Posts by Richard Haselgrove

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Boinc and Rendering/Gaming GPUs (Message 113777)
Posted 11 days ago by Richard Haselgrove
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The use of CUDA within BOINC was first announced at the very end of 2008 (source), although that was admittedly only the end of a lengthy period of development under NDA.

Later, support for a second programming language - OpenCL - was also added. BOINC projects generally tend to use one or the other, but not both.

You are best off installing drivers directly supplied by the manufacturers of your graphics device(s) - Nvidia, AMD, or Intel. The drivers included in your operating system may not support the full range of languages.
2) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113687)
Posted 26 Feb 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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No. I have a:

Microsoft Windows 11
Professional x64 Edition, (10.00.22621.00)
The code for detecting that was added in July 2021, so you probably need to be running something like BOINC v7.16.20 or later. The machine I quoted is running v7.24.1
3) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages (Message 113649)
Posted 21 Feb 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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Issued On Thursday, November 23, 2023 at 6:16:36 PM
Expires On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 6:16:35 PM
4) Message boards : Projects : CPDN sign up (Message 113576)
Posted 9 Feb 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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That all looks OK.

"Couldn't resolve host name" indicates a DNS problem on the internet connection - that would happen at the operating system level, not within BOINC or CPDN.
5) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113560)
Posted 6 Feb 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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I ran a couple from there yesterday. They were uploading a 2.5 MB file about every 5 minutes. If your bored band was taking 18 minutes, that'll be a big backlog.
6) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe (Message 113512)
Posted 30 Jan 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

We need another carrier pigeon!
7) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe (Message 113485)
Posted 28 Jan 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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Something we're all prone to as we get older!
Speaking for yourself?
Yes.

Remember what you ate last night? ;-)
Also yes, but I did forget to turn on the dishwasher before going out yesterday.
8) Message boards : The Lounge : The Seti is Slumbering Cafe (Message 113483)
Posted 28 Jan 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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... no one has the root password anymore.
David Anderson definitely had an admin password while the project was running, and IIRC has posted on progress in the post-closedown analysis since the hibernation. David has been active on BOINC coding this weekend since the message appeared.

I think it's probably simple forgetfulness - somebody initiated a normal backup run and got distracted before they had time to turn the site back on. Something we're all prone to as we get older!
9) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages (Message 113402)
Posted 20 Jan 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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Project front page news item - server (Ubuntu) upgrade to latest version yesterday. Some fallout.
10) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Suspend not working on Linux (Message 113391)
Posted 18 Jan 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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Which project(s) is/are you running? This report is consistent with a badly-implemented science application failing to respond in a timely fashion to a 'suspend' message from BOINC.

BOINC itself hardly uses the CPU, and certainly not the GPU. It's the science applications which do all the heavy lifting.
11) Message boards : Projects : lhc-dev site seems to have certificate problem (Message 113379)
Posted 15 Jan 2024 by Richard Haselgrove
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Mine tells me:

Common Name (CN) lhcathomedev.cern.ch
Organization (O) CERN Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire

Common Name (CN) Sectigo RSA Organization Validation Secure Server CA
Organization (O) Sectigo Limited

Issued On Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 12:00:00 AM
Expires On Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 11:59:59 PM
12) Message boards : Questions and problems : when adding a second machine/client , can I just copy the project config files from the first client (Message 113273)
Posted 13 Dec 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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The file controlling which projects you added and all is client_state.xml, you can copy this file to another computer and that computer will then immediately have the projects added that the first computer has.
Not a good idea. client_state.xml also contains Host IDs and RPC sequence numbers: duplicating them will trigger BOINC's anti-cheating mechanisms.
13) Message boards : Projects : Dedekind@Home, anyone ? (Message 113152)
Posted 21 Nov 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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I think a reasonable analogy would be the NumberFields@Home Project. That, again, is the research interest of a single, now retired, mathematician - Eric Driver. He seems to manage the steady-state operations of the project (submitting new batches of work, for example) by himself, and has time to read and respond to the (few) issues raised by volunteers on the project website.

I think the biggest hurdle for a small-scale project like that is the initial set-up. There are a huge number of different moving parts, each of which would probably be regarded as a separate discipline in a traditional installation: the BOINC data storage and management tools, the website, and the communications and security regime, to name but three. Professional support is probably needed at this point - I think Eric's former employers at the University of Arizona were vital here, and have continued to host his server in the university's infrastructure.

I think anyone thinking of setting up a similar project could learn a lot by seeking out the early posts on their website, and reading about the problems encountered and solutions found.
14) Message boards : The Lounge : Let's talk politics (Message 113092)
Posted 13 Nov 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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+10
15) Message boards : The Lounge : Let's talk politics (Message 113089)
Posted 13 Nov 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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Cruella has ...
... been sacked.

Good riddance. She wasn't even allowed the weasel's way out of resigning.
16) Message boards : Android : Resetting project "debt" (Message 113062)
Posted 10 Nov 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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The devs don't currently use the term "debt" (although it was present in earlier versions). They use a concept called REC instead.

Users of the desktop versions of BOINC have access to a configuration option:

<rec_half_life_days>X</rec_half_life_days>
A project's scheduling priority is determined by its estimated credit in the last X days. Default is 10; set it larger if you run long high-priority jobs.
I don't think that one's included in the limited number of configuration tools made available in Android. You might get a better response if you phrase it as a leveling-up request: "Why can't I do what other users can do?"
17) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113007)
Posted 29 Oct 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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At least with buses, they have the excuse that pesky passengers keep asking them to stop, so they can get on and off.
18) Message boards : The Lounge : Grumbles, Glory and All Your Off Topic Discussions (Message 113002)
Posted 28 Oct 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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Grumble, grumble. These blasted computer algorithms, can't even arrange a delivery.

Ordered some computer gubbins on Thursday - special offer, next day delivery. Next step, carrier pickup and tracking. Nothing happened until Friday evening - despatched, but not going to be delivered until Monday.

Saturday morning, I get an email - 1 hour delivery timeslot this afternoon, high value, can't be left unattended, time can't be altered. I re-arrange my day, and wait in. One minute after the slot ended, they change it - will now take to pick-up venue, will be available tomorrow.

12 minutes after that - now available to collect in shop. Drive down, let him scan the email - but we agree that because I've known him for 15 years, and I visit the shop six days a week, we can do without the photo ID. If they can lie to us, we can lie to them.

Trouble is - carrier's computer is treating the van driver as a fellow robot. I was #73 on his day's drop-off list - and the weather is foul, and the roads are full of halloween shoppers. Or maybe they're all driving to their pickup points. The driver didn't have a hope in hell of meeting his schedule.
19) Message boards : The Lounge : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 112984)
Posted 23 Oct 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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It's the same as last year, £200 normal winter fuel, plus £300 COL.
But last year, everyone with an electricity account - including pensioners - was getting support through their electricity companies. That's been withdrawn, but our extra hasn't. That's why I think it's special treatment for people the Tories think are likely to vote for them.

Completely erroneously in my case, of course.
20) Message boards : The Lounge : Don't know where it should go? Stick it here! (Message 112978)
Posted 23 Oct 2023 by Richard Haselgrove
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LOL. The envelope would probably burn for longer, but I'll recycle them both - trying to keep down my carbon emissions.


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