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Sekerob
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Did I write Advance View instead of 'Advanced' menu (of the Advanced View)? On the 'Advanced' menu there is a Preferences option which will pop up a screen with 3 tabs.... unless mistakenly i assumed you were on BOINC 5.10.xx and are using a version before that. They don't have that screen, but then you'd have to manually edit the override file, which i was not assuming either.
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Former Member
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Sekerob,
I'm running BOINC version 5.8.15 - is that where the problem lies? From the Advanced drop-down menu in the Advanced View, there is no Preferences option, only 'Read local prefs file' and a few other things. Can you explain my question "You say that I have activated local prefs on the WCG website but I can't see what you're referring to". Thanks for your patience! JPC |
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Sekerob
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Yes, my mistake. Now see in your log it is 5.8.15. It's this line that tells you got a global_prefs_override.xml
----------------------------------------06/03/2008 10:34:20||Reading preferences override file can you find it in C:\Program Files\BOINC, open it with notepad and post the content. Just want to make sure there's nothing conflicting there. Does your present message log indicate a fetch of an update profile from WCG? ttyl
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Here is the content of the xml file:
- <global_preferences> <run_on_batteries>0</run_on_batteries> <start_hour>0</start_hour> <end_hour>0</end_hour> <net_start_hour>0</net_start_hour> <net_end_hour>0</net_end_hour> <disk_max_used_gb>4.000000</disk_max_used_gb> <idle_time_to_run>5.000000</idle_time_to_run> <cpu_usage_limit>60.000000</cpu_usage_limit> </global_preferences> I may increase the CPU usage limit to 70%. My present message log indicates: 07/03/2008 10:40:07||Starting BOINC client version 5.8.15 for windows_intelx86 07/03/2008 10:40:07||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops 07/03/2008 10:40:07||Libraries: libcurl/7.16.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8a zlib/1.2.3 07/03/2008 10:40:07||Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC 07/03/2008 10:40:13||Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2] [fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx] 07/03/2008 10:40:13||Memory: 1023.53 MB physical, 1.65 GB virtual 07/03/2008 10:40:13||Disk: 37.26 GB total, 15.63 GB free 07/03/2008 10:40:13|World Community Grid|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 434854; location: (none); project prefs: default 07/03/2008 10:40:14||General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 2007-08-19 16:46:23) 07/03/2008 10:40:14||Host location: none 07/03/2008 10:40:14||General prefs: using your defaults 07/03/2008 10:40:14||Reading preferences override file 07/03/2008 12:09:24|World Community Grid|Restarting task faah3216_ZINC03954175_05_xMut_md00140_01_0 using faah version 542 07/03/2008 12:34:06||General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 2007-08-19 16:46:23) 07/03/2008 12:34:06||Host location: none 07/03/2008 12:34:06||General prefs: using your defaults 07/03/2008 12:34:06||Reading preferences override file 07/03/2008 14:11:08||Resuming computation 07/03/2008 14:11:19||Suspending computation - user is active 07/03/2008 14:16:25||Resuming computation 07/03/2008 14:40:51||Suspending computation - user is active I await your comments. JPC |
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Sekerob
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Yes, the next line cause your system to stop computing at the least user action.
----------------------------------------<idle_time_to_run>5.000000</idle_time_to_run> Suggest to delete the file restart BOINC and hit Update in the Projects tab while selecting WCG and only use the website device manager to alter your options. Sorry for the slow progress on this. Prefer you to use 60 or 80, not 70 at that will cause a strange behavior of running 7 seconds and pausing 3. With 80 percent is will run 4 seconds and pause 1, but really try 100%. Note that some of the options on the website are not implemented in 5.8.15. For that you need to go to 5.10.30 at least (the present WCG download offering). Cache is one and another is the stop computing when computer has not been used for longer. The Start Here forum has some explanation for the profiles and shows which WCG options require what BOINC version minimum. See it here: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=17033
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Former Member
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Hi Sekerob,
So you're suggesting that I should delete global_prefs_override.xml. I can do this but shouldn't I update from 5.8.15 to 5.10.30? Does that mean uninstalling 5.8.15 before installing 5.10.30 and how do I ensure that I don't lose any data accumulated to date? JPC |
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Sekerob
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Yes, delete the file.
----------------------------------------The installation Upgrade is completely transparent and loss-less. Only downgrades require a prior uninstall.
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..... If you have a laptop, it probably has poor cooling. In that case, you probably want the throttle at less than 100%. ....... Lawrence I have an Advent Laptop with 1.73 gig Celeron, with Vista, running 24/7 at 100% without a single problem. The fan rarely comes on and it is quite cool to touch anywhere.....is it a rogue machine? |
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Hello Scribe,
Sounds like you bought a well-designed system. But I cannot tell that to people who bought laptops that are overstrained if they are actually used. Tact! Lawrence |
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Sekerob,
I'm now running BOINC version 5.10.30. Rather than delete global_prefs_override.xml, I simply chose to de-select "I want to customize my preferences for this computer only" on my PC. So, I should now be running Standard Settings - period. How quickly can I expect the BOINC client/server to respond to this change? JPC |
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