Posts by Nox

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Reduce time for next work-fetch (Message 25309)
Posted 9 Jun 2009 by Nox
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Ok, I think I have to read the text passages more than ones. Now that you have explained <next_rpc_delay> to me I understand the original help on the homepage. Thanks.

To your questions: I downloaded the source code out of the tags/boinc_core_release_6_6_31/ folder. Was this a wrong idea? I thought it would do perfect if I took an official release which is downloadable for everyone.

I did not install the Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2, because it is written on the help site that it is only needed to be backward compatible to VS 2005 and when compiling the client for an older version of Windows than XP. Because everyone in our team uses VS 2008 and every PC has at least WINXP, I thought I could omit it.

I think you already figured it out that I am more an engineer than a programmer. So if I have to install the MS Platform SDK for Win Server 2k3 R2 how do I change the needed settings you talked about?

Because I do not feel very comfortable about working with larger projects I would rather still use VS 2008 (by the way: Professional Edition) instead of wxWidgets as a new compiler. But it has nothing to do with the fact, that it is open-source. Personally I normally would choose open-source but VS 2008 is free for me as long as I am student of the TUM.

Thanks for taking care of me and my problems.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Reduce time for next work-fetch (Message 25300)
Posted 8 Jun 2009 by Nox
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First of all thank you very much for your answer.

Do I understand the description for <next_rpc_delay> correctly? Does it force the client to try to fetch work at a specific time?

Finally I tried to build the client software with MS Visual Studio 2008 as it is written on Compile Client Software. Unfortunately the compiler reports some errors regarding a missing file called "glaux.h". Do you have an idea where I get the right file and why it is missing and not included in the subversion repository?

Again, thanks for your help.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Reduce time for next work-fetch (Message 25290)
Posted 8 Jun 2009 by Nox
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We would like to use the BOINC-server and -client software to provide work for our computer grid. Our computer grid is not used on a regular basis. Due to the fact that the BOINC-software is set to increase the time between two work requests upon each unsuccessful request it is likely to happen that the time swells up to several days. This might lead to long delays in case a project is coming up. Therefore we would like to limit the time between work-fetch-requests to about an hour. Where can this setting be found in the source code, so that we are able to change and compile it for our own purpose.
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Reduce time for next work-fetch (Message 25273)
Posted 7 Jun 2009 by Nox
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Hello everybody, I am a student of the Technical University of Munich (Germany) and I'm working for the chair of IT in Mechanical Engineering. I am a German, so please try to be not too strict with my English.
My task is it, to change the source code of the BOINC-client-software so that it fits to our needs. Before I ask my actual question, I would like to know whether this is the right board to question you about the code of BOINC.

Thanks to everyone helping me.



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