Posts by war59312

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Set Temp Folder? (Message 49471)
Posted 1 Jun 2013 by war59312
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Hi,

I am using a "1GB RAM Disk" for TMP and TEMP system environment variables.

Sure I am not alone.

Problem is, BONIC loves filling it up and it runs out of disk space..

Any way to tell BONIC to write it's files someone else?

Thanks,

Will
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Bug: 64bit Installer Installing To x86 Folder (Message 36143)
Posted 18 Dec 2010 by war59312
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Basically anyone on this list:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/gpus_supporting_adobeflash.html

Just to give you an idea:

12/18/2010 5:28:15 PM | | NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 470 (driver version 26099, CUDA version 3020, compute capability 2.0, 1248MB, 726 GFLOPS peak)

12/16/2010 7:33:35 PM NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 8400 GS (driver version 25896, CUDA version 3010, compute capability 1.1, 256MB, 22 GFLOPS peak)
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : new event log (Message 36142)
Posted 18 Dec 2010 by war59312
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Well it's like that in version 6.12.8 too.

I prefer the old way too.

At least allow advanced users to set back via command line option or config file? Please?
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Please Remember Window Information Between Sessions (Message 36140)
Posted 18 Dec 2010 by war59312
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Hi,

Can you please make the Boinc Manager remember it's window information between sessions?

That is:

1.) Size of Window

2.) Location of Window on Screen

3.) If Window is maximized or Not

I like to keep Bonic's window at a certain location on a certain monitor.

Annoying that it resets every time on launch.

Thanks,

Will
5) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Request: SETI@home Updating Needs Fixing - Stop Updating When Servers Known To Be Offline (Message 34028)
Posted 2 Aug 2010 by war59312
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And how do you expect BOINC to know that servers are down and when they are back up without probing them? if you don't want to see those retry messages, set up alternate allowed to connect to internet preferences. They are available in the Advanced preferences menu.

Um easy. Simply assume in the programming the servers are down during those times specified so don't bother making any connections during that time period.

Pretty simple if you ask me. Like you said you can already do it yourself using the overrides in advanced so why not simply include default values when the user adds the SETI@home project?

That being said those settings would only need to apply to the SETI@home project. I see no way to apply these networks settings to only 1 project. Am I blind?
6) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Bug: 64bit Installer Installing To x86 Folder (Message 34021)
Posted 1 Aug 2010 by war59312
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OK that makes sense..

Thanks..
7) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Bug: 64bit Installer Installing To x86 Folder (Message 34005)
Posted 30 Jul 2010 by war59312
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Right but it should not. Each installer should remember it's own path.
8) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Request: SETI@home Updating Needs Fixing - Stop Updating When Servers Known To Be Offline (Message 33892)
Posted 21 Jul 2010 by war59312
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Hi,

Please see: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/

Notice the latest news about SETI@home servers.

That is no updating can take place between Tuesdays starting at 4am Pacific time until 4am Friday. At least that's how I read it and seems to be true.

So Boinc should not even try to communicate with SETI@home servers during this time period.

I really sick of seeing this in bonic and it's a waste of bandwidth:

7/21/2010 4:42:13 PM SETI@home Started upload of 29my10aa.13242.12202.11.10.128_1_0
7/21/2010 4:42:13 PM SETI@home Started upload of 29my10aa.13242.13838.11.10.163_1_0
7/21/2010 4:42:15 PM Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
7/21/2010 4:42:15 PM SETI@home Temporarily failed upload of 29my10aa.13242.12202.11.10.128_1_0: connect() failed
7/21/2010 4:42:15 PM SETI@home Backing off 1 min 58 sec on upload of 29my10aa.13242.12202.11.10.128_1_0
7/21/2010 4:42:15 PM SETI@home Temporarily failed upload of 29my10aa.13242.13838.11.10.163_1_0: connect() failed
7/21/2010 4:42:15 PM SETI@home Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of 29my10aa.13242.13838.11.10.163_1_0
7/21/2010 4:42:16 PM Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
7/21/2010 4:43:33 PM SETI@home Started upload of 03jn10aa.15751.476.5.10.219_1_0
7/21/2010 4:43:33 PM SETI@home Started upload of 29my10aa.13242.13838.11.10.163_1_0
7/21/2010 4:43:35 PM Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
7/21/2010 4:43:35 PM SETI@home Temporarily failed upload of 03jn10aa.15751.476.5.10.219_1_0: connect() failed

7/21/2010 4:43:35 PM SETI@home Backing off 1 min 7 sec on upload of 03jn10aa.15751.476.5.10.219_1_0
7/21/2010 4:43:35 PM SETI@home Temporarily failed upload of 29my10aa.13242.13838.11.10.163_1_0: connect() failed
7/21/2010 4:43:35 PM SETI@home Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of 29my10aa.13242.13838.11.10.163_1_0
7/21/2010 4:43:36 PM Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.

So bottom line is, Boinc should know the servers are down and not even bother during the downtime.

Thanks,

Will
9) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Bug: 64bit Installer Installing To x86 Folder (Message 33891)
Posted 21 Jul 2010 by war59312
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Hi,

The 64bit 6.10.58 installer wants to install to C:\Program Files (x86) when it should be installing to C:\Program Files .

Take Care,

Will
10) Message boards : Projects : News on project outages (Message 31672)
Posted 19 Mar 2010 by war59312
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SETI is still not able to download any CPU tasks here.

As in:

3/19/2010 2:20:51 PM SETI@home Message from server: (Project has no jobs available)

But yes it finally downloaded more GPU tasks today. Finally!
11) Message boards : Questions and problems : Cant Add SETI project (Message 31671)
Posted 19 Mar 2010 by war59312
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Well finally was able to grab GPU tasks, but still none for CPU.
12) Message boards : Questions and problems : Cant Add SETI project (Message 31655)
Posted 18 Mar 2010 by war59312
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This is getting old really quick!!

3/18/2010 1:48:14 PM SETI@home Message from server: (Project has no jobs available)

Been 3 days and still can not get any jobs on any computer. Resetting project is of no help.

Close to giving up on SETI and staying 100% with Docking.
13) Message boards : Questions and problems : Cant Add SETI project (Message 31356)
Posted 5 Mar 2010 by war59312
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Still down. Same error:

3/4/2010 9:57:22 PM SETI@home Resetting project
3/4/2010 9:57:48 PM SETI@home work fetch resumed by user
3/4/2010 9:57:49 PM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
3/4/2010 9:57:49 PM SETI@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
3/4/2010 9:57:51 PM SETI@home Resetting project
3/4/2010 9:57:54 PM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
3/4/2010 9:57:54 PM SETI@home Requesting new tasks for GPU
3/4/2010 9:57:54 PM SETI@home update requested by user
3/4/2010 9:57:55 PM Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
3/4/2010 9:57:56 PM Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
3/4/2010 9:57:59 PM SETI@home Scheduler request failed: Server returned nothing (no headers, no data)


Update: Updated to Bonic Manager version 6.10.36 and reset seti and now its working fine. :) Finally! I had tried this with 6.10.35 and not luck.

So either something related to seti was fixed in .36 or servers finally just now came back online.
14) Message boards : Questions and problems : Cant Add SETI project (Message 31303)
Posted 2 Mar 2010 by war59312
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It's been like this for a week straight, and still same today.
15) Message boards : Questions and problems : Cant Add SETI project (Message 31258)
Posted 1 Mar 2010 by war59312
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Still down here. :(

2/28/2010 11:45:07 PM Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
2/28/2010 11:45:09 PM Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
2/28/2010 11:45:11 PM SETI@home Scheduler request failed: Server returned nothing (no headers, no data)
16) Message boards : BOINC Manager : exclusive_app Config File Option Not Working (Message 27632)
Posted 27 Sep 2009 by war59312
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ok, good to know

thanks!
17) Message boards : BOINC Manager : exclusive_app Config File Option Not Working (Message 27625)
Posted 27 Sep 2009 by war59312
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Hi,

exclusive_app as found on:

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration

Does not seem to work.

I saved cc_config.xml to %ProgramFiles%\BOINC as:

<cc_config>
<options>
<exclusive_app>ioUrbanTerror.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>mpc-hc.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>GrabIt.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>ImgBurn.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>Nero.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>CloneDVD2.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_app>wmplayer.exe</exclusive_app>
</options>
</cc_config>


And yet Bonic Manager never suspends when the above applications run. Even tried simply with notepad.

Thanks for the help,

Will

Update: O.K that guide needs to be more clear. Should tell user to place file at %ProgramData%\BOINC for Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Then it works fine. :)

Guide should also mention that you know if config file is taking effect when you see this line in the log:

Reading preferences override file
18) Message boards : Questions and problems : Editing Post Should Return To Post, Not Thread (Message 22283)
Posted 4 Jan 2009 by war59312
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Also, happens when making a reply.
19) Message boards : Questions and problems : All Completed Results Are Being Refused (Message 22282)
Posted 4 Jan 2009 by war59312
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O.K it's all good now. They all expired tonight so I removed everything, uninstalled application completely and reinstalled.

Seems good now, hopefully wont happen again.

1/4/2009 12:46:04 AM||Starting BOINC client version 6.4.5 for windows_intelx86
1/4/2009 12:46:04 AM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
1/4/2009 12:46:04 AM||Libraries: libcurl/7.19.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8i zlib/1.2.3
1/4/2009 12:46:04 AM||Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
1/4/2009 12:46:04 AM||Running under account Will
1/4/2009 12:46:04 AM||Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ [x86 Family 15 Model 67 Stepping 2]
1/4/2009 12:46:05 AM||Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni 3dnow mmx
1/4/2009 12:46:05 AM||OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Ultimate x86 Editon, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00)
1/4/2009 12:46:05 AM||Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 4.23 GB virtual
1/4/2009 12:46:06 AM||Disk: 298.09 GB total, 233.07 GB free
1/4/2009 12:46:06 AM||Local time is UTC -5 hours
1/4/2009 12:46:06 AM||Not using a proxy
1/4/2009 12:46:06 AM||System clock was turned backwards; clearing timeouts
1/4/2009 12:46:07 AM||CUDA devices found
1/4/2009 12:46:07 AM||Coprocessor: GeForce 8800 GTS (1)
1/4/2009 12:46:08 AM|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4701156; location: home; project prefs: default
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 11-Dec-2008 22:34:54)
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||Computer location: home
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||Reading preferences override file
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1022.88MB
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1841.18MB
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 100.00GB
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||Suspending computation - user is active
1/4/2009 12:46:09 AM||Suspending network activity - user is active
20) Message boards : Questions and problems : All Completed Results Are Being Refused (Message 22266)
Posted 3 Jan 2009 by war59312
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Hey,

Yeah I meant 6.43. Sorry.

And no I had to reinstall Windows a few days before so this was a new install and was fine for a few days.

That why the internet connection fraction is so off, because not a long time period.

I have wireless, using http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=531 adapter with http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=530 router.

I have cable (broadband, 16mbps/2mbps) so yes an always on connection.

I did have some odd disconnection issues because of wireless card's driver but that is fixed. Not a single disconnect in days. And even when it did disconnect it was for seconds so not like it could not connect at all.

And yes still happening, I'm just wanting to know which steps I should take before I simply delete all results.. Wondering if that is best action to take?

But no more red error messages in log file since 12/30/2008 8:46:22 PM, not it just keeps printing over and over:

1/2/2009 8:00:36 PM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 12 completed tasks

1/2/2009 8:00:41 PM|SETI@home|Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks


Every five seconds though so I have disabled it (closed manger and suspend boinc.exe process via process explorer) for now since it is slowing down PC a bit. Causes lag in games if I let it run. Normal tasks such as browsing not effected.

Still crunching away during the night just fine though..

Thanks again,

Will


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