10/13/06 6:06:39 AM||Starting BOINC client version 5.2.8 for windows_intelx86

BOINC 5.2.8 is an old ALPHA version. You may want to update to at least something newer and later from http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

10/23/06 8:56:55 AM|SETI@home|Result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file

This message has an explanation.
Read it all. It's benign. Although in your case it's most definitely due to Windows 98. The Seti Enhanced 5.15 application still has problems with Win9x timers. And until the next version of the Seti Enhanced application (5.18 probably) is released, there's not going to be any fixes.

It's not a BOINC problem.

Granted it's not a BOINC problem, it's a WIN98 issue. But my whimpy spare computer running WIN98 had NO problems running the old client. I won't update that computer to W2KPro, my OS of choice 'cause it doesn't have the cpu or memory to run it. So needles to say, I guess I will run Folding@Home on it as well.

-Friday

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10/13/06 6:06:39 AM||Starting BOINC client version 5.2.8 for windows_intelx86

BOINC 5.2.8 is an old ALPHA version. You may want to update to at least something newer and later from http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php

10/23/06 8:56:55 AM|SETI@home|Result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file

This message has an explanation.
Read it all. It's benign. Although in your case it's most definitely due to Windows 98. The Seti Enhanced 5.15 application still has problems with Win9x timers. And until the next version of the Seti Enhanced application (5.18 probably) is released, there's not going to be any fixes.

It's not a BOINC problem.

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The old version worked well on the system that I have set up to run Seti. It's using Windows 98 and BOINC just has a fit on it. Seti is all it runs, no screensaver or any other programs. I am pasting all the error logs:

10/13/06 6:06:39 AM||Starting BOINC client version 5.2.8 for windows_intelx86
10/13/06 6:06:39 AM||libcurl/7.14.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8 zlib/1.2.3
10/13/06 6:06:39 AM||Data directory: C:\\PROGRAM FILES\\BOINC
10/13/06 6:06:43 AM||Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Pentium(r) Processor
10/13/06 6:06:43 AM||Memory: 127.52 MB physical, 1.00 GB virtual
10/13/06 6:06:43 AM||Disk: 1.51 GB total, 828.00 MB free
10/13/06 6:06:44 AM|SETI@home|Computer ID: 1761879; location: ; project prefs: default
10/13/06 6:06:44 AM||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
10/13/06 6:06:44 AM|SETI@home|Result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 is 91.04 days overdue.
10/13/06 6:06:44 AM|SETI@home|You may not get credit for it. Consider aborting it.
10/13/06 6:06:44 AM||Remote control not allowed; using loopback address
10/13/06 6:06:44 AM|SETI@home|Resuming computation for result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 using setiathome_enhanced version 515
10/13/06 6:06:48 AM||Suspending work fetch because computer is overcommitted.
10/13/06 6:06:48 AM||Using earliest-deadline-first scheduling because computer is overcommitted.
10/13/06 7:38:01 AM||Suspending computation and network activity - running CPU benchmarks
10/13/06 7:38:01 AM|SETI@home|Pausing result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 (removed from memory)
10/13/06 7:38:02 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
10/13/06 7:38:04 AM||Running CPU benchmarks
10/13/06 7:43:01 AM||CPU benchmarks timed out, using default values
10/13/06 7:43:01 AM||Benchmark results:
10/13/06 7:43:01 AM|| Number of CPUs: 1
10/13/06 7:43:01 AM|| 0 double precision MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/13/06 7:43:01 AM|| 0 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
10/13/06 7:43:01 AM||Finished CPU benchmarks
10/13/06 7:43:03 AM||Resuming computation and network activity
10/13/06 7:43:03 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: Resuming activities
10/13/06 7:43:04 AM|SETI@home|Restarting result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 using setiathome_enhanced version 515
10/14/06 9:39:46 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: project op
10/14/06 9:39:48 PM|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi
10/14/06 9:39:48 PM|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user
10/14/06 9:39:48 PM|SETI@home|Note: not requesting new work or reporting results
10/14/06 9:40:04 PM|SETI@home|Scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded
10/18/06 7:43:02 AM||Suspending computation and network activity - running CPU benchmarks
10/18/06 7:43:02 AM|SETI@home|Pausing result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 (removed from memory)
10/18/06 7:43:03 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
10/18/06 7:43:05 AM||Running CPU benchmarks
10/18/06 7:44:03 AM||Benchmark results:
10/18/06 7:44:03 AM|| Number of CPUs: 1
10/18/06 7:44:03 AM|| 32 double precision MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/18/06 7:44:03 AM|| 44 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
10/18/06 7:44:03 AM||Finished CPU benchmarks
10/18/06 7:44:05 AM||Resuming computation and network activity
10/18/06 7:44:05 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: Resuming activities
10/18/06 7:44:30 AM|SETI@home|Restarting result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 using setiathome_enhanced version 515
10/18/06 8:22:18 AM|SETI@home|Result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
10/18/06 8:22:18 AM|SETI@home|If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
10/18/06 8:22:18 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
10/18/06 8:22:20 AM|SETI@home|Restarting result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 using setiathome_enhanced version 515
10/23/06 7:44:04 AM||Suspending computation and network activity - running CPU benchmarks
10/23/06 7:44:04 AM|SETI@home|Pausing result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 (removed from memory)
10/23/06 7:44:05 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
10/23/06 7:44:07 AM||Running CPU benchmarks
10/23/06 7:45:05 AM||Benchmark results:
10/23/06 7:45:05 AM|| Number of CPUs: 1
10/23/06 7:45:05 AM|| 28 double precision MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/23/06 7:45:05 AM|| 41 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
10/23/06 7:45:05 AM||Finished CPU benchmarks
10/23/06 7:45:07 AM||Resuming computation and network activity
10/23/06 7:45:07 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: Resuming activities
10/23/06 7:45:34 AM|SETI@home|Restarting result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 using setiathome_enhanced version 515
10/23/06 8:56:55 AM|SETI@home|Result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
10/23/06 8:56:55 AM|SETI@home|If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
10/23/06 8:56:55 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
10/23/06 8:56:58 AM|SETI@home|Restarting result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 using setiathome_enhanced version 515
10/24/06 9:13:08 AM|SETI@home|Result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 exited with zero status but no 'finished' file
10/24/06 9:13:08 AM|SETI@home|If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project.
10/24/06 9:13:08 AM||request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
10/24/06 9:13:21 AM|SETI@home|Restarting result 01ap99ab.20150.17296.865892.3.197_3 using setiathome_enhanced version 515

That is all for now.

-Friday

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I have tried Boinc. The getting the seti project in it was a bore. Then loosing it a few times was an even greater bore. After several attempts and loosing it again I gave up on it. The original Seti@home software was stable and easy to use. The boinc software is an unstable user unfriendly mess.

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If something is worth doing it is probably worth doing badly.

I don't understand what all the fuss is about. I have been running under BOINC since it went public. We have had some bumps in the road, but nothing that would make me say forget it.

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I've read the "reads" and this is just too much to go through. I used the old style and was VERY satisfied with the results. But I have Bonk-ed on BOINC. Thanks for the opportunity!

If you explained what your problem is, we could possibly help.

There are currently over 317,828 host actively crunching for Seti and a total of 414,373 host actively working on various Boinc projects. It can't be that hard to do.

So just ask for help. What is your problem? There is most likely a simple solution.

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Boinc V7.2.42
Win7 i5 3.33G 4GB, GTX470

I've read the "reads" and this is just too much to go through. I used the old style and was VERY satisfied with the results. But I have Bonk-ed on BOINC. Thanks for the opportunity!

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