Posts by Rich

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC doesn't work (Message 1946)
Posted 15 Dec 2005 by Rich
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To Andrew. What project board? All I see on the BOINC page is the BOINC message boards on the lower left, and then this one is the first in the list.

To Michael. I probably AM a whiner, because I have wasted a couple hours between apparent Seti server problems and circular-seeming software. They took away what worked and sent me to something that doesn't. I should be pleased about that? And I am a hair away from saying the hell with it, it isn't worth the trouble. How many others just drop off without even trying to get help, do ya think?

To Urs. Version 5.2.13. Win 98 SE. Cable broadband, always connected.

Oh, and this just in from Jord/Ageless.... Thanks for pointing me to what Andrew probably meant by the project board... the one back at the Seti site that originally sent me to the BOINC site, where there seems little help to be had. Even a reference there (on BOINC) that says go back to the specific project board, such as Einstein or whatever would help. And you may consider it MY failure, but BOINC is the program on my machine that does not seem to be continuing to work, and there isn't much direction as to where to go with a problem with it. Certainly I am confused in the change, but weak directions isn't exactly my fault - I went where it seemed logical - to the BOINC site since that was what seemed to be performing incorrectly.

I'll try back at Seti. But only for a short time. It is wearing thin.

Rich
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC doesn't work (Message 1927)
Posted 15 Dec 2005 by Rich
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I am a very dissatisfied new user of BOINC, having just migrated from Seti@home. I find the BOINC stuff very unfriendly and unmanageable. The wiki information was pretty good once I found it.

Now, I find that I have cluttered my computer with a program that functions aperiodically if at all. Although it is sitting in my system tray and using resources, and running as a screen saver, the BOINC manager says it is not connected to a client, and show that it runs always. I know I told it to run in the background. I try to tell it to run based on preferences, and it reverts to Run ALways. Are the preference in the BOINC manger, or are they on the Seti site. This critical point is unclear and undocumented. If it can't connect to Seti, how the hell does it know how to run? I know I previously connected it to Seti, as it showed in the manager window for a time. Now nothing and no indication of what to do to fix it.

The manager window is blank. When I try to attach to a project or to account manager, it replies the BOINC is not connected to a BOINC client, and tells me to use File Select Computer to connect, and mentions local host as an option, which is the only option. Which then says not able to connect to a BOINC client.

I don't know what is wrong, and am frustrated in getting stuck in this seemingly circular logic.

Very soon, I will uninstall the BOINC crap and forget about making efforts to allow my computer to do public good while idle. The effort of figuring out this new system in not worth it.

FYI, I am just a casual computer user, not an IT type. I have done Seti for several years, and assisted a couple others in applying it - very novice users. They have already asked me BOINC questions. My response will be that it is too unfriendly for me to use and that I suggest they forget it and move on as well.

Just having to go to this message board is a pain in the ass. The tech level of those here seems intense and far above where I am at, or where I want to be. Apparently the system is not ready for general use by inexperienced computer users. Perhaps it is just overwhelmed. The first days I tried converting to BOINC from Seti there were failures all over, and subsequently I read that the servers were failing, not me nor my installation nor my efforts. But all I got was frustrated. As occurs again when BOINC fails and puts me in a circular loop.

I was trying to donate some time and effort to a common good. But it appears to require more time, effort, and knowledge than I have or am willing to provide. Too bad. I tried. BOINC failed.



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