Posts by Eric Koester

1) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 STILL won't stop computing! (Message 51677) Posted 8 Dec 2013 by Eric Koester Post: Thanks for the explanation of how each part fits into the system. I'll focus on the SETI@home angle. Best wishes, Eric
2) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 STILL won't stop computing! (Message 51675) Posted 8 Dec 2013 by Eric Koester Post: Is Boinc like a wrapper application that calls SETI@home and astropulse? Be advised, more people than just me have reported the astropulse non-stop bug. Eric
3) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 STILL won't stop computing! (Message 51671) Posted 8 Dec 2013 by Eric Koester Post: Version 7.2.33 still has the non-stop bug. I let the pc sit idle for a couple of hours and Boinc started SETI@home. When I returned and tried to use the pc, the machine was slow and chunky, as it has been when astropulse kept running, after it should have stopped. When I opened up the Boinc manager, I could see one of the SETI@home tasks STILL counting up progress percentage. I looked in the Process list in Windows Taks Manager and saw 3 SETI@home programs running. This time there were not identifying themselves as astropulse. The offending setiathome program had cuda32 in the name. I recall that name from the astropulse entries in the Boinc log. So, it appears that astropulse has been renamed to setiathome...cuda32.exe. When I manually stopped the setiathome...cuda32.exe process, the machine ran at normal speed again and the Boinc manager showed that the process that had kept on running, now showed an error message. Here's a log from this afternoon. 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Starting BOINC client version 7.2.33 for windows_intelx86 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Running under account Eric 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8600 GT (driver version 301.42, CUDA version 4.2, compute capability 1.1, 512MB, 469MB available, 57 GFLOPS peak) 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8600 GT (driver version 301.42, device version OpenCL 1.0 CUDA, 512MB, 469MB available, 57 GFLOPS peak) 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Host name: amd-quad-xp 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor [Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3] 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 htt pni cx16 popcnt syscall nx lm svm sse4a osvw ibs page1gb rdtscp 3dnowext 3dnow 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00) 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Memory: 3.50 GB physical, 3.34 GB virtual 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Disk: 83.83 GB total, 43.30 GB free 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Local time is UTC -6 hours 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Config: don't compute while Audition.exe is running 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Config: don't compute while seamonkey.exe is running 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| SETI@home \| URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 4101861; resource share 100 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 24-Feb-2013 13:27:54) 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| SETI@home \| Computer location: home 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Reading preferences override file 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Preferences: 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| max memory usage when active: 716.48MB 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| max memory usage when idle: 3224.18MB 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| max disk usage: 1.00GB 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| max CPUs used: 2 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| don't compute while active 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| don't use GPU while active 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25% 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| max download rate: 1024000 bytes/sec 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| max upload rate: 716800 bytes/sec 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 12/7/2013 5:54:20 PM \| \| Not using a proxy 12/7/2013 5:54:21 PM \| \| Suspending computation - computer is in use 12/7/2013 7:26:47 PM \| SETI@home \| Restarting task 12se08ad.13595.110715.12.12.135.vlar_0 using setiathome_v7 version 700 in slot 1 12/7/2013 7:26:47 PM \| SETI@home \| Restarting task 12se08ad.13595.134846.12.12.129_1 using setiathome_v7 version 700 in slot 2 12/7/2013 7:26:47 PM \| SETI@home \| Restarting task 20no08aa.28341.22567.7.12.6_0 using setiathome_v7 version 700 (cuda32) in slot 3 12/7/2013 7:54:06 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task 20no08aa.28341.22567.7.12.6_0 finished 12/7/2013 7:54:08 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of 20no08aa.28341.22567.7.12.6_0_0 12/7/2013 7:54:13 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of 20no08aa.28341.22567.7.12.6_0_0 12/7/2013 8:28:06 PM \| \| Resuming computation 12/7/2013 8:28:06 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task 27jl08ab.31698.24612.11.12.7_1 using setiathome_v7 version 700 (cuda42) in slot 0 12/7/2013 8:35:50 PM \| \| Suspending computation - computer is in use Does anyone know if this has a chance of being fixed? If not, the solution is to disable astropulse. Thanks, Eric
4) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 STILL won't stop computing! (Message 51668) Posted 7 Dec 2013 by Eric Koester Post: I started a thread earlier in 2013 to report this. http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8215 It looks like someone prematurely closed that thread, so I am starting a new thread to continue the dialog. When I reported the problem, I was using Boinc 7.0.28. I kept updated versions during 2013 and the problem is STILL occurring in Boinc 7.2.28 in Windows XP Pro, with an nvidia GeForce 8600GT graphics card. I just updated to Boinc 7.2.33 and will test again for the "astropulse non-stop bug". In the first thread, Claggy last asked me if boinctray.exe was in my processes list. In version 7.2.33, yes, boinctray.exe is in my processes list. Eric
5) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 won't stop computing! (Message 48131) Posted 9 Mar 2013 by Eric Koester Post: I see. Astropulse is related, but different than SETI. If someone can figure out how to fix Astropulse so it stops computing when it's supposed to, I'll continue to run it and contribute to the cause. Where will such a fix get communicated to the users? In a changelog of some kind? Thanks, Eric
6) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 won't stop computing! (Message 48053) Posted 5 Mar 2013 by Eric Koester Post: Is Astropulse just there to draw the 3D spectrum analyzer display during screen saver mode, or is it doing useful calculations for the project? Eric
7) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 won't stop computing! (Message 48051) Posted 5 Mar 2013 by Eric Koester Post: I noted that the "error during computing" messages appeared after I manually stopped the Astropulse application in the Windows Task Manager. Is your diagnosis that the Astropulse application has a problem with Nvidia card drivers? Are all versions of the driver effected? According to the XP Device Manager, I've got NVIDIA driver 6.14.13.142 (5/15/2012). As you noted, I've got an nvidia 8600GT card. It has plenty of GPU horsepower for what I do. It also uses less power and generates less heat than super-performance video cards. Given that Astropulse has problems, can a "Disable Astropulse" checkbox be added so it does not run? Eric
8) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 won't stop computing! (Message 48030) Posted 3 Mar 2013 by Eric Koester Post: After I left the machine for several hours, I came back, moved the mouse to stop BOINC and it was chunky. Here's what the BOINC manager looked like: 4 BOINC related applications were running in the Task Manager: "astropulse_6.04_windows_intelx86__opencl_nvidia_100.exe" and "setiathome_6.03_windows_intelx86.exe" "boincmgr.exe" "boinc.exe" I stopped only astropulse and the machine snapped back to fluid workings again. At that point the BOINC manager showed an error in the astropulse task.
9) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 won't stop computing! (Message 48029) Posted 3 Mar 2013 by Eric Koester Post: OK. I've got the log for today. I left the computer alone around 12:10pm and returned around 4:00pm. I can PM you my account name if you like. 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Starting BOINC client version 7.0.28 for windows_intelx86 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Running under account Eric 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor [Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3] 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Processor: 512.00 KB cache 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 htt pni cx16 syscall nx lm svm sse4a osvw ibs page1gb rdtscp 3dnowext 3dnow 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00) 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Memory: 3.50 GB physical, 3.34 GB virtual 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Disk: 83.83 GB total, 49.62 GB free 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Local time is UTC -6 hours 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8600 GT (driver version 301.42, CUDA version 4.20, compute capability 1.1, 512MB, 469MB available, 57 GFLOPS peak) 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8600 GT (driver version 301.42, device version OpenCL 1.0 CUDA, 512MB, 469MB available) 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Config: don't compute while seamonkey.exe is running 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| SETI@home \| URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 4101861; resource share 100 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 23-May-2010 18:42:50) 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| SETI@home \| Computer location: home 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Reading preferences override file 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Preferences: 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| max memory usage when active: 716.48MB 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| max memory usage when idle: 3224.18MB 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| max disk usage: 1.00GB 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| max CPUs used: 2 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| don't compute while active 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| don't use GPU while active 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 % 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| max download rate: 1024000 bytes/sec 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| max upload rate: 716800 bytes/sec 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 3/3/2013 8:29:29 AM \| \| Not using a proxy 3/3/2013 8:29:30 AM \| \| Suspending computation - computer is in use 3/3/2013 12:36:25 PM \| SETI@home \| Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 3/3/2013 12:36:25 PM \| SETI@home \| Reporting 3 completed tasks, requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| SETI@home \| Scheduler request completed: got 4 new tasks 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 24-Feb-2013 13:27:54) 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| SETI@home \| Computer location: home 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| SETI@home \| General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| Reading preferences override file 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| Preferences: 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| max memory usage when active: 716.48MB 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| max memory usage when idle: 3224.18MB 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| max disk usage: 1.00GB 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| max CPUs used: 2 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| don't compute while active 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| don't use GPU while active 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 % 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| max download rate: 1024000 bytes/sec 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| max upload rate: 716800 bytes/sec 3/3/2013 12:36:41 PM \| \| (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 3/3/2013 12:36:43 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.108 3/3/2013 12:36:43 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 12:37:45 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.108 3/3/2013 12:37:45 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.215 3/3/2013 12:37:45 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.108_1 using setiathome_enhanced version 608 (cuda) in slot 0 3/3/2013 12:43:13 PM \| SETI@home \| Temporarily failed download of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.215: transient HTTP error 3/3/2013 12:43:13 PM \| SETI@home \| Backing off 3 min 22 sec on download of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.215 3/3/2013 12:43:13 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of 13fe12ae.30846.373006.206158430223.10.5.vlar 3/3/2013 12:43:17 PM \| \| Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 3/3/2013 12:43:18 PM \| \| Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. 3/3/2013 12:45:42 PM \| SETI@home \| Temporarily failed download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu: transient HTTP error 3/3/2013 12:45:42 PM \| SETI@home \| Backing off 3 min 41 sec on download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 12:45:45 PM \| \| Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 3/3/2013 12:45:46 PM \| \| Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down. 3/3/2013 12:46:30 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of 13fe12ae.30846.373006.206158430223.10.5.vlar 3/3/2013 12:46:30 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task 13fe12ae.30846.373006.206158430223.10.5.vlar_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 in slot 1 3/3/2013 12:46:36 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.215 3/3/2013 12:47:26 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.215 3/3/2013 12:47:26 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.215_0 using setiathome_enhanced version 603 in slot 2 3/3/2013 12:49:24 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 12:55:56 PM \| SETI@home \| Temporarily failed download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu: transient HTTP error 3/3/2013 12:55:56 PM \| SETI@home \| Backing off 5 min 44 sec on download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 12:55:59 PM \| \| Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site 3/3/2013 12:56:00 PM \| \| BOINC can't access Internet - check network connection or proxy configuration. 3/3/2013 1:01:41 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 1:14:35 PM \| SETI@home \| Temporarily failed download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu: transient HTTP error 3/3/2013 1:14:35 PM \| SETI@home \| Backing off 7 min 19 sec on download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 1:21:55 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 1:27:56 PM \| SETI@home \| Temporarily failed download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu: transient HTTP error 3/3/2013 1:27:56 PM \| SETI@home \| Backing off 7 min 44 sec on download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 1:40:29 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 1:43:14 PM \| SETI@home \| Temporarily failed download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu: transient HTTP error 3/3/2013 1:43:14 PM \| SETI@home \| Backing off 5 min 27 sec on download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 2:08:42 PM \| SETI@home \| Started download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 2:11:24 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished download of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu 3/3/2013 2:39:56 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.108_1 finished 3/3/2013 2:39:56 PM \| SETI@home \| Starting task ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu_1 using astropulse_v6 version 604 (opencl_nvidia_100) in slot 0 3/3/2013 2:39:58 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.108_1_0 3/3/2013 2:40:05 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of 18oc12ac.27207.17654.206158430219.10.108_1_0 3/3/2013 4:04:35 PM \| SETI@home \| Computation for task ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu_1 finished 3/3/2013 4:04:37 PM \| SETI@home \| Started upload of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu_1_0 3/3/2013 4:04:40 PM \| SETI@home \| Finished upload of ap_15my12ab_B0_P1_00089_20130303_07575.wu_1_0
10) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 won't stop computing! (Message 48027) Posted 3 Mar 2013 by Eric Koester Post: Hi all, Yes, I will let the be get idle and will check back and let you know which applications return the system to fluid functionality. I'm using Windows XP. What directory has the event log in it? Eric
11) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 won't stop computing! (Message 48017) Posted 2 Mar 2013 by Eric Koester Post: I have obvious boxes UN-checked, to prevent BOINC from using the GPU or CPU while I'M using the pc. Yet, it continues to use the CPU when I return to the keyboard/mouse!! Is this a known bug? Eric
12) Message boards : BOINC client : astropulse_6 won't stop computing! (Message 47958) Posted 24 Feb 2013 by Eric Koester Post: Lately, when I return to my computer (Windows XP SP3, AMD quad core), after leaving it running overnight so BOINC (version 7.0.28 x86) can compute, the machine is jerky. The mouse pointer on screen will only move every 5 seconds or so, even though I'm moving it smoothly. I looked in the Windows Task Manager / Processes tab and saw that astropulse and seti@home were STILL running. I have my BOINC settings such that BOINC is only allowed to run when the computer has been idle for 20 minutes. After I return to the pc and start using it, BOINC should stop, correct? It isn't. I've been using SETI@HOME since 1999 and this is new behavior from my point of view. I don't like it. I found that if I choose End Process on the astropulse and seti@home processes, my computer snaps back to life and I can use it smoothly again. Is this a known bug? Thanks, Eric

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