I am using 6.6.36 with the Optimized Apps for AMD SSE3. BOINC now requests jobs for either CPU or GPU (I have an 8400 NVIDIA card). But I am NOT using the graphics card. How do I tell it to use only CPU? And how do I get it to NOT request jobs for GPU? (Or is that the same question?).

Settings are the same as for 6.6.20 I am using on another machine, and it seems to work OK (gets only CPU jobs).

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I am using 6.6.36 with the Optimized Apps for AMD SSE3. BOINC now requests jobs for either CPU or GPU (I have an 8400 NVIDIA card). But I am NOT using the graphics card. How do I tell it to use only CPU? And how do I get it to NOT request jobs for GPU? (Or is that the same question?).

Settings are the same as for 6.6.20 I am using on another machine, and it seems to work OK (gets only CPU jobs).

You need a cc_config.xml file in your Boinc Data folder with this in it:

<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<sched_op_debug>1</sched_op_debug>
<dcf_debug>1</dcf_debug>
</log_flags>
<options>
<no_gpus>1</no_gpus>
<save_stats_days>365</save_stats_days>
</options>
</cc_config>

It is what i use to stop Boinc requesting work for my 128Mb 8400M GS GPU. (Under Spec for Seti)
You'll need to restart Boinc to get it to work, read config file won't work in this case.

Claggy

Claggy - Thanks for the quick response!

Do you mean in the Project folder for seti@home (i.e., BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu) where the executables are?

----- It did not work in the folder above after a restart....

(EDIT) It again requested ONLY GPU work, and in addition to the "no work available" red message, I got another red meassgae: "No work available for the applications you have selected. Please check your settings on the web site"

Huh?

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Claggy - Thanks for the quick response!

Do you mean in the Project folder for seti@home (i.e., BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu) where the executables are?

No, two folders up from that, ie on Vista:

C:\ProgramData\BOINC\

See:

FAQ: The Big BOINC 6 Answer Thread.

Claggy

OK, I moved it there.
Now I get nothing about requests for tasks or any red messages back, only stuff from the debug about "Project requested delay of 11 seconds" and several other msgs preceded by "[sched_op_debug]". This isn't very helpful...this seems to be a bug in 6.6.36; it still isn't working and I shouldn't have to see debug messages, to get it to work, should I?
(I cut and pasted your file above to Notepad and saved it as directed).
HELP!!!

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OK, I moved it there.
Now I get nothing about requests for tasks or any red messages back, only stuff from the debug about "Project requested delay of 11 seconds" and several other msgs preceded by "[sched_op_debug]". This isn't very helpful...this seemd to be a bug in 6.6.36; it still isn't working and I shouldn't have to see debug messages, should I?
HELP!!!

No. You can lose the:

<log_flags>
<sched_op_debug>1</sched_op_debug>
<dcf_debug>1</dcf_debug>
</log_flags>


F.

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Wouldn't it be far easier to simply go to your preferences and un-check the box "Use GPU if available?"

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Claggy - Thanks for the quick response!

Do you mean in the Project folder for seti@home (i.e., BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu) where the executables are?

----- It did not work in the folder above after a restart....

(EDIT) It again requested ONLY GPU work, and in addition to the "no work available" red message, I got another red meassgae: "No work available for the applications you have selected. Please check your settings on the web site"

Huh?

It's doing a GPU work request, there's no work for what you have selected, but there's work for a different app that you don't have selected,
ie it could be astropulse_v5 or v505 or Multibeam Cuda if you have that deselected on the website.

Claggy

OK - did that,
The debug msgs went away. (Good)
But on Update in BOINC Mgr, now get "not reporting or requesting tasks".
(Before, it requested (GPU) tasks.) (Bad)

GAH!

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I left the <sched_op_debug>1</sched_op_debug> flag in,
so you could see when Boinc does a CPU request if it is asking for work or not,
and how much, in seconds, Normally it won't tell you how much work it requests.

Claggy

OzzFan: Would be except I looked: "Use GPU if available" is NOT checked
and I only have "Seti@home enhanced" selected in my app prefs.

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Wouldn't it be far easier to simply go to your preferences and un-check the box "Use GPU if available?"

Yes, but Boinc will still do GPU requests, over and over again,
the schedular (i think) just won't send you the cuda app if you deselect the box "Use GPU if available"

Claggy

OzzFan: Would be except I looked: "Use GPU if available" is NOT checked
and I only have "Seti@home enhanced" selected in my app prefs.

There is a suspicion, not proven to the best of my knowledge, that if you have a CUDA section in your app_info.xml file, that may over-ride your preferences.

F.

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THIS IS REALLY ANNOYING.
Can anyone give me a clue as to what is happening here and how to fix this? It's bad enough SaH has been not working properly the last day or so at the Server side, but what do I have to do to get it to request more work (even if none available) now????

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THIS IS REALLY ANNOYING.
Can anyone give me a clue as to what is happening here and how to fix this? It's bad enough SaH has been not working properly the last day or so at the Server side, but what do I have to do to get it to request more work (even if none available) now????

Make you're cache bigger? what size is it set to now?

Claggy

Fred:
Well, I don't know about that...my app_info file does NOT have a CUDA section in it. It's the one that comes with the optimized app package.

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Claggy - what cache are you referring to?
As I said in my original post, this is working fine on another machine with 6.6.20.

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Claggy - what cache are you referring to?
As I said in my original post, this is working fine on another machine with 6.6.20.

Your Computing preferences

How many days?

Where it says:

Maintain enough work for an additional
Enforced by version 5.10+

Make that bigger by a day or two.

Claggy

Edit: you have 4 locations, you move your PC's to different locations and have differents caches set up for each.

Fred:
Well, I don't know about that...my app_info file does NOT have a CUDA section in it. It's the one that comes with the optimized app package.

OK. That's another variable out the window. That info might help someone else towards the right solution for you.

F.

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Claggy:
It said 2 days. I changed it to 5.
EDIT:
Did an "Update".
Still same msgs.

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