Posts by David Ryder

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : 64 bit boinc and 32 bit task migration (Message 16423) Posted 4 Apr 2008 by David Ryder Post: Hi, I'm changing to 64 bit boinc soon - can I copy over my uncompleted climateprediction task to the equivalent location in 64 bit and expect it to continue? Many thanks David
2) Message boards : BOINC client : NET (stop, start) in 5.10.20 (Message 12627) Posted 20 Sep 2007 by David Ryder Post: Yes you can; but you should also try reinstalling 5.10.20. Net commands work for me. As in net start boinc net stop boinc ?? Yep, those work perfect for me. And also, boinccmd works under any install mode, both service and single user (and remotely too, if you set the authentication correctly). thanks for that link - useful. I have net stop/start working now - oops - had not realized install had placed BOINC Manager in my startup directory which was obviously interfering. Closing it stopped processing - but - now it doesn't stop processing when I close it if I start it manually ... odd ... allowing the net command to work OK. David
3) Message boards : BOINC client : NET (stop, start) in 5.10.20 (Message 12625) Posted 20 Sep 2007 by David Ryder Post: No luck (sigh). Can I simply install 5.4.11 to roll back? David Yes you can; but you should also try reinstalling 5.10.20. Net commands work for me. As in net start boinc net stop boinc ??
4) Message boards : BOINC client : NET (stop, start) in 5.10.20 (Message 12623) Posted 20 Sep 2007 by David Ryder Post: boinccmd is probably not on your PATH (by the way, it's without the underscore on Windows, I forgot that). You need "C:\\Program files\\BOINC\\boinccmd.exe" --set_run_mode never EDIT: ARGH, imagine those are single slashes >.> Stupid forum. No luck (sigh). Can I simply install 5.4.11 to roll back? David
5) Message boards : BOINC client : NET (stop, start) in 5.10.20 (Message 12621) Posted 20 Sep 2007 by David Ryder Post: What error(s) do you get attempting to use net commans? By the way, many times I paused BOINC because I needed to do a RAM-intensive operation. BOINC apps got swapped and didn't cause any problem. They did take a while to get out of swap when I resumed it, but it was less than the CPU time I would have lost (CPDN checkpoints infrequently) if I had taken it out of RAM. Nothing happens at all. Nudda. Using Admin Tools>Services Stop Service doesn't work either. The syntax for the .bat file command - presumably that is only: boinc_cmd --set_run_mode never I have tried that and NET boinc_cmd --set_run_mode never but neither work also. I'm asking because this message client seems to want to be \\ happy with posts :-) David
6) Message boards : BOINC client : NET (stop, start) in 5.10.20 (Message 12618) Posted 20 Sep 2007 by David Ryder Post: Stupid question: have you installed as a service? net stop/start is only for services. Would it be acceptable to make BOINC stop computing but stay loaded in RAM? In that case, try 'boinc_cmd --set_run_mode always' to resume computing, and the same with 'never' to pause it. Not stupid - some don't understand these things :-) Yes - I always install as a service. It is listed as a service too. I would rather not stay in RAM if possible. David
7) Message boards : BOINC client : NET (stop, start) in 5.10.20 (Message 12616) Posted 20 Sep 2007 by David Ryder Post: Hi, XP SP1 I have not seen any posts addressing this - please excuse me if I missed them. I rely heavily on NET STOP and NET START commands. These do not work on my 5.10.20 installation. Can anybody tell me if they still do or how I can stop/start the service via a batch file please? Many thanks, David
8) Message boards : BOINC client : Can I move it to Linux (Ubuntu) ... ? (Message 8328) Posted 21 Feb 2007 by David Ryder Post: Hi, I'm quite a way through CPDN - is there any way of moving its data files to my linux (Ubuntu) system so it just carries on where I am up to now? If there is .. is this a universal method for other projects? Many thanks, David
9) Message boards : BOINC client : Keeping Messages (Message 7884) Posted 30 Jan 2007 by David Ryder Post: Thanks Alex. David
10) Message boards : BOINC client : Keeping Messages (Message 7838) Posted 26 Jan 2007 by David Ryder Post: If you never cleaned out your BOINC directory, they'll be in that same BOINC directory. stderrdae.old, stdoutdae.old etc. Thanks - I have never seen them there but I guess they will appear when the conditions are met. As for 5.8.x, you can download it from the normal download site (if you choose see all versions), but I wouldn't for now. It's in alpha test and it could give you more problems than it's worth. Wait until 5.8.x is released, then upgrade to it. Thanks - I'll wait. ... Many thanks for your help David
11) Message boards : BOINC client : Keeping Messages (Message 7835) Posted 26 Jan 2007 by David Ryder Post: If you mean the messages in .... stderrdae.txt, stdoutdae.txt(and stderrgui.txt/stdoutgui.txt ... [quote]When the logs reach a maximum of, I think, 2MB, they are added to the .old files. Yes, they are but I was trying to find a method of adding them to a different notepad file, larger in size (notepad has more than a 2MB limit). Where are the .old files, please?? I have never seen them. if you use 5.8.x). I have 5.4.11 - I can't find 5.8x - where is it please? Many thanks, David
12) Message boards : BOINC client : Keeping Messages (Message 7822) Posted 26 Jan 2007 by David Ryder Post: Hi, Does this belong in this forum? If not I apologise .. perhaps a pointer to the right place would help? I am running BOINC as a service 24/7 (almost), opening boincmgr only occasionally. My system issues a NET STOP BOINC and NET START BOINC three times a week at night during system backups and, of course, the service is stopped occasionally by reboots. I want to modify/add an .xml/cfg file to append all the messages that are in boincmgr messages to a text file when the service is stopped. I have searched the net for help and tried "boinclogger" but have never got it to work. I have no idea how to do this (but am not 'frightened' to try) or if it is possible so would very much appreciate any help offered. Many thanks David
13) Message boards : BOINC Manager : boincmgr says "incorrect password" (Message 7754) Posted 24 Jan 2007 by David Ryder Post: If you care about security, don't do that. Local System Account has more privileges than your normal administrator user... Yes, I care about security and have read posts about running under the Local System Account. In my setup, the LSA does not have priveleges that are not under the (my) same control as an Administrator Account. Thanks everybody for helping me understand what is happening with boincmgr. David
14) Message boards : BOINC Manager : boincmgr says "incorrect password" (Message 7746) Posted 24 Jan 2007 by David Ryder Post: I have changed my installation so it runs as a service. When boincmgr opens via the startup process it opens OK. Why do you want to do that? I used very misleading English for which I apologise. I did not mean via the Startup Folder, simply by clicking it to open it. Can you reproduce the problem if you remove the manager from the startup menu? Yes - everytime I NET STOP BOINC, NET START BOINC, if boincmgr was not closed before the NET START BOINC then when I open it via systray I get Invalid Password. I have to close boincmgr and start it anew. Is it relevant that the service operates under the Local System Account? Thanks, David
15) Message boards : BOINC Manager : boincmgr says "incorrect password" (Message 7722) Posted 23 Jan 2007 by David Ryder Post: Hi, I found nothing in the wiki. At least I'm not alone, Evan :-( I have noticed though that, for me, it only happens when maximising boincmgr after stopping and restarting the service. Any gurus around, please? Thanks, David
16) Message boards : BOINC Manager : boincmgr says "incorrect password" (Message 7609) Posted 19 Jan 2007 by David Ryder Post: Hi, I have changed my installation so it runs as a service. When boincmgr opens via the startup process it opens OK. But after while when I open boincmgr (via the systray) it displays a message "incorrect password". If I close boincmgr and reopen it, then it works fine - for a while. Can anybody please help me solver this problem? Thanks David
17) Message boards : BOINC client : SCHEDULING (Message 6343) Posted 6 Nov 2006 by David Ryder Post: Hi, Apologies for the delay in acknowledging and thanking you for your responses. Yes, it is in the middle of the night, and no, it is not installed via a service install. I was just hoping that the volunteer programmers could perhaps consider it? Unless there is another solution ... Many thanks, David
18) Message boards : BOINC client : SCHEDULING (Message 6268) Posted 1 Nov 2006 by David Ryder Post: I would like to request that the scheduling feature be given more attention to include days of week and times in half hour increments. Running computers 24/7, many of us need downtime for our own computer housework, e.g. ,automatic backups, memory management etc. When one is responsible for several computers this may only be, for example, twice a week for half an hour. Under the current scheduling this example would mean the loss of 6 hours of number crunching lost unnecessarily every week just on one computer. I run 5 computers so this scenario currently translates to 30 hours lost every week. Multiply that by all the computers that need downtime but not every day for one hour minimum periods and a lot of calculation time is lost. David
19) Message boards : BOINC client : BOINC does not release resources when backing up (Message 5323) Posted 15 Aug 2006 by David Ryder Post: Thanks Jord, That is the method I use when the backups are during the day instead of 4am (as some have to be). I am running BOINC on several computers, all version 5.4.9 The backups have difficulty with are on those computers that include Climate Prediction (not the BBC version). My BOINC priority is set to its lowest. Many thanks, David
20) Message boards : BOINC client : BOINC does not release resources when backing up (Message 5317) Posted 14 Aug 2006 by David Ryder Post: Hi, I run Nero's Backitup each night automatically but it takes several hopurs (before failing) because BOINC does not reduce its cpu usage time. I thought BOINC was supposed to run only as free cpu time permitted? Can anybody help, please? Thanks, David

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