Posts by coolbrook

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc and Ubuntu (Message 28523)
Posted 6 Nov 2009 by coolbrook
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6.10.17 is working on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc and Ubuntu (Message 28108)
Posted 19 Oct 2009 by coolbrook
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Currently, the most recent version of BOINC for Linux supports Ubuntu Intrepid at the latest. Version 6.4.5 is working on Jaunty and the Karmic beta.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : BONC Data Directory in Linux (Message 28101)
Posted 19 Oct 2009 by coolbrook
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^ Please disregard. Imported data to Berkeley downloaded version of BOINC instead of package from repository. Problem solved.
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : BONC Data Directory in Linux (Message 28100)
Posted 18 Oct 2009 by coolbrook
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Hello

I had to do a clean install of my system. So I copied my BOINC folder to a USB flash drive and now I'm trying to import it to /var/lib/boinc-client (which was created by a package install for Xubuntu from the repositories.) I have copied the contents of the BOINC folder successfully and the permissions have been allowed, but BOINC doesn't see the data that I've transfered. What should I look for next? Thanks.
5) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Will CUDA specific preferences be added? (Message 22415)
Posted 13 Jan 2009 by coolbrook
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Ability to set BOINC to use nVidia GPU processors and CUDA only and not use main CPUs at all.

I agree.
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC is locking up my system (Message 20012)
Posted 6 Sep 2008 by coolbrook
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It seems to be running stable at 50% throttle.
7) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC is locking up my system (Message 20005)
Posted 5 Sep 2008 by coolbrook
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I've been running BOINC on a recent build and lately it's been locking up my system. I tried throttling the CPU in BAM (down to 80% then 60%) figuring that it's overheating (not indicated by my sensors in Linux)

What should I look at or do next?

I'm running 6.2.15 on Ubuntu 7.10, P4 2.4GHz, 1GB RAM.

Perhaps I should find a way to create a log before it crashes.
8) Message boards : BOINC client : 700 MHz processor (Message 16837)
Posted 24 Apr 2008 by coolbrook
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Asus Eee PC?


That sounds like a neat device but no, just a dual PIII box I put together. (1 GB ECC RAM, 32MB Video card)
9) Message boards : BOINC client : 700 MHz processor (Message 16812)
Posted 24 Apr 2008 by coolbrook
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Any projects worth crunching with this hardware?
10) Message boards : The Lounge : Celebrities running BOINC (Message 16037)
Posted 21 Mar 2008 by coolbrook
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Just out of curiosity. Are there any famous people known to be endorsing BOINC or any distributed computing initiatives?
11) Message boards : BOINC client : Upgrading BOINC (Message 15914)
Posted 15 Mar 2008 by coolbrook
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When a new version of BOINC is available, normally I disallow new tasks, let the current ones finish and then install the new version, but is this necessary? Can I exit BOINC, upgrade and then restart any tasks, or will this cause problems?
12) Message boards : BOINC Manager : My Wish List - 2 (Message 14859)
Posted 12 Jan 2008 by coolbrook
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In future versions of the BOINC Manager, I'll like to see a direct hyperlink from the work unit (name) to its status on the respective project page.
13) Message boards : BOINC client : Blank Host Name, PCBSD 1.3 (Message 13187)
Posted 21 Oct 2007 by coolbrook
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I went into the Computer summary on one of the projects and it refers to the host name as a domain name. I went into PCBSD's network settings and copied my host name into the "domain" name field to see if that's what the project and account manager wants.
14) Message boards : BOINC client : Blank Host Name, PCBSD 1.3 (Message 13186)
Posted 21 Oct 2007 by coolbrook
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I think I'm posting this in the right spot. I just installed version 5.10.22 on PCBSD 1.3.

Everything appears to be OK other than a blank host name appearing in the projects and the boincstats site. My LAN can see the host name just fine.

My apologies if this has been covered. If it has then I'll appreciate if someone can point out a thread with a solution to the blank name.
15) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Linux 5.8.16, Waiting to Run (Message 11710)
Posted 19 Jul 2007 by coolbrook
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For the record, I came back after two hours of inactivity. I resorted to a reboot and it started again. The completed project was Rosetta, the one waiting to run was WCG. Ubuntu 7.04, sufficient RAM and swap file size.


Intrigued. Have you reported this at WCG? What you may want to try is suspending the projects (in Projects Tab) First the one finished, than the one waiting to run and resume them again.

Was 'Leave in Memory' on or off?
When you say 'incomplete' did it start at all?

The 'waiting to run' versus 'ready to start' suggests it was initiated and had seconds or minutes on the counter. Observed even in 5.10.8 and 5.10.13, where in fact BOINC has moved onto a next task/tasks.


I didn't know of a leave in memory option but I'll look into it, and yes there was progress when I said incomplete. I haven't seen this happen since. If it happens again then I'll report it and mention it here as well.
16) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Linux 5.8.16, Waiting to Run (Message 11646)
Posted 16 Jul 2007 by coolbrook
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For the record, I came back after two hours of inactivity. I resorted to a reboot and it started again. The completed project was Rosetta, the one waiting to run was WCG. Ubuntu 7.04, sufficient RAM and swap file size.
17) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Linux 5.8.16, Waiting to Run (Message 11645)
Posted 16 Jul 2007 by coolbrook
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I noticed over the last few days that tasks on my Linux machine aren't running immediately after another is completed. I was just wondering if something has changed recently. For example..right now I have a task that says ready to report and an incomplete task that says 'Waiting to Run.' I believe it happened on my Windows machine too and I figured it was related to another project's application. Should I just let nature take its course or will it just be sitting their for a pretty long while? I consider this some sort of bug.
18) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Shared Installation on XP (Message 11172)
Posted 24 Jun 2007 by coolbrook
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Sounds good to me. Thanks.
19) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Shared Installation on XP (Message 11169)
Posted 23 Jun 2007 by coolbrook
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I installed it as shared. I'm just curious about what BOINC will do if a 2nd user logs in on XP, without the first user logging out. During the installation process I chose to have BOINC run at start up.
20) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Shared Installation on XP (Message 11167)
Posted 23 Jun 2007 by coolbrook
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What exactly will happen if I have a user running BOINC and then another user logs in to their own XP profile by "switching user." Is the manager smart enough to know that the process is still running with the first user still logged in?


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