Posts by Bob Harder

1) Message boards : Projects : News on Project Outages (Message 111253)
Posted 10 Mar 2023 by Bob Harder
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The SHARCNET website clearly states (look under Support) that they are a 0900 to 1700 EST (Canada) 5 day a week operation. No support on weekends,. Subtract out lunch breaks, staff meetings, etc. maybe there is an average of 6 hours of support per day.

With this work schedule, it is no surprise it took forever to get WCG up and running. And no surprise it takes forever to get anything fixed.

SHARCNET has other users, We (WCG users) have no idea where WCG lies on the priority list of having issues resolved. Maybe WCG is at the bottom of the list.

All of this had to be known to Krembil from day 1.

So, it is what it is. Just find other projects to use your computer time. No use complaining. Nothing is going to change.
2) Message boards : Projects : Largest backlog? (Message 86934)
Posted 8 Jul 2018 by Bob Harder
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Roger -

I understand your thought process but I don't think your idea is valid.

I participate in several projects and one, "Milkyway", only generates enough work units to make sure the "ready to send queue" queue does not go empty. So, with your idea, this project would always be near the bottom of your priority list, when in fact there may be lots and lots of work units that COULD be created.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : How to use more Resources (Message 86436)
Posted 3 Jun 2018 by Bob Harder
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DaNeubi -

For starters, go to the BOINC Manager, Options -> Computing Preferences

Under the Computing tab -

Set both usage limits to 100%

UNCHECK all the "When to suspend" boxes



Under the Disk and Memory tab -

Disk - UNCHECK everything

Memory - Make sure everything is 100% and Leave nonGPU in memory is CHECKED.



Then let us know how things are working
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Ubuntu -- After recent update, BOINC Manager is blank and tasks aren't running. (Message 86275)
Posted 23 May 2018 by Bob Harder
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Hopefully this helps. I sort have this issue sometimes.

Here is what I do -

First see what is running. I use System Monitor to see if the processes "boinc" and/or "boincmgr" are running. For simplicity, "end task" for whatever is running.

"boinc" must be running before "boincmgr" is started.

Second, start "boinc". Go to Terminal and enter /etc/init.d/boinc-client start

Third, start boincmgr. There are several ways to do that.

If "boinc" is running, and boincmgr" shows disconnected in the bottom panel, stop "boincmgr", and restart it.


I think there is a "timing problem" between "boinc" and "boincmgr"when booting the computer sometimes.
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : New motherboard fried, not sure if BOINC is to blame (Message 84642)
Posted 3 Feb 2018 by Bob Harder
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You could monitor your temperatures to make sure your system is "overloaded".

SpeedFan is good for the CPU and other system components. GPU-Z is good for the GPU.

Both programs can create a log file,
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : Problem install Nvidia and Ubuntu 16.04.1 + Boinc 7.6.31 (x64 ) (Message 73976)
Posted 11 Nov 2016 by Bob Harder
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ChristianB -

If my computer is turned on, I am always logged-in so that was never an issue for me.

I have the run_manager in my UBUNTU Startup Application list. The BOINC Manager starts when I turn on my computer and automatically login.

The boinc-client-nvidia-cuda that I never used is probably why I have that step about the missing libraries. That would make the installation process easier than trying to figure out what packages are missing. I will try that next time.

I should have written "nvidia-361 or whatever driver version you want to use".

Thanks for the comments.
7) Message boards : Questions and problems : Problem install Nvidia and Ubuntu 16.04.1 + Boinc 7.6.31 (x64 ) (Message 73969)
Posted 11 Nov 2016 by Bob Harder
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I am running BOINC 7.2.42 using UBUNTU 16.04 with a NVIDIA card.

Here is what I do starting with a "clean" UBUNTU installation.

1) G0 to the BOINC website and download the BOINC software (boinc_7.2.42_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh)
2) Copy or move it to your home directory
3) Mark it for execution (Permissions)
4) Install BOINC (run the .sh file)
5) Copy run_manager to your Desktop (for convenience)
6) Open the Terminal, navigate to the Desktop, and run (start) BOINC (run_manager)
7) Check for errors (missing libraries) and correct any missing
8) Using apt-get or Synaptic install nvidia-361
9) When you start BOINC, check the Event Log to make sure there are two lines that indicate CUDA and Opencl were recognized.

You should be good to go.

Maybe this is the answer to a different question than is being addressed in this thread.
8) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC Colors (Message 57690)
Posted 16 Nov 2014 by Bob Harder
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In the latest release (7.4.27) what happened to the contrasting colors on the Statistics tab? Now the are all "washed out". It looks like the color level was reduced. For example, instead of "red" being 255,0,0 RGB, now it is 50,0,0.
9) Message boards : Questions and problems : Download 7.2.33 Problem (Message 51593)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bob Harder
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Juha -

Thanks.
10) Message boards : Questions and problems : Download 7.2.33 Problem (Message 51590)
Posted 28 Nov 2013 by Bob Harder
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I have been installing the latest updates all along, so it is not like this is new to me.

I am trying to download 7.2.33 for LINUX 32 bit but all I keep getting is 7.2.28.

It seems like the web pages haven't been updated to "point to" the latest version.

The 64 bit LINUX version is OK.

Am I missing something?
11) Message boards : BOINC client : after update to boinc-client-7.0.25 my project sopped! please help! (Message 43687)
Posted 23 Apr 2012 by Bob Harder
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Try going to Terminal, then the BOINC folder, then enter ./run_manager and see if you are missing anything (error messages).
12) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC Manager Exit Confirmation screen (Message 35179)
Posted 11 Oct 2010 by Bob Harder
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Claggy -

Thanks. I figured it was right under my nose. That fixed my Windows computer.

Do you know if under Ubuntu I can stop the workunits when closing the manager? That option isn't there like it is on my Windows computer. The workunits keep running.

13) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC Manager Exit Confirmation screen (Message 35177)
Posted 11 Oct 2010 by Bob Harder
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Sorry if this been asked before but I couldn't find it on the message boards.

How do I get my Manager Exit Confirmation screen back (the one that asks if I want the workunits to keep running when I close the manager)? I must have checked something, somewhere, to not show it.




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