End of May, the Boinc messenger informed me about a change to Seti@home7 for Windows which would automatically run on the pc. However, since then, only few new jobs occured and since 2 days, no new job occurred on my pc.

Instead, a message in Boinc manager occurred that my app_info.xml does not include a valid version of Seti@home v7 and AstroPulse v6. Checking that file, it really only includes "setiathome_enhanced" and "astropulse_v505".

Maybe there are no new jobs available via "setiathome_enhanced" and "astropulse_v505"? And if so, why doesn't the app_info.xml not change automatically? Who has answers how to solve the problem?

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The thing with optimized apps is you need to be aware of the updating yourself, it is not automatic.

To get the latest version go HERE

Or if you no longer wish to run optimized, stop Boinc, delete or rename app_info.xml and restart Boinc.

You should then get work.

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Or if you no longer wish to run optimized, stop Boinc, delete or rename app_info.xml and restart Boinc.

And reset the project. Without the reset, chances are high, his BOINC still won't get new v7 work.

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Hi This is my first Post. I too am having problems obtaining new work. This happened approximately a month ago where everything else (Einstein, Rosetta, and Cosmology download new work without any hesitation. But, for approximately 2 weeks I did not get any work from Seti. Now as of 2 days ago I cannot get any new work fromn Seti. I tried Resetting the Project which seems to start a download from Seti under Transfers but nothing shows up under TASKS. I really want to make Seti #1 in my priority list but it seems to be further down the list. Not sure where it actually stands agst the other programs. What do I need to do to get work from Seti.
Thank you,
Eric (AstroRebel)

Hi This is my first Post. I too am having problems obtaining new work. This happened approximately a month ago where everything else (Einstein, Rosetta, and Cosmology download new work without any hesitation. But, for approximately 2 weeks I did not get any work from Seti. Now as of 2 days ago I cannot get any new work fromn Seti. I tried Resetting the Project which seems to start a download from Seti under Transfers but nothing shows up under TASKS. I really want to make Seti #1 in my priority list but it seems to be further down the list. Not sure where it actually stands agst the other programs. What do I need to do to get work from Seti.
Thank you,
Eric (AstroRebel)

First of all, have you ticked "seti@home v7" on your preferences section of your account? If not, you won't receive any MB work from the project except for resends.

If so, then I'd guess it's a BOINC balancing issue, which you'd have to address by increasing the share for seti and/or decreasing the share for the other projects you run.

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You had 1 task (AstroPulse v6 v6.04 (opencl_ati_100)) 'Sent 8 Jun 2013, 16:08:50 UTC':
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/results.php?hostid=5458724

* Go to 'SETI@home preferences':
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/prefs.php?subset=project

... and:
- increase 'Resource share' (e.g. to 200 or 500 or 1000 ...)
- make sure you have:
Use CPU yes
Use ATI GPU yes

- at the bottom:

SETI@home Enhanced: yes
SETI@home v7: yes
AstroPulse v6: yes
If no work for selected applications is available, accept work from other applications? yes


* Go to 'Computing preferences':
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/prefs.php?subset=global

'Maintain enough tasks to keep busy for at least' (set this to 3-5 days)
'... and up to an additional' (set this to 0.1 days)

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- ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)
 

Thanks BilBg. After trying the fixes you mentioned yesterday there seemed to be no change. I tried rebooting but nothing. However, today I see Seti on my Task list again. "Ready to Start". I hope this is the beginning of renewed WU. Thank you and others for your input.

--AstroRebel (Eric)

"If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking on the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler." - Alfonso X of Castile, a midevil patron of astronomy, A.D. 1121 - 1284

Update (June 14, 2013 - After completing a few WU on Seti I am back with the same problem of Seti not updating. I've done everything mentioned in previous posts. I tried Updating several times. If I "reset project" and then click on Update, I see several WU show up in the Transfer window which disappears very quickly and nothing shows up afterward in the Tasks list. Anyone have an idea on this.
Thanks,
Eric

If there is a "Show all tasks" button on the Tasks tab, press it!

Gruß,
Gundolf

Update (June 14, 2013 - After completing a few WU on Seti I am back with the same problem of Seti not updating. I've done everything mentioned in previous posts. I tried Updating several times. If I "reset project" and then click on Update, I see several WU show up in the Transfer window which disappears very quickly and nothing shows up afterward in the Tasks list. Anyone have an idea on this.
Thanks,
Eric

As of about 20 minutes ago, you've received some AP work. You should be good now. A word of warning about using the "reset" button, though: you shouldn't do that in an attempt to get new work. It wipes all your program files and work in progress, forcing the system to re-download everything before being able to start work again.

If you're running multiple projects, BOINC might just be trying to keep those projects correctly balanced.

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I simply installed from the ubuntu 13.04 repos (keep it simple as Seti@Home advertises on the front page). It looks like ubuntu has boinc version 7.0.27.

Anyways, I ran into the same thing as several other folks. When I renamed the app_info.xml (setiathome_enhanced app version "697" inside the XML file) and bounced the boinc client, normal behavior ensued (based on my past experience). I seem to be running fine without that XML file! (-:

It looks like an out of date app_info.xml is being inadvertently distributed at some level, somewhere. It could be useful with valid contents in some circumstances. Maybe, it should be distributed as E.g. app_info.xml.TEXT with instructions on how to use it if you need it.

Nice tip - thank you for taking the time. I'll try to return the favor in the future.


Richard

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Hello to all .. I have a systematic message when running Seti "Computation error" and this since several weeks. never had trouble before ...:) .. would anybody have a suggestion as to what I could try (besides erasing the project and reloading it which I have yet to try). Thanks in advance for your response !

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Your graphics driver seems a bit old. You should look at the number crunching forum for more info (I don't run GPU tasks, so I don't know much about it).

Gruß,
Gundolf

Gundolf is quite right: you should update your Nvidia driver (from the NVidia site, not elsewhere) to something in the 300 series. I think 320.49 is current at this time, but I haven't checked in a few weeks.

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NVIDIA GeForce 9700M

Which would appear to be a laptop, so updating drivers may not be possible, and I would certainly NOT got to the Nvidia site for laptop drivers, but the laptop manufacturer site or possibly here http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers however that site does require a little technical understanding.

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