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hintsala
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Aug 2, 2006 Post Count: 129 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hello.
----------------------------------------Every time I open the boinc client to check on the WCG project it runs, the message box thing on the simple view is always blinking red. When I click it I see this kind of stuff. Is it normal. Should I just ignore it. It seems to be cranking out the results so I dont know if this is a bad thing. Thanks 7/1/2007 7:29:46 AM|World Community Grid|Computation for task 15000178-15001476_0 finished 7/1/2007 7:29:47 AM|World Community Grid|Starting 15000278-15001474_0 7/1/2007 7:29:47 AM|World Community Grid|Starting task 15000278-15001474_0 using fcg1 version 514 7/1/2007 7:29:48 AM|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work 7/1/2007 7:29:48 AM|World Community Grid|Requesting 2066 seconds of new work 7/1/2007 7:29:49 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Started upload of file 15000178-15001476_0_0 7/1/2007 7:30:03 AM|World Community Grid|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 509] 7/1/2007 7:30:03 AM|World Community Grid|Deferring communication for 5 min 3 sec 7/1/2007 7:30:03 AM|World Community Grid|Reason: requested by project 7/1/2007 7:30:05 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Started download of file fcg1.15000557.faa 7/1/2007 7:30:05 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Started download of file fcg1.15001552.faa 7/1/2007 7:30:30 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Finished upload of file 15000178-15001476_0_0 7/1/2007 7:30:30 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Throughput 2017 bytes/sec 7/1/2007 7:35:03 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Finished download of file fcg1.15000557.faa 7/1/2007 7:35:03 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Throughput 1238 bytes/sec 7/1/2007 7:35:06 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Finished download of file fcg1.15001552.faa 7/1/2007 7:35:06 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Throughput 1489 bytes/sec 7/1/2007 8:27:10 AM|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work 7/1/2007 8:27:10 AM|World Community Grid|Requesting 48 seconds of new work, and reporting 1 completed tasks 7/1/2007 8:27:25 AM|World Community Grid|Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 509] 7/1/2007 8:27:25 AM|World Community Grid|Deferring communication for 5 min 3 sec 7/1/2007 8:27:25 AM|World Community Grid|Reason: requested by project 7/1/2007 8:27:27 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Started download of file fcg1.15000663.faa 7/1/2007 8:32:03 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Finished download of file fcg1.15000663.faa 7/1/2007 8:32:03 AM|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Throughput 1555 bytes/sec |
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retsof
Former Community Advisor USA Joined: Jul 31, 2005 Post Count: 6824 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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That just means that there is a new message, but I don't see any way to prioritize them. There is some behind-the-scenes discussion about numbering BOINC messages in the future, so perhaps critical messages could be split out. Your messages all looked normal.
----------------------------------------I spend my time in the advanced view monitoring a lot of workunits, so it doesn't blink at me.
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Sekerob
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Don't know what messages make it blink.... maybe e.g. at file downloads/uploads ????? At any rate if 5.10.7 works, you're fine, but it is known to crash the desktop (explorer) and was retracted as recommended version by Berkeley AND was never recommended by WCG. Wait for the green light on these boards!
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retsof
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I have been using 5.10.7 on both WinXP and Win98 with no problems. Vista users may have different experiences.
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Dirk Gently
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....At any rate if 5.10.7 works, you're fine, but it is known to crash the desktop (explorer) and was retracted as recommended version by Berkeley AND was never recommended by WCG. Wait for the green light on these boards! 5.10.7 is working fine for me under Xp on both desktop and laptop. The sheduling seems to work a little better, and I like the status bargraphs in the task view. There was me thinking WCG was just lazy in reporting new BOINC versions  But perhaps these Berkely people are a bit rash in releasing new versions and we should trust good old WCG in future  |
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Sekerob
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Except for the MAC version Berkeley retracted ALL 5.10.7 versions and as reported, I had a desktop crash too as early as 5.10.5 and it remains elusive but in significant numbers. It does kill BOINC science and happens un-attended for no pin-pointable reason i read off and was reported INCLUDING vista.... some test releases are now up to 5.10.10 and D. may confirm if it's impacting the 5.11 development that was kicked off a few weeks ago.
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Hintsala, are you running BOINC as a service?
If you do, there is an issue where BOINC Manager reads all the BOINC messages (since the core client started) and will blink an alert if it finds any error (usually just a temporary condition). So, not only is the error probably something that happened days ago, it is the same error every time you open the Manager. Even if you are not running as a service, you may see this issue if you switch between simple and advanced views a lot. This bug has existed since 5.8. |
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hintsala
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No i dont think I am running it as a service. I just installed it to my startup folder and let it do its thing. It even registered for me which was cool. It just started right away with my acct info in it. I guess I do switch btwn the simple and advanced views a bit because I was trying to figure out what was going on. I will just ignore it from now on.
----------------------------------------Oh yea. I have another weird thing for you guys. When I left for work today after posting my original question, boinc was still running. Now I just got back from work and it was off. Strange because no one touched my comp and it has been running 24/7 for a few days with no other problems than the message thing. Any clue or should I just chuck the experience in the "forget" pile. |
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Former Member
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Hintsala, this is the bug that caused Berkeley to withdraw the 5.10 release, because it is unstable.
The safe thing to do is to downgrade to 5.8 until it is solved. |
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hintsala
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Aug 2, 2006 Post Count: 129 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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How do I switch them out. I am downloading the 5.8 now but it will take a while as I am on dialup. no cable in the boonies where i live. Then what? Thanks for all your help. I can't believe how crappy the switch has turned out to be. WCG agent was very stable but the points stunk.
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