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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I tried our favorite proxy here a few times in the last couple of days, and it no longer works for me either. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Strat Send message Joined: 12 Jun 11 Posts: 8 Credit: 92,786 RAC: 0 |
Hmmm, I think someone is listening as I just retried with no proxy and connected at 15kBps (thats like hyperspeed!) |
bj Send message Joined: 11 Oct 00 Posts: 163 Credit: 50,429,507 RAC: 0 |
I tried our favorite proxy here a few times in the last couple of days, and it no longer works for me either. Its working on two of my machines. The other two are fine as is. Probably will put back to as the others tomorrow. |
Kevin Olley Send message Joined: 3 Aug 99 Posts: 906 Credit: 261,085,289 RAC: 572 |
Listen, and understand. That 6.10.60 is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are downloaded. That all depends on how hungry your machine is. The secret is look at the first few pages of top computers, if the majority are using a certain version of Boinc or Video driver etc its probably OK, If they ain't then there is a reason why not. Kevin |
AndyJ Send message Joined: 17 Aug 02 Posts: 248 Credit: 27,380,797 RAC: 0 |
I tried our favorite proxy here a few times in the last couple of days, and it no longer works for me either. Proxy still works here on the office machine, but not at home. One mile apart, but different ISP's. Odd. Regards, A |
AndyJ Send message Joined: 17 Aug 02 Posts: 248 Credit: 27,380,797 RAC: 0 |
Listen, and understand. That 6.10.60 is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are downloaded. Yup, a swift glance at the top three says it all. Regards, A |
Team kizb Send message Joined: 8 Mar 01 Posts: 219 Credit: 3,709,162 RAC: 0 |
Listen, and understand. That 6.10.60 is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are downloaded. Taking a look at the Top 20 computers, 17 of 20 are using 6.10.XX I think they might be on to something. My Computers: â–ˆ Blue Offline â–ˆ Green Offline â–ˆ Red Offline |
RB Send message Joined: 13 Oct 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 1,245,128 RAC: 0 |
I'm using 6.12.34 and my backoff times go like this: 15 minutes 1 hour 5 hours 2012 2018 ... you get what I mean... So, my question is: What is the process to "rollback" to 6.10.60 ?? No new tasks until everything is caught up? Do you have to then completely uninstall BOINC ? Or just overtop. Where do you get 6.10.60? I'm using the Lunatics version of my current 6.12.34 Sorry for all the questions, but my backoff time just hit the year 2032, and I want to find a work-around. :) |
Fred E. Send message Joined: 22 Jul 99 Posts: 768 Credit: 24,140,697 RAC: 0 |
What is the process to "rollback" to 6.10.60 ?? You can install over the top. I'd suspend network communication first simply as a precaution. That has helped me avoid problems when something goes wrong. Make sure you use the same data directory location or you will have big problems. The Lunatics apps are in that data directory and will not be affected by the over the top install. I've made the round trip 3 times w/o a problem. BOINC 6.10.60 is at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php |
Philadelphia Send message Joined: 12 Feb 07 Posts: 1590 Credit: 399,688 RAC: 0 |
What is the process to "rollback" to 6.10.60 ?? I guess I messed it up :( I installed over the top and when I tried to start it back up, I got a message "Boinc Client has stopped working" When I open the client, none of the projects, WU's, etc are listed. Should I uninstall BOINC and reinstall? Will my data files be ok? Will it remember me, lol? Thanks :) |
Claggy Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4654 Credit: 47,537,079 RAC: 4 |
What is the process to "rollback" to 6.10.60 ?? After installing an older version of Boinc over the top of a newer version, you have to run the older installer a 2nd time and do a repair. (or you uninstall the newer version first, then install the older version) Claggy |
Horacio Send message Joined: 14 Jan 00 Posts: 536 Credit: 75,967,266 RAC: 0 |
What is the process to "rollback" to 6.10.60 ?? As said here, but there is a litle trick... The safest way is to suspend all work and exit Boinc (choosing to stop the client) Then uninstall 6.12 before intalling 6.10 or else you will need to run the installer twice as the the first installation of the 6.10 on top of 6.12 will tell you that something was not properly upgraded so do not try to start Boinc in this point, run the installer a 2nd time and choose the repair option before running it again. Ive did it in this way in my 3 rigs and everything went right. (EDIT: Claggy already said this before, in this thread...) |
Philadelphia Send message Joined: 12 Feb 07 Posts: 1590 Credit: 399,688 RAC: 0 |
What is the process to "rollback" to 6.10.60 ?? OK, I'll install the older version again (2nd time) and see how it goes. Thanks Claggy. Dan [edit] Repair worked perfectly!!! Thanks much for the advise Claggy. Dan |
Mark St. Denis Send message Joined: 20 May 99 Posts: 27 Credit: 8,577,900 RAC: 0 |
I reinstalled the older version. It has helped a lot. With direct connect to Seti I have had no backoff issues. So at this point I think I should be fine, until the next problem. |
Team kizb Send message Joined: 8 Mar 01 Posts: 219 Credit: 3,709,162 RAC: 0 |
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RB Send message Joined: 13 Oct 11 Posts: 20 Credit: 1,245,128 RAC: 0 |
Thanks for all the info. I'll be downloading it and rolling back soon. Cheers. Richard. |
perryjay Send message Joined: 20 Aug 02 Posts: 3377 Credit: 20,676,751 RAC: 0 |
I'm running 6.10.58. Any advantage to going up to 6.10.60? I've stayed away from the 6.12 series. Heard too many bad comments about them as far as back offs and such goes. PROUD MEMBER OF Team Starfire World BOINC |
Kevin Olley Send message Joined: 3 Aug 99 Posts: 906 Credit: 261,085,289 RAC: 572 |
I'm running 6.10.58. Any advantage to going up to 6.10.60? I've stayed away from the 6.12 series. Heard too many bad comments about them as far as back offs and such goes. Probably some minor changes between the two but I very much doubt if there is any performance related differences between them, running 6.10.58 myself. Remember the old saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" How many times do you upgrade software to find its full of features you will never use and its harder to use and slower than the earlier version. Sometimes an upgrade is esential, but how often are there problems with the latest thing on the block. Kevin |
Horacio Send message Joined: 14 Jan 00 Posts: 536 Credit: 75,967,266 RAC: 0 |
I'm running 6.10.58. Any advantage to going up to 6.10.60? I've stayed away from the 6.12 series. Heard too many bad comments about them as far as back offs and such goes. From http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/VersionHistory: Version 6.10.59 - 6.10.60 released: 25 March 2011 •Fix: Project list issue in the attach wizard that lead to a crash (Linux) •Fix: Screensaver coordinator issue when shutting down the screensaver. (Win) Version 6.10.57 - 6.10.58 released: 6 July 2010 •New: Enable the ability to automatically join teams from installer scripts (Win, Mac) •Fix: Elasped time tracking issue •Fix: Fix crash condition that would happen if drivers for ATI/Nvidia were installed incorrectly or clashed with other drivers in the system. (Win) •Fix: Cleanup accessibility items (Mac) •Fix: Display both OS version and kernel version on startup (Mac) •Fix: Fix bug that caused a new CPID to be generated at startup (Mac) |
HAL9000 Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57 |
One bit of functionality that was changed in BOINC Manager after 6.10.48. The ability to clear the retry values for transfers when you suspend network activity. In versions after you get a message when trying to do so that network activity is suspended. It is just one of those undocumented changes, but for how I use BOINC I found it annoying. So I use BOINC Manager 6.10.48 with BOINC 6.12.33. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[ |
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