1) Questions and Answers : Windows : Requesting 0 seconds of work, returning 0 results (Message 8359)
Posted 9 Jul 2005 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
I'm running Sixtrack 4.67 and BOINC 4.45. Whenever I update, I get the message in the title. This is a new behavior, which only started when I upgraded BOINC. It used to be that BOINC calculated how much work I wanted to have queued, then requested enough work to fill my queue.

BTW, I'm also running climateprediction, but with a far smaller resource share.
2) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Add Dialup Preference to Restrict Connection Times to BOINC (Message 5540)
Posted 3 Jan 2005 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
> There is a simple way to stop this. First, set your preferences to queue
> work--I myself use a five day queue, because many times I cannot access the
> internet. Next, open BOINC and under the file menu click 'Disable BOINC
> Network Access.' Click the File menu again and you should see a checkmark.
> Then, before you go to sleep click it again to re-enable network access. BOINC
> can now contact the server when you sleep. Personally, I set aside 5 minutes a
> day(when I can connect) for BOINC and let it do all of its network work at
> that time, and keep network access disabled the rest of the day.
>
I do this workaround, but prefer to not have to do it in the first place. This is especially true because I need to have my phone line open _before_ I wake up.
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : BOINC GUI Won't Initialize (Message 5336)
Posted 26 Nov 2004 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
BOINC 4.13 does not have this problem, so I'm fine.
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : BOINC GUI Won't Initialize (Message 3318)
Posted 7 Oct 2004 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
> I hade this issue when trying to start BOINC under limited WindowsXP user
> account without having set the full control permissions for BOINC folder for
> all users. I Maybe this is your issue.
>
That might fix the problem with the other users, but I installed it in my default administrator account. This account should have full permissions to BOINC.
5) Questions and Answers : Windows : BOINC GUI Won't Initialize (Message 3314)
Posted 7 Oct 2004 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
> "Failed to cleanup the Windows Socket Interface" generally means that you have
> tried to start the GUI twice.
>
> For the other. Do you have BOINC set to run as a service? If so, the GUI may
> be erroring because the service is running.
>
> any entries in the NT/W2k Log files?
>
>
BOINC is definitely not running as a service. Where do I find the log files?
6) Questions and Answers : Windows : Sporadic Restarting of Results (Message 3244)
Posted 5 Oct 2004 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
This appears to come in batches, then clears up. As far as I can tell, it clears up when I either restart the computer (but not just BOINC) or suspend network activity.

Example BOINC messages:

LHC@home - 2004-10-05 07:41:28 - Result v64lhc1000pro1s6_8522.32_1_sixvf_84164_0 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
LHC@home - 2004-10-05 07:41:28 - If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
LHC@home - 2004-10-05 07:41:28 - Restarting result v64lhc1000pro1s6_8522.32_1_sixvf_84164_0 using sixtrack version 4.46
LHC@home - 2004-10-05 07:47:47 - Computation for result v64lhc1000pro1s6_8522.32_1_sixvf_84164 finished

7) Questions and Answers : Windows : BOINC GUI Won't Initialize (Message 3243)
Posted 5 Oct 2004 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
When I login to my account (no other users on), BOINC immediately produces an error message to the effect that initialization has failed. (I haven't yet noted the exact message.) The next message is "Failed to cleanup the Windows Socket Interface", which is also seen whenever another user logs in.

Equipment: Emachines T2082 with AMD Athlon 2000+ running XP SP2.

BOINC v. 4.09
8) Questions and Answers : Windows : LHC Stops running after finishing a WU (Message 3241)
Posted 5 Oct 2004 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
I was running v. 4.05 Beta. Upgrading to 4.09 cleared the problem and introduced others. :-( It would be nice if BOINC had an automatic upgrade or upgrade notification mechanism.
9) Questions and Answers : Wish list : Add Dialup Preference to Restrict Connection Times to BOINC (Message 2728)
Posted 29 Sep 2004 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
The way BOINC is currently implemented, it dials my modem at all times of day. I would like to limit this to the timeframe I specify. For example, I don't use my phone when I sleep, so I would like to set BOINC to connect only when I'm sleeping.
10) Questions and Answers : Windows : LHC Stops running after finishing a WU (Message 2725)
Posted 29 Sep 2004 by Chuck Coleman
Post:
This started with version 4.46 of sixtrack. When one job finishes, the BOINC console shows the next "running" but always with 0 CPU time. This problem clears with a restart, but I'm not about to restart my computer after every WU finishes.

Computer details:
Emachines T2082 with Athlon 2000+ XP CPU, 256 MB RAM, running Windows XP SP2.

Note: I installed SP2 before BOINC.



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