Posts by barbarossa
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Getting started :
Unable to merge IDs on same computer
(Message 240459)
Posted 31 Jan 2006 by  barbarossa
Post: It compares certain things such as OS version and CPU type. If you upgraded to a newer OS version, it'll make it a new machine. You won't be able to merge them. But I had the case several times that Seti thought I had a new machine even if virtually nothing had changed, and wouldn't let me merge them. No big loss - Upon some time the 'old' machine will be shown without results (as they get cleared from the DB) and then you will be able to delete it from the list. :-)= Greybeard |
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Preferences :
i don't jump between boinc applications
(Message 237056)
Posted 24 Jan 2006 by barbarossa
Post: I must say... No problem, you're perfectly right (as usual :-)= ). What I meant, however, was not the 'learning' function of BOINC, but the fact that at a certain point BOINC calculates swiftly dwindling 'time to completion' (older versions even more than 5.2.x), such as did SetiQue in Classic. And when this value drops below the 'critical time', BOINC returns to normal. :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
2 problems
(Message 236497)
Posted 23 Jan 2006 by barbarossa
Post: 23/01/2006 23:03:49||Suspending computation and network activity - user is active This line tells us that you have set BOINC to only work when user is inactive. Of course, when you open BOINC manager, then you're active, and then it will show you only suspended resp. preempted work. You can handle this in two ways: If you really want BOINC only to work when the computer is inactive, then take note of the CPU time of the WU. Then let the computer be for a while, so that BOINC can get to work again. When look at the work tab next time, compare the CPU time to the one you noted - it should be somewhat higher now. If you don't mind BOINC working in the background, then go to 'your account' -> 'general preferences' and change the value of 'Do work while computer is in use?' to 'yes'. (Unless you are running CPU- or memory-intensive applications such as image rendering you should not even notice that BOINC is working in the background). :-)= Greybeard |
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Preferences :
i don't jump between boinc applications
(Message 236481)
Posted 23 Jan 2006 by barbarossa
Post: Must I understand that I have too many jobs in my old computer?? :-(( In a way, yes. But nothing to worry. It's a feature, not a fault. With EDF BOINC tries to finish any WU within deadline. Read about the EDF function in the BOINC-Wiki. BTW: BOINC often only thinks it has to panic, as the remaining crunching time still is not very preciely measured. So, after some time, it may easily decide that the risk of missing a deadline is over, and goes back to normal. :-)= Greybeard |
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Getting started :
Credit from Classic Seti to Bionic
(Message 227654)
Posted 7 Jan 2006 by barbarossa
Post: Classic credits have been updated Ritchie, seems that you never activated your Classic account. Do do that, use this form. :-)= Greybeard |
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Preferences :
100% CPU Usage
(Message 227647)
Posted 7 Jan 2006 by barbarossa
Post: Yes, I think the whole conversion from seti@home classic to the boinc version might have messed things up. I tried to consolidate my old account with my new account, and when I did that on the website, it looked like it worked. But now the account I'm using to type this says I haven't communicated with the server since I installed it. Seems as if you messed up two accounts. Look here. There are two accounts with your nick. I think you should leave the one you are writing with in here and use the other one, as it contains all your credits and the Classic stats. Can you remember the mail addy you used to create this account? (It MUST be an other than that you are using with this account, as the acocunts are defined by the mail addy and not the username). If yes, you can have resent your account key here. :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
new work
(Message 227626)
Posted 7 Jan 2006 by barbarossa
Post: wow, there sure are a lot of arrogant people out there You felt Pooh's answer was arrogant? Well, I think it was absolutely correct. Pooh is one of the most patient people in here. It is one thing we have always to tell newbies that BOINC needs no micromanagement. That is not meant deprecative but is a fact. BOINC normally knows better than you (or Pooh or me) what it has to do. We set the frame (in the 'preferences') and BOINC will duly fulfill these requirements. Or did you resent the term 'debt'? It's a technical term used in BOINC. You may want to read more about these things in the BOINC-Wiki (Link in my sig.). :-)= Greybeard |
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Web site :
resolution
(Message 225913)
Posted 4 Jan 2006 by barbarossa
Post: Well, other than with the old screensaver you can influence the appearance quite a bit. Look here. :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
Greybeard continued
(Message 223793)
Posted 31 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: The problem is: If you have set BOINC to run only when idle, then you can't see it processing actively. As you move around the mouse and open things, your computer is active and then BOINC of course stops processing. So you will have to find out indirectly: Open in BOINC manager the work window, see which WU is maked as 'running' and note the CPU time and/or the progress percentage. Then, after a while (longer than the time it takes for BOINC to activate) look up the same again and compare the figures. Now to the changing of the account: Do exactly what Pooh and RRipley have told: First (to detach from the other account): Set SETI to NO NEW WORK on the Projects tab. Allow the work to finish (keeping in mind the science is important to do). Once all WU are finished and report (nothing left in the WORK tab), then DETATCH from the project. Second (to attach to your present account):
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Windows :
Greybeard continued
(Message 223734)
Posted 31 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: Glad to see that a solution is under way. I couldn't log on too often in the last days. Yes, it really easies things if you abandon 'Cliff' and stick to 'Cliff Yuill, Sr'. I was under the false impression that you wanted to crunch on with the same account you once began to. But as Pooh says: No stats lost, just one part of it being in another account. :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
Scheduler request pending
(Message 223460)
Posted 30 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: Can you copy/paste the lines from 'messages' tab in here? Also, what does the status of the project say? Is any work in the work tab? :-)= Greybeard [Edit] Hi Tony, glad to see you :-)= |
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Windows :
WU repetitive recalculation - why?
(Message 223240)
Posted 30 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: Did you do what the line tells you to?: 30.12.2005 10:20:39|SETI@home|If this happens repeatedly you may need to reset the project. :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
Once BOINC screenblanker comes up, I cannot get back to Windows
(Message 222376)
Posted 28 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: The BOINC saver and Win 98 do not just seem to be a loving pair. In your place I'd just not use the screensaver. :-)= Greybeard |
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Preferences :
i dont have enough space allocated for some work
(Message 222078)
Posted 27 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: You don't seem to be attached to Seti. Which projects are you attached to then? (In fact you should ask your question in their board). If CPDN is one of them, it will need more than a few megs. You can do several settings (valid thoughout all projects) in 'your account' -> 'general preferences' under 'Disk and memory usage'. [edit] Just had another thought: Do you lack space already for installing BOINC or attaching to a project? Then your HD must be pretty stuffed... Sooner or later you would have to free some space anyway. If your system is installed on several logical disks, as it was modern in NT times, then you should install BOINC to D: or E: or whatever your data disk is. :-)= Greybeard |
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Wish list :
Credits for Classic
(Message 222077)
Posted 27 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: From the homepage (News): December 15, 2005 After 6 years of operation, SETI@home Classic sent out its last workunit. We will clean up and synchronize the Classic stats with the current SETI@home project in the coming weeks. Thanks to all SETI@home Classic participants for their tremendous dedication to the project. You made SETI@home into something of lasting significance. :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
another issue.....yawn !!
(Message 222076)
Posted 27 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: For heavens sake stop trying to micromanage BOINC! Let it do its job. After initial contact (and later after certain actions) Seti will wait 10 minutes before it sends a further WU. This is not a bug, this is a feature, as the servers otherwise would constantly be hammered by requests at certain times. Message from server: Not sending work - last RPC too recent: 466 sec is just telling you that your request was too early and still in these 600 odd seconds. If afterwardss (and if possible without actions from your side) it will not download, then the respective lines could give us a clue. :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
another problem....as usual
(Message 222072)
Posted 27 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: In fact it would be the lines that follow which are interesting. :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
dunchan1
(Message 222028)
Posted 27 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: I did find the page that has the "link to account" function on it and it tells me my BOINC stuff is already linked to Cliff Yuill, Sr. Now just gotta get the WU's linked to it I guess. ??? Well, Cliff, you DID register this other account. And we can't tell you the mail address of it. You'll have to remember yourself. But I can help youin finding out its account key: In your BOINC directory (normally it's C:\\program files\\BOINC) you'll find a file called 'account_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml'. Open this file by doubleclicking it. The second line of the file looks somewhat like this: <authenticator>aa123456789a12a123a1234a12345aa1</authenticator> The string between <authenticator> and </authenticator> is your account key for the 'Cliff' account. Once you have retrieved this key and remembered the mail addres you could have used when attaching to Seti, do exactly what I wrote in my precedent posting. The Seti Classic stats will then pass over to the 'Cliff' account and from then on only use that account, either for working with BOINC or logging on to this website. :-)= Greybeard Oh, BTW, you've got a margin of some years to me. So perhaps you were in fact the better 'greybeard'... |
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Windows :
Boinc has mant personalities
(Message 221777)
Posted 26 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: First time I ever read something of this kind. The problem seems to be with connecting to loacalhost. Make sure that boincmgr.exe and boinc.exe are not blocked by the firewall (which they probably aren't - but just to be sure). And make sure that ports 1043 and 31416 are not blocked by the firewall or by other software. Hope some real guru shows up to take over... :-)= Greybeard |
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Windows :
SETI Servers Unreachable Mon 12/26/2005
(Message 221770)
Posted 26 Dec 2005 by barbarossa
Post: I observed some issues during the whole day now. At times the scheduler just decided not to send any work, at other times there was the -500 error. But eventually I always could upoad and received new work. Therefore I think this 'problem' is only transient. :-)= Greybeard |
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