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Re: Suspended - User Active

problem is I dont have any work units to resume crying

[Aug 24, 2008 3:22:53 AM]

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Re: Suspended - User Active

Jim, BOINC is a little over-complicated. There are no less than *five* places you can suspend it.

Two of those should be irrelevant, one is ruled out. The others are:
1) The main BOINC computation setting. In the Activity menu, select "run always" or "run based on preferences".
2) Also, you can suspect projects individually. Go to the project tab, and check that World Community Grid is not suspended, and that you are allowing new tasks for the project.

If neither of these work, then you have a problem with your preferences. To help us diagnose that, please post the messages from the Messages tab, so we can work out what is going on.

[Aug 24, 2008 4:05:31 AM]

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Re: Suspended - User Active

THANKS
must be blind - I know I looked there whistling

2 wu up and running again

[Aug 24, 2008 4:28:32 AM]

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Re: Suspended - User Active

Here's the log from the last reboot:

8/20/2008 12:44:09 Starting BOINC client version 5.10.45 for windows_intelx86
8/20/2008 12:44:09 log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
8/20/2008 12:44:09 Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
8/20/2008 12:44:09 Executing as a daemon
8/20/2008 12:44:09 Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC
8/20/2008 12:44:09 BOINC is running as a service and as a non-system user.
8/20/2008 12:44:09 No application graphics will be available.
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD Phenom(tm) 9600 Quad-Core Processor [x86 Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 2]
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 3dnow mmx
8/20/2008 12:44:10 OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Memory: 1.87 GB physical, 9.69 GB virtual
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Disk: 149.05 GB total, 69.29 GB free
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Local time is UTC -4 hours
8/20/2008 12:44:10 URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 211970; location: (none); project prefs: default
8/20/2008 12:44:10 General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 01-Aug-2008 23:16:59)
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Host location: none
8/20/2008 12:44:10 General prefs: using your defaults
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Reading preferences override file
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1439.33MB
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1727.19MB
8/20/2008 12:44:10 Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB

Pete

Looks healthy to me. 2 FAAH running and 2 of something else is what I'm now making out (quad), service install (No graphics avail.) and an odd physical mem of 1.87gb, maybe because 128mb is allocated to display.

Run PageDefrag util from Sysinternals to get your VM (swap file) in shape if it is set to autosize.

Other than that, keep it ripping.

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[Aug 24, 2008 7:09:04 AM]

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Re: Suspended - User Active

Now this is a FAQ in draft and when happy ported to the Start Here forum, lest D. is quicker 8)
(Jean promised us a LIM faq also, so lots more study material ;-).

BOINC: Suspended Computation and Why This Happened To You?

A recurring topic originating from a rich selection of options in the website profiles and the BOINCmgr (BM) Local Preferences
and the BM menu.

First rule is, if nothing is happening and work has stopped: Check the message log to see what it says as e.g.
Suspending Computation And Network Activity - Time Of Day (external wiki)

If the message in the Status column of the Tasks and Projects tab views of the BM are not telling look at the
following locations and go back in your mind: Where did I make a change?

There is of course Snooze which lasts a fixed 60 minutes and shows in the BM Tasks Status column as
"Suspended - Computation Suspended. The way to Un-Snooze is to right click the Systray Icon again and
click Snooze or via the BM Activity menu taking the client out of Suspend (double function, see 2.).
- When right clicking:
- When the client has been snoozed or suspended:
- The Systray Icon of the WCG Skinned package version:
A tick mark indicates crunching was suspended, but it does not say for how long!
The BM Message log records:
```
8/24/2008 6:19:17 PM||Suspending computation - user request
```
If the Snooze menu entry is greyed it means the client was Suspended indefinitely via the BM Activity menu!
The Activity menu of the BM has 3 options:
- Run Always (a.)
- Run based on Preferences (b.)
- Suspend (b.)
The first and last are easy, but when the middle is selected it requires checking of the scheduled crunching times on the
website and or in the Local Preferences (Advanced menu of the BM, version 5.10 and up).

The messages log entries in the BM to go with the 3 computing Activity options are:
- 8/24/2008 6:24:39 PM||Resuming computation
- 8/24/2008 6:00:00 AM||Suspending computation - time of day
  8/24/2008 6:00:01 PM||Resuming computation
- 8/24/2008 6:24:15 PM||Suspending computation - user request
  8/24/2008 6:31:48 PM||Resuming computation
Caveat: As the messages for Snooze and Suspend are the same, a momentary memory lapse could keep one wondering
as to what was done. Check both possibilities
Are the settings activated to compute or not when the system is in use. If so, again check website and local
preferences like
- While computer is on batteries
- While Computer is in use
- Every day between the hours of X and Y (local prefs have option to change this for each day of the week)
Memory use restrictions and large to very large jobs can lead to "waiting for memory" which for a single
processor computer would easily amount to complete stopping of computing.
Your swap file limitations could lead to stopping too. If other programs have taken it already and the file is not
allowed to grow further, computing stops for 1 or more if not all jobs. More "waiting for memory"! Visit the
web device profile or Local Preferences after reading the message log from start to bottom and make amend-
ments as appropriate to your hardware and personal choices.
Did you accidentally suspend the job in the Tasks tab (Status column says Task Suspended by User) or WCG as a whole
in the Projects tab? (Status column says Suspended by User
- Select the task or project and operate the Resume button in left margin.
Did you accidentally pull the power cord to the laptop and or did a fuse go somewhere, then check the mains.
The log will show:
```
8/24/2008 7:12:18 PM||Suspending computation - on batteries
```

If all is fine the Message tab log should show one or more of for example:

8/24/2008 7:01:22 PM|World Community Grid|Resuming task X0000050420062200506171625_0 using hcc1 version 606

NB: Any form of Snoozing or Suspending Also ceases any file up/download! Doing a manual Project Update will resume transacting for 5 minutes (needs confirming).

Local Preferences Sample of a 6.2.18 client:

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