Posts by redstamp

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't get boinc-client to start computing (Message 102604)
Posted 16 Jan 2021 by redstamp
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Sorry to be a noob - and I have searched the internet for 30 mins to try and find more info - also looked in /var/lib/boinc-clinet and /etc/boinc-client but can only find GPU detect logs and not stdoutdae.txt which I understand is the event log file? In fact I searched my entire machine and couldn't find it... must be doing something wrong.

Any ideas where to look?

Thanks,
How did you install BOINC? Recent repository versions have transferred what used to be stdoutdae.txt into the system journal.

Edit - try variations on

journalctl --boot=-1 --unit=boinc-client


Great - thanks - that worked without the boot switch (just whinged about it not being necessary when I tried with).

Looked at the event log and there were a few complaints about memory, but the right projects were there. The machine was started at 500MB and 'dynamic' in the Hyper-V guest settings. My Ubuntu guest running Boinc client and GUI manager just grabs what it needs, but maybe Debian with the Boinc client only doesn't have the same capability, so I allocated more and have left it to run. Looks like that's sorted it Thanks all!!
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't get boinc-client to start computing (Message 102601)
Posted 16 Jan 2021 by redstamp
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Should have said, I have signed-up for 3 projects and the host machine that is attached via the Windows client is running tasks.


If you list projects through Boinccmd does it show them or are they only visible in BAM?


using boinc --get_project_status just returns the title ========Projects==========


In BAM > projects try setting default attach against each of the projects. It sounds as though the projects are set up in BAM but have never been downloaded into Boinc.

Either that or take back control, use BoincCmd to attach the projects directly.



They default attach to other machines, but I have amended the settings anyway in BAM.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't get boinc-client to start computing (Message 102595)
Posted 16 Jan 2021 by redstamp
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What does the Event log show?


Sorry to be a noob - and I have searched the internet for 30 mins to try and find more info - also looked in /var/lib/boinc-clinet and /etc/boinc-client but can only find GPU detect logs and not stdoutdae.txt which I understand is the event log file? In fact I searched my entire machine and couldn't find it... must be doing something wrong.

Any ideas where to look?

Thanks,
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't get boinc-client to start computing (Message 102594)
Posted 16 Jan 2021 by redstamp
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Should have said, I have signed-up for 3 projects and the host machine that is attached via the Windows client is running tasks.


If you list projects through Boinccmd does it show them or are they only visible in BAM?


using boinc --get_project_status just returns the title ========Projects==========
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't get boinc-client to start computing (Message 102551)
Posted 14 Jan 2021 by redstamp
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Should have said, I have signed-up for 3 projects and the host machine that is attached via the Windows client is running tasks.
6) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't get boinc-client to start computing (Message 102544)
Posted 13 Jan 2021 by redstamp
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Installed Boinc on Debian headless v7.14.2
Ran install and changed permissions as per this page (https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Installing_BOINC_on_Debian)
Added BAM as acount manager with: boinccmd --join_acct_mgr http://bam.boincstats.com <name> <password>
Checked with: boinccmd --acct_mgr info
... and BAM is attached as the account manager.
But nothing happens... no tasks pulled down, no CPU usage.

I can see the hosts from my BAM account if I login to the BAM website. And I have another WIndows PC with the Boinc client manager and have added BAM to that machine fine.

Tried re-boot; tried restart.

Worked fine when I attached scienceunited (except I couldn't detach and had to re-install).

Odd thing is boinccmd --lookup_acct_mgr polls and returns a blank key, so not sure if that's an issue.

All help gratefully received.

Jon



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