
Message 236
Posted 9 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
David – You may want to monitor this link and this link which are both listed within the official SETI@Home web site. Hopefully the S@H problems will clear themselves shortly.

Regards,
Tom
13) Message boards : BOINC client : Benchmark Connotations
Message 217
Posted 9 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
Tom if you have not looked at the Wiki you may want to start there...


Jim – Sincerely appreciate your posting of the WIKI link, but that was my first option, for my review, when my outlined (within my posting) questions came to mind. Perhaps, I have over looked something or may not have understood what Paul was conveying to me, but I couldn’t locate the responses I needed for my three inquiries.


Will the results or out come be up loaded to the projects I’m participating in?

If so, will this lead to an increase or decrease in the “Chunk” size of the number of Work Units that will be downloaded to my CPU in the future?

If so, will this assist the projects, I’m involved with, help determine the Work Unit partners I’ll be validating with?


Thanks,
Tom
14) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Wish list: LTD info directly from Boinc Manager
Message 210
Posted 9 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
No offense Tom, but...


Bill – No offense taken, whatsoever, and agree with you completely about third party software (had some rather bad experiences in the past). Furthermore, I should have preformed a little more homework to find out what Paul was processing with and version of client he was using.

Also, in complete agreement with an “Advanced” menu embedded within the client, hopefully on the horizon for the development team.

Regards,
Tom

15) Message boards : BOINC client : Benchmark Connotations
Message 208
Posted 9 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
I would like to understand the value of the “Run Benchmarks” exercise, listed under the file tab, menu within the BOINC Client?

In particular:

    Will the results or out come be up loaded to the projects I’m participating in?

    If so, will this lead to an increase or decrease in the “Chunk” size of the number of Work Units that will be downloaded to my CPU in the future?

    If so, will this assist the projects, I’m involved with, help determine the Work Unit partners I’ll be validating with?

A premature thanks for any and all responses.

Regards,
Tom

16) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Wish list: LTD info directly from Boinc Manager
Message 207
Posted 8 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
I wish I could get info about the LTD directly from the Boinc Manager client. In the same manner as use of disk for each projects on a tab. Since the LTD play such important role in work assignment now. It should be easy to make a script to pick the info from client_state.xml in next new versions of Boinc.


Paul – you may want to take a look at this 3rd party developed software, which addresses LTD. It’s not intergraded within the BOINC Client but it may serve your needs, please review it
here.

Personally, I haven’t tried it so I can’t attest to it’s value, but I’ve seen it discussed in several other thread on different Projects, like this one,(http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=2795).

Hope this helps a bit,
Tom
17) Message boards : BOINC Manager : 4.72
Message 199
Posted 8 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
Paul & Gary, I’ll refrain from taking issue with your opinions, but they are appreciated.

Tom
18) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Blank screen and no response
Message 191
Posted 8 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
The Ctrl key actually has special meaning to the BOINC Screen saver.
Holding it down invokes a feature that allows you to interact with the screensaver. Kinda odd I know, but the graphics are so cool that people asked if they could interact with them in screensaver mode.

You can read a little more about it here BOINC Screen Saver

When the screensaver appears, try holding down the control key, right-click the mouse and move it around. Now left-click and move the mouse.... ;-)


Chris – Gave your aforementioned quote/posting a try with E@H implementing version 4.45 on the following system:

    CPU Type ='s Genuine Intel - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz

    Operating System ='s Microsoft Windows XP, Professional Edition, Service Pack 2

The “Screen Saver” would not zoom or behave in a manner as I think you were describing within your posting. However, calling up the BOINC Client and viewing the graphics under the “work” tab, I was able to rotate and zoom the constellations without a problem.

I’m not sure if this is a characteristic of the E@H - Screen Saver or perhaps a minor overlooked bug.

Thanks for Your Time,
Tom

19) Message boards : BOINC Manager : problem resolved
Message 190
Posted 8 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
I’m glad things have worked out, and would like to continue helping you resolve the “Black Dot” problem, but personally I’m going to hold-off on version 5 for a while (single computer user only) until I have a better understanding of the ups-and-downs of the new release, via this board.

Again, not much help, but, appreciate your response of gratitude!

Happy Crunching,
Tom

20) Message boards : BOINC Manager : problem resolved
Message 188
Posted 8 Sep 2005 by Tom Awtry
I would like to know what version of BOINC Client you are running, please?
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