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Message 1508894 - Posted: 26 Apr 2014, 18:32:28 UTC

Background: My cruncher's drive mostly croaked about a month back, would not boot or repair. I finally got a replacement SSD drive (fresh win 7 OS install, was able to mount the other drive and xcopy over the Boinc \program files and \programdata stuff), and then did an MSI install of Boinc, taking it from 6.12.6 to 7.3.15, after which, boinc seems to work fine, it picked up on the WU's I had.

I'm able to get new CUDA and AP WU's for SETI. *BUT*, Seti won't grab CPU tasks now (but I can get them for projects such as WCG). My Seti@Home log entries for past week patterns as:
Reporting 2 completed tasks
Requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA GPU
Scheduler request completed: got 2 new tasks <-- 99% CUDA, sometimes AP
This computer has reached a limit on tasks in progress

I know the settings in the web & local settings, they look fine, I've done restore defaults (I don't have separate profiles, I run a single box). At this point, I think it's something in cc_config, but am open ears on suggestions to get Seti to again pickup CPU WU's.

Thx.

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<file_xfer>0</file_xfer>
<sched_ops>1</sched_ops>
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<allow_multiple_clients>0</allow_multiple_clients>
<allow_remote_gui_rpc>0</allow_remote_gui_rpc>
<client_version_check_url>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php?xml=1</client_version_check_url>
<client_new_version_text></client_new_version_text>
<client_download_url>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php</client_download_url>
<disallow_attach>0</disallow_attach>
<dont_check_file_sizes>0</dont_check_file_sizes>
<dont_contact_ref_site>0</dont_contact_ref_site>
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<exit_when_idle>0</exit_when_idle>
<fetch_minimal_work>0</fetch_minimal_work>
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<force_auth>default</force_auth>
<http_1_0>1</http_1_0>
<http_transfer_timeout>300</http_transfer_timeout>
<http_transfer_timeout_bps>10</http_transfer_timeout_bps>
<max_event_log_lines>2000</max_event_log_lines>
<max_file_xfers>8</max_file_xfers>
<max_file_xfers_per_project>2</max_file_xfers_per_project>
<max_stderr_file_size>0</max_stderr_file_size>
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<network_test_url>http://www.google.com/</network_test_url>
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<socks_server_name></socks_server_name>
<socks_server_port>80</socks_server_port>
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<http_server_port>80</http_server_port>
<socks5_user_name></socks5_user_name>
<socks5_user_passwd></socks5_user_passwd>
<http_user_name></http_user_name>
<http_user_passwd></http_user_passwd>
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<vbox_window>0</vbox_window>
</options>
</cc_config>
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Message 1508897 - Posted: 26 Apr 2014, 18:49:36 UTC

From what I understand, SETI servers will give you WUs for fastest devices first.
BUT: from the fact that you are getting only GPU work AND the fact that it is telling you that you are full up, I infer that somewhere in your preferences, either local or at SETI, you have NO CPU set OR (possibly) you have the CPU defaulting to 0% in Tools -> Computing Preferences -> processor usage at the bottom. Try checking those.
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Message 1508899 - Posted: 26 Apr 2014, 18:59:34 UTC

You are getting cpu tasks for AP so prefs are set okay. What makes you suspect cc-config? You can post ift if you want, but first I'd check the app-info.xml file to make sure it has the section for S@Hv7 cpu tasks. If in doubt, I'd rerun the Lunatics installer and pay careful attention to what is selectd.
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Message 1508938 - Posted: 26 Apr 2014, 20:22:02 UTC - in response to Message 1508899.  

Thx, I'll try the lunatics installer as the last time I ran that was on the old drive. For reference, the lunatics site ( lunatics.kwsn.net ) looks down, hopefully a temporary thing.
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Message 1508998 - Posted: 26 Apr 2014, 22:24:13 UTC - in response to Message 1508938.  

Thx, I'll try the lunatics installer as the last time I ran that was on the old drive. For reference, the lunatics site ( lunatics.kwsn.net ) looks down, hopefully a temporary thing.

You might stop over to the thread: Issues with Lunatics site ?
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Message 1509043 - Posted: 27 Apr 2014, 0:19:10 UTC

You might stop over to the thread: Issues with Lunatics site ?
Try one of the mirror sites in the sticky thread. I just got it from Mike's.
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Message 1509266 - Posted: 27 Apr 2014, 18:31:35 UTC - in response to Message 1508894.  

<ncpus>-1</ncpus> ???
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Message 1509279 - Posted: 27 Apr 2014, 19:29:30 UTC - in response to Message 1509266.  

<ncpus>-1</ncpus> ???

Client Configuration
<ncpus>N</ncpus>
Act as if there were N CPUs; e.g. to simulate 2 CPUs on a machine that has only 1. To use the number of available CPUs, set the value to -1 (was 0 which in newer clients really means zero).
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Message 1509288 - Posted: 27 Apr 2014, 20:02:52 UTC - in response to Message 1508899.  

Bingo, re-installing Lunatics squared it away. CPU WU's are downloading and crunching again.

Thx all.
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