1) Message boards : Promotion : An idea for Boinc in the Anthropocene. (Message 105909) Posted 31 Oct 2021 by alollini Post: Here is a copy of the email I sent today to David Anderson : Electricity production, and home heating / cooling are two important struggles of the anthopocene. With BOINC and other distributed computing, and also with crypto currencies I think exists an opportunity. If within Boinc or the projects themselves you create data about : - geographic location of the processor You may enable local government AND the utility company to gain some level of control over power used. An idle computer produce very little heat, while a working computer works as an electrical heater. Power utility companies struggle at some points in the year or in the day to up or down produce power to align with power used. Examples in my mind : - reduce power used during hot months, or heat waves (linked with government/weather forecast) - reduce power used when everyone goes back home after work (helps with the duck curve) - allow full power during cold days, except if power plant struggles; - etc. To go more in depth : if a project presents some form of emergency, like medical research about drugs or vaccine during a pandemic, the specific project may have a temporary bypass. The idea is for the regulator to have access to a potentiometer over CPU/GPU % used according to local and time schedule law / ecology. Food for thought, maybe a way to help save the ability of Earth to support human life. Sincerely yours : -- Alexandre Lollini ESPACE Lollini ------------------- www.espacelollini.com Official Philatelic Editor of the European Space Agency. Space stamps and mail for collectors

2) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.6.33 and 7.8.2 windows 10 x86 64 PROBLEMS (Message 85866) Posted 13 Apr 2018 by alollini Post: I deleted all again, uninstalled and tried the 7.6.33 32bits version without virtual box. It looks like it works now. I attached the to the project, it downloaded work, and is processing.

3) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.6.33 and 7.8.2 windows 10 x86 64 PROBLEMS (Message 85865) Posted 13 Apr 2018 by alollini Post: got it there : this is the output before boinc.exe crashes : 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N4200 @ 1.10GHz [Family 6 Model 92 Stepping 9] 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes rdrandsyscall nx lm vmx tm2 pbe fsgsbase smep 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.16299.00) 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Memory: 7.84 GB physical, 9.09 GB virtual 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Disk: 117.72 GB total, 76.14 GB free 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Local time is UTC +2 hours 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] VirtualBox version: 5.1.26 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID not assigned yet; resource share 100 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] No general preferences found - using defaults 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Reading preferences override file 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Preferences: 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] max memory usage when active: 4012.45 MB 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] max memory usage when idle: 7222.41 MB 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] max disk usage: 66.14 GB 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] don't compute while active 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] don't use GPU while active 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 Initialization completed 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Suspending computation - computer is in use 13-Apr-2018 15:48:05 [---] Suspending network activity - computer is in use 13-Apr-2018 15:48:26 [---] Resuming network activity 13-Apr-2018 15:48:26 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Sending scheduler request: Project initialization. 13-Apr-2018 15:48:26 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Requesting new tasks for CPU and Intel GPU

4) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.6.33 and 7.8.2 windows 10 x86 64 PROBLEMS (Message 85863) Posted 13 Apr 2018 by alollini Post: I trashed boinc folders in ProgramData, and in user AppData Roaming, then ran the installer to remove the application completely. Then I installed again. It does install in Program files (not into Program files (x86) ) I tried to run boinc.exe in console mode (without manager) created a shortcut "C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinc.exe" then I launched the manager and did benchmark, success. then I closed manager and did : "C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinccmd.exe" --lookup_account http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/someemail somepasswd status: Success poll status: operation in progress poll status: operation in progress account key: somekeysomekey "C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinccmd.exe" --project_attach http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ somekeysomekey Faulting application name: boinc.exe, version: 7.8.3.0, time stamp: 0x59d3f202 Faulting module name: LIBEAY32.dll, version: 1.0.2.7, time stamp: 0x56d5fc8e Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00000000000e6543 Faulting process id: 0x824 Faulting application start time: 0x01d3d32c4b8e41e1 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinc.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\BOINC\LIBEAY32.dll Report Id: 00636b25-2b84-41af-9d92-9d0b0c5e47ed Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: boinc.exe is still crashing some time after launch. Sadly i was unable to give you the first crash output (the cmd window closes when it crashes) however when I tru and launch boinc.exe again here is what I get before it crashes again : 13-Apr-2018 15:42:14 [---] cc_config.xml not found - using defaults end. still unable to rn boinc.exe on this new box.

5) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.6.33 and 7.8.2 windows 10 x86 64 PROBLEMS (Message 85862) Posted 13 Apr 2018 by alollini Post: I found this in windows events 'application error" : Faulting application name: boinc.exe, version: 7.8.3.0, time stamp: 0x59d3f202 Faulting module name: LIBEAY32.dll, version: 1.0.2.7, time stamp: 0x56d5fc8e Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00000000000e6543 Faulting process id: 0x1278 Faulting application start time: 0x01d3d12054bebb68 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\BOINC\boinc.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\BOINC\LIBEAY32.dll Report Id: e62cac4e-2334-495e-a945-7bbaf52d983b Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:

6) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.8.3 windows 10 x86 64 PROBLEM (Message 82284) Posted 27 Oct 2017 by alollini Post: I did uninstall and then tried download and install 7.8.3 Same result, Boinc.exe lanches and quits. Manager then can't do anything. Can't add any project (list is populated, but each project answer "unavailable" prior to password request) This is boinc without vbox This is single user Somehow I managed once to add ibercivis project but that is not the one i want now. first lines of log: 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Starting BOINC client version 7.8.3 for windows_x86_64 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Running under account admin 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | OpenCL: Intel GPU 0: Intel(R) HD Graphics 505 (driver version 21.20.16.4534, device version OpenCL 1.2, 3202MB, 3202MB available, 108 GFLOPS peak) 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | OpenCL CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N4200 @ 1.10GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: Intel(R) Corporation, driver version 6.6.0.359, device version OpenCL 1.2 (Build 359)) 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Host name: VOYO-MINI-COMPTA 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N4200 @ 1.10GHz [Family 6 Model 92 Stepping 9] 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes rdrandsyscall nx lm vmx tm2 pbe fsgsbase smep 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 10: Core x64 Edition, (10.00.15063.00) 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Memory: 7.84 GB physical, 9.09 GB virtual 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Disk: 117.72 GB total, 90.59 GB free 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Local time is UTC +2 hours 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | VirtualBox version: 5.1.26 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | ibercivis | URL http://registro.ibercivis.es/; Computer ID 470218; resource share 66 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | General prefs: from http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/ (last modified 29-Apr-2017 10:12:22) 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Host location: none 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | General prefs: using your defaults 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Reading preferences override file 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | Preferences: 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | max memory usage when active: 4012.45 MB 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | max memory usage when idle: 7222.41 MB 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | max disk usage: 82.59 GB 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | don't use GPU while active 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25% 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | ibercivis | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 10/27/2017 2:34:46 PM | ibercivis | Requesting new tasks for CPU and Intel GPU 10/27/2017 2:34:48 PM | ibercivis | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks 10/27/2017 2:34:48 PM | ibercivis | No tasks sent 10/27/2017 2:34:48 PM | ibercivis | Project has no tasks available then log grays out, and manager is trying to connect to localhost ... If i try to add a project when manager is connected (lasts several seconds) then the answer is "project temporarily unavailable"

7) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.6.33 and 7.8.2 windows 10 x86 64 PROBLEMS (Message 82283) Posted 27 Oct 2017 by alollini Post: I did uninstall and then tried download and install 7.8.3 Same result, Boinc.exe lanches and quits. Manager then can't do anything.

8) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.6.33 and 7.8.2 windows 10 x86 64 PROBLEMS (Message 81573) Posted 25 Sep 2017 by alollini Post: let go the work data, in all my trials i tried and did first an uninstall, then i dit search and delete all boinc related files, to do an install from scratch or as close as possible from that. now trying to run boinc 7.6.33 When I go with Windows Explorer to C:\Programdata\BOINC I find 23/09/2017 16:14 55 419 all_projects_list.xml 25/09/2017 12:05 4 980 client_state.xml 25/09/2017 12:04 4 980 client_state_prev.xml 25/09/2017 12:04 2 481 coproc_info.xml 23/09/2017 16:18 209 daily_xfer_history.xml 25/09/2017 12:03 0 get_project_config.xml 22/09/2017 17:08 32 gui_rpc_auth.cfg 23/09/2017 16:13 0 lookup_account.xml 25/09/2017 11:53 0 lookup_website.html 22/09/2017 17:08 <DIR> notices 18/06/2017 18:09 101 placeholder.txt 22/09/2017 17:08 <DIR> projects 22/09/2017 17:24 <DIR> slots 22/09/2017 17:08 0 stderrdae.txt 22/09/2017 17:08 0 stderrgpudetect.txt 25/09/2017 12:11 28 389 stdoutdae.txt 25/09/2017 12:04 897 stdoutgpudetect.txt 25/09/2017 12:11 1 730 time_stats_log and in the project folder there is only "placeholder" Did you uninstall 7.8.2? - YES Did you change the data directory's path? - NO

9) Message boards : Questions and problems : boinc 7.6.33 and 7.8.2 windows 10 x86 64 PROBLEMS (Message 81545) Posted 23 Sep 2017 by alollini Post: my win 10 intel nuc was still running 7.6.33 fine then : updating to : 7.8.2 : not launching boinc.exe : list of project empty when doing "add project" I lost all my work and projects (no big deal) then I tried to install back boinc 7.6.33 now I get the list of projects populated but all project say : Failed to add project, please try again later, Click Finish to close. (that after entering password) All projects say that. installed BOINC NOT as a Service. tried with AND without virtual box. tried asteroids, seti, einstein, rosetta, ibercivis. my other macs and pcs run 7.8.2 perfect. Alex.

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