I still use Boinc 4.19. Today for some reason I am not getting any more WUs. I was watching my WUs finishing and uploading one by one, but not getting any more. I kept updating the project, but the only response I got was
Scheduler RPC to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded

Before, when I was low, the message went out that said "might run out of work in 1 day..." but it's not happening today.
Now I have no more Seti WUs to crunch. I am crunching other projects, but would like to see something from Seti.
Any ideas? Is it something on my PC?
Thanks!

> Now I have no more Seti WUs to crunch. I am crunching other projects, but
> would like to see something from Seti.

Hmm,

Any new WUs getting downloaded from the other projects?

From your "my computer" page, what are your...
% of time client is on
% of time host is connected
% of time user is active

values?

Seti is giving out WUs (at least to my hosts)

% of time client is on 0.0083 %
% of time host is connected 0.0083 %
% of time user is active 0 %


Yeah, I don't think that is right.
I just checked, I'm not getting WUs from the other projects either.

I rebooted my PC a couple of times this afternoon, but nothing has changed.

> % of time client is on 0.0083 %
> % of time host is connected 0.0083 %
> % of time user is active 0 %

You are probably correct that the numbers are in error.

There is no built in way to correct them with BOINC iteself, you will need to do the following:

1. Stop boinc
2. Use a text editor, such as Windows Notepad (it comes with every windows - Start Menu -> Programs -> Accesories -> Notepad)
3. Choose open file.
4. Navigate through the browse window until you get to where you installed BOINC.
-- (normally this is C:\Program Files\BOINC )
5. Open the file "client_state.xml"
6. Press Ctrl-F to open a find box.
7. Type "_frac" and then press Enter.
8. Correct the numbers between the < > pairs to represent the numbers (at the end of this message).
8. Save and close the file.
9. Start boinc again.
10. Tell boinc to "update" with seti project.


<on_frac>0.999968</on_frac> - Fraction of each 24 hours your machine is left turned on. 1.0 = 100%, 0.50 = 50%

<connected_frac>0.999968</connected_frac> - How often your internet connection is "on" or connected.

<active_frac>0.800000</active_frac> - How much of each 24 hours BOINC gets to use your CPU (often the same as 1st number above)

> I still use Boinc 4.19. Today for some reason I am not getting any more WUs. I
> was watching my WUs finishing and uploading one by one, but not getting any
> more. I kept updating the project, but the only response I got was
> Scheduler RPC to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded
>
> Before, when I was low, the message went out that said "might run out of work
> in 1 day..." but it's not happening today.
> Now I have no more Seti WUs to crunch. I am crunching other projects, but
> would like to see something from Seti.
> Any ideas? Is it something on my PC?
> Thanks!

Check your setting on the SETI web site, Your Account, in View or Edit General Preferences for these settings:

Do work while computer is in use? ........s/b YES
Do work only between the hours of ......s/b 0:00 0:00
Connect to network about every ...........try 0.5 or 1.0 here

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Thanks Benher! That did it! I am back in the game!

Was it something I did that caused this problem?

Thanks again!

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> Thanks Benher! That did it! I am back in the game!
>
> Was it something I did that caused this problem?

I believe it is on the list of known bugs for boinc, but since it doesn't happen often (once to me in 6 months with 5+ machines), it is a low priority fix for the team.

We don't yet know what causes it.