Posts by cadbane

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1) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages
Message 116947
Posted 26 Sep 2025 by cadbane
Thanks for the information and your work on Free-DC, Skillz.
I can imagine it's a lot of work. And now that we are seemingly down to only BoincStats and Free-DC for viewing stats, we should do what we all can to keep them running.
Is the donation page still functioning, I'd be happy to spare a few dollars via paypal, to help with your costs. It looks like the button is leading to "BoincGames" recipient though.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC 8.2.4
Message 116393
Posted 17 Jul 2025 by cadbane
Thanks Dave.
I had that guy on my ignore list. I did skim through the thread.
Maybe there will be a solution in time.
Until then I can make do with an older version of Boinc or just use BoincManager.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC 8.2.4
Message 116390
Posted 17 Jul 2025 by cadbane
BoincTasks wont connect to 8.2.4 for some reason.
Even though I set up gui_rpc_password, and try to connect to localhost with BoincTasks with the correct password.
Anyone else experience this?

BoincManager connects just fine to localhost, and service status shows boinc-client running.
4) Message boards : The Lounge : Lost 2003 Account Frowny Faced.
Message 116299
Posted 30 Jun 2025 by cadbane
It's always best to use the same e-mail address, for all projects.
Otherwise you'd get the dreaded "split CPID", where your stats don't align, or show up on same account.
5) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages
Message 116298
Posted 30 Jun 2025 by cadbane
What is the difference between:

http://stats6.free-dc.org/
and
http://stats.free-dc.org/

I also get the certificate error on stats6, but not on regular URL.
6) Message boards : Promotion : Public Libraries
Message 115438
Posted 14 Feb 2025 by cadbane
It would probably be a better idea to print/make some flyers which you could ask if the library allows to have lying on their desk.
Such a flyer could explain in simple terms what Boinc is and how it works, so people would get interested in running it at home.
I also doubt that libraries would allow foreign programs to run on their computers.
7) Message boards : Questions and problems : Account deleted?
Message 114694
Posted 18 Oct 2024 by cadbane
In reply to Jord's message of 17 Oct 2024:
Having said we don't remove accounts, I checked the list of users earlier and found it was taken over by spammers, so I sent a note to David Anderson. He's deleted those accounts, but is now also doing a purge on accounts that were made over the years but that have no posts to them. These number over a million and are just taking up database space and resources.

So now postless accounts are being deleted.


That explains it. Thanks, Jord.
8) Message boards : Questions and problems : Account deleted?
Message 114692
Posted 17 Oct 2024 by cadbane
Thanks. Let's see if my account remains from now on :)
9) Message boards : Questions and problems : Account deleted?
Message 114689
Posted 17 Oct 2024 by cadbane
I had to recreate my account here, since it was deleted recently.
I had not posted here yet, and the account was maybe a month old. So I wonder if accounts with no posts get deleted automatically after a while?
I don't post much, only use it to keep track of threads I have visited, and follow.


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