Boinc v7.6.22 "needs 32.00MB more space"

Questions and Answers : Windows : Boinc v7.6.22 "needs 32.00MB more space"
Message board moderation

To post messages, you must log in.

AuthorMessage
AMDave
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 9 Mar 01
Posts: 234
Credit: 11,671,730
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1755611 - Posted: 11 Jan 2016, 17:43:55 UTC

Was running v7.4.42, SETI v8 comes along, all's well in Shangri-La. Installed v7.6.22, now suddenly there's a lack of memory. Nothing else changed. I've searched for this issue, but those posts didn't appear to be on point. My rig has 16GB RAM wih a 250GB SSD (146GB free). The web settings are:
Disk
Use no more than 8 GB
Leave at least 10 GB free
Use no more than --- % of total

Memory
When computer is in use, use at most 25%
When computer is not in use, use at most 50%
Leave non-GPU tasks in memory while suspended (selected)
Page/swap file: use at most 15%


The local settings:
Disk
Use no more than 6GB
Leave at least 1GB free
Use no more than 1% of total

Memory
When computer is in use, use at most 50%
When computer is not in use, use at most 50%
Leave non-GPU tasks in memory while suspended (checked)
Page/swap file use at most 15%


Also, why is the # always 32.00MB?
ID: 1755611 · Report as offensive
Profile Jord
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Jun 99
Posts: 15184
Credit: 4,362,181
RAC: 3
Netherlands
Message 1755621 - Posted: 11 Jan 2016, 18:15:28 UTC - in response to Message 1755611.  

Could you please post your BOINC start up messages from Event Log (CTRL+SHIFT+E)? The first 30 to 40 lines after a BOINC startup will do.
ID: 1755621 · Report as offensive
AMDave
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 9 Mar 01
Posts: 234
Credit: 11,671,730
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1755650 - Posted: 11 Jan 2016, 21:55:48 UTC

The following is from the initial startup subsequent to loading v7.6.22 (It has yet to be restarted).

1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Starting BOINC client version 7.6.22 for windows_x86_64
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Libraries: libcurl/7.45.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2d zlib/1.2.8
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Running under account AMDave
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 950 (driver version 359.00, CUDA version 7.5, compute capability 5.2, 2048MB, 1795MB available, 2081 GFLOPS peak)
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 950 (driver version 359.00, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 2048MB, 1795MB available, 2081 GFLOPS peak)
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Host name: skylake-i7
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz [Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3]
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movebe popcnt aes f16c rdrandsyscall nx lm avx avx2 vmx tm2 pbe fsgsbase bmi1 hle smep bmi2
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | OS: Microsoft Windows 7: Ultimate x64 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.01.7601.00)
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Memory: 15.95 GB physical, 31.90 GB virtual
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Disk: 232.79 GB total, 146.24 GB free
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Local time is UTC -5 hours
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | rosetta@home | URL http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 2403931; resource share 25
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 7830600; resource share 100
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | rosetta@home | General prefs: from rosetta@home (last modified 09-Jan-2016 14:16:25)
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | rosetta@home | Computer location: home
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | rosetta@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Reading preferences override file
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Preferences:
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | max memory usage when active: 8165.97MB
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | max memory usage when idle: 8165.97MB
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | max disk usage: 2.33GB
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | max CPUs used: 6
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | don't use GPU while active
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 35%
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Suspending GPU computation - computer is in use
1/11/2016 11:08:22 AM | rosetta@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
1/11/2016 11:08:22 AM | rosetta@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU and NVIDIA GPU
1/11/2016 11:08:23 AM | rosetta@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
1/11/2016 11:08:23 AM | rosetta@home | No work sent

Not sure if this means anything, but there was a lag in the frequency of the error msg.
1/11/2016 11:14:39 AM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 11:22:10 AM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 11:27:18 AM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 11:33:26 AM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 11:41:35 AM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 11:57:00 AM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 12:02:06 PM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.

Here
1/11/2016 2:03:41 PM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 2:26:10 PM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 2:56:07 PM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.
1/11/2016 3:55:59 PM | SETI@home | Message from server: SETI@home v8 needs 32.00MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 32.00 MB.


Also, prior to loading the latest BOINC, there were two WUs running. Upon starting the new BOINC, they were listed as "waiting to run". Those have since finished, and now there is one WU listed as "waiting to run". These CPU WUs are behaving like the GPU WUs did. I have the GPU computing set to suspend when the computer is in use.
ID: 1755650 · Report as offensive
Profile arkayn
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 14 May 99
Posts: 4438
Credit: 55,006,323
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1755695 - Posted: 12 Jan 2016, 0:41:57 UTC - in response to Message 1755650.  

1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Reading preferences override file
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | max disk usage: 2.33GB


You have a local preference set that only allows you 2.33GB of space, which is probably being taken up by your two projects.

ID: 1755695 · Report as offensive
AMDave
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 9 Mar 01
Posts: 234
Credit: 11,671,730
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1755718 - Posted: 12 Jan 2016, 1:24:39 UTC - in response to Message 1755695.  

1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Reading preferences override file
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | max disk usage: 2.33GB

Does this refer to the space required by this folder?
C:\ProgramData\BOINC

This folder has a size of 2.59GB.

Referring to the settings in my initial post.
The local settings:
Disk
Use no more than 6GB
Leave at least 1GB free
Use no more than 1% of total

Above these preference settings it states "BOINC will use the most restrictive of these settings".

Hmmm, I wonder . . .
Use no more than 1% of total, that 1% = 2.5GB of the 250GB SSD.
I just unchecked that setting, let's see what happens.
ID: 1755718 · Report as offensive
Profile Jord
Volunteer tester
Avatar

Send message
Joined: 9 Jun 99
Posts: 15184
Credit: 4,362,181
RAC: 3
Netherlands
Message 1755777 - Posted: 12 Jan 2016, 9:17:04 UTC - in response to Message 1755718.  
Last modified: 12 Jan 2016, 9:17:40 UTC

Your setting is:
Use no more than 1% of total


Your total disk space is:
1/11/2016 11:08:16 AM | | Disk: 232.79 GB total


Thus 1% of 232.79 == 2.3279 GB, rounded off at 2.33GB.

You say your BOINC data directory is already at 2.59GB, which is more than your Use no more than N% of total. So, it won't get work until you've unrestricted it.
ID: 1755777 · Report as offensive
AMDave
Volunteer tester

Send message
Joined: 9 Mar 01
Posts: 234
Credit: 11,671,730
RAC: 0
United States
Message 1755855 - Posted: 12 Jan 2016, 20:47:17 UTC - in response to Message 1755777.  

Ba-Zinga
That was the cause. Since I unchecked the Use no more than 1% of total setting, the "needs 32.00MB more space" message hasn't appeared. I was thinking of each project I am running as mutually exclusive entities on the SSD, to which they are - up to a point. Although each has its own respective folder, they all reside within BOINC's folder. While
nothing else changed

with regard to S@h, I did increase the amount of WUs to cache for the other project at very near the same time that I installed v7.6.22.

Still unresolved is when BOINC requires more space, why is the message always "32.00MB"?
ID: 1755855 · Report as offensive

Questions and Answers : Windows : Boinc v7.6.22 "needs 32.00MB more space"


 
©2024 University of California
 
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.