Credits of a deleted computer and how to change the name of a host.

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IPGlider Send message Joined: 10 Jul 02 Posts: 5 Credit: 3,533 RAC: 0	Message 74374 - Posted: 26 Jan 2005, 23:25:51 UTC Last modified: 26 Jan 2005, 23:26:13 UTC I have 1,124.91 that belong to a deleted computer that have crunch 0 WUs, anyone know why? Other thing, my computer is called localhost.localdomain, can I change the name? ID: 74374 ·

Pascal, K G Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2343 Credit: 150,491 RAC: 0	Message 74390 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:01:54 UTC If I understand, you deleted and old computer and now you have a new one ....The credit stays with you. In the dark about the name and how to change it.... Semper Eadem So long Paul, it has been a hell of a ride. Park your ego's, fire up the computers, Science YES, Credits No. ID: 74390 ·

IPGlider Send message Joined: 10 Jul 02 Posts: 5 Credit: 3,533 RAC: 0	Message 74393 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:05:08 UTC - in response to Message 74390. > If I understand, you deleted and old computer and now you have a new one > ....The credit stays with you. In the dark about the name and how to change > it.... > Yes, but the old computer with 1,124.91 credits have processed 0 WUs! Why I have that ammount of credit for nothing? ID: 74393 ·

wrzwaldo Send message Joined: 16 Jul 00 Posts: 113 Credit: 1,073,284 RAC: 0	Message 74394 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:07:32 UTC - in response to Message 74374. > I have 1,124.91 that belong to a deleted computer that have crunch 0 WUs, > anyone know why? > > Other thing, my computer is called localhost.localdomain, can I change the > name? > > Search google for "change hostname in Linux". Or go here! ID: 74394 ·

Pascal, K G Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2343 Credit: 150,491 RAC: 0	Message 74397 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:11:09 UTC Ok, now did the old computer crunch the WUs for the credits that show??????? Semper Eadem So long Paul, it has been a hell of a ride. Park your ego's, fire up the computers, Science YES, Credits No. ID: 74397 ·

IPGlider Send message Joined: 10 Jul 02 Posts: 5 Credit: 3,533 RAC: 0	Message 74403 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:25:44 UTC - in response to Message 74394. > Search google for "change hostname in Linux". > > Or go > here! I know how to change the name of my computer. ;P I ask how to change the name in the computers section of my profile. > Ok, now did the old computer crunch the WUs for the credits that show??????? No, that system don't crunch any WUs, I think that only computers with 0 WUs can be deleted. ID: 74403 ·

Pascal, K G Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2343 Credit: 150,491 RAC: 0	Message 74406 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:29:31 UTC - in response to Message 74403. Last modified: 27 Jan 2005, 0:33:30 UTC > > Search google for "change hostname in Linux". > > > > Or go > > here! > > I know how to change the name of my computer. ;P I ask how to change the name > in the computers section of my profile. > > > Ok, now did the old computer crunch the WUs for the credits that > show??????? > > No, that system don't crunch any WUs, I think that only computers with 0 WUs > can be deleted. > No you can remove a computer that has crunched WUs after they have been removed from the data base.....Do not see a place for the computer name under preferences, under view computer I see Domain name and that is all...... Semper Eadem So long Paul, it has been a hell of a ride. Park your ego's, fire up the computers, Science YES, Credits No. ID: 74406 ·

IPGlider Send message Joined: 10 Jul 02 Posts: 5 Credit: 3,533 RAC: 0	Message 74408 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:34:24 UTC - in response to Message 74406. > No you can remove a computer that has crunched WUs after they have been > removed from the data base..... Well, the thing that seems strange to me is that computer says 'Results 0' with that credits. It's nothing serious, only curiosity. ID: 74408 ·

The Gas Giant Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 22 Nov 01 Posts: 1904 Credit: 2,646,654 RAC: 0	Message 74411 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:44:16 UTC I have a couple of computers in my account that no longer crunch S@H for many different reasons. Ever since the admin changed the way the wu information was stored in the DB and presented to us (only showing results for x days after granted credit), the number of results shown for each of these computers has reduced to 0 even though they each crunched quite a few wu's each. So even though they show 0 results they still have credit. Could this be the case with yours as well? Paul (S@H1 8888) And proud of it! ID: 74411 ·

Walt Gribben Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 353 Credit: 304,016 RAC: 0	Message 74412 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 0:45:36 UTC - in response to Message 74408. > > No you can remove a computer that has crunched WUs after they have been > > removed from the data base..... > > Well, the thing that seems strange to me is that computer says 'Results 0' > with that credits. It's nothing serious, only curiosity. > From "...more" news: December 27, 2004 We have started removing database records for results that were completed more than 7 days ago. This will limit the size of the workunit and result tables in our database. Happy holidays! ID: 74412 ·

TPR_Mojo Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 Apr 00 Posts: 323 Credit: 7,001,052 RAC: 0	Message 74457 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 2:49:54 UTC - in response to Message 74374. > > Other thing, my computer is called localhost.localdomain, can I change the > name? > > Change your hosts file - usually /etc/hosts I'll bet it currently reads: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain realcomputername Use VI or similar to change it to: 127.0.0.1 realcomputername localhost.localdomain BOINC will detect the change and update the master database for you. The localhost.localdomain entry has to be there for some Linux routines, but BOINC will only ever pick up the first entry. Hope this helps. ID: 74457 ·

wrzwaldo Send message Joined: 16 Jul 00 Posts: 113 Credit: 1,073,284 RAC: 0	Message 74495 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 5:34:35 UTC - in response to Message 74403. Last modified: 27 Jan 2005, 5:42:24 UTC > > Search google for "change hostname in Linux". > > > > Or go > > here! > > I know how to change the name of my computer. ;P I ask how to change the name > in the computers section of my profile. > > > Ok, now did the old computer crunch the WUs for the credits that > show??????? > > No, that system don't crunch any WUs, I think that only computers with 0 WUs > can be deleted. > And thats the info I gave you! Check your hosts and hostname files I bet you will find the problem. One of my Linux boxes had this problem as well. Of course you already know how to change your computers name... My hostname file was empty... Also note that the hosts file entry 127.0.0.1 localhost has to remain 127.0.0.1 localhost (unless I have forgotten something), you will need to add a line with your current IP and hostname.. So your host file will look something like, 127.0.0.1 localhost yourip yourhostname Thats how my hosts files are setup and that fixed the problem. ID: 74495 ·

IPGlider Send message Joined: 10 Jul 02 Posts: 5 Credit: 3,533 RAC: 0	Message 74757 - Posted: 27 Jan 2005, 23:02:33 UTC Solved the problem of the name, thanks to wrzwaldo and Lowfield. :) ID: 74757 ·

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