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One box won't return results automatically ...
Hello all. I have BOINC installed on five machines (4 XP, 1 Vista). They all are up and running, except for one.

It is an XP box. It is on the same network as the Vista machine. The settings, as far as I can tell, are the same as all the other machines. The only trouble is that it will not upload results and download the next work unit automatically. I have to pull up the client and choose the option to update. Now the box doesn't appear in my 'Device Manager' when I log in to WCG.

If anyone has some ideas on what I should try, would be very grateful. Thank you for your time and assistance.
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Re: One box won't return results automatically ...
Can you do 2 things:

1. Post the BOINC message log from round about the time you hit the update button
2. Check the setting in the BOINC Manager activity menu.
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Re: One box won't return results automatically ...
Thank you for the reply.

Can you do 2 things:

1. Post the BOINC message log from round about the time you hit the update button


4/13/2009 3:42:56 PM||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.45 for windows_intelx86
4/13/2009 3:42:56 PM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
4/13/2009 3:42:56 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
4/13/2009 3:42:56 PM||Data directory: C:\ZA\BOINC
4/13/2009 3:42:57 PM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 1]
4/13/2009 3:42:57 PM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
4/13/2009 3:42:57 PM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
4/13/2009 3:42:57 PM||Memory: 3.12 GB physical, 3.70 GB virtual
4/13/2009 3:42:57 PM||Disk: 74.52 GB total, 27.40 GB free
4/13/2009 3:42:57 PM||Local time is UTC -7 hours
4/13/2009 3:42:58 PM|World Community Grid|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 569964; location: (none); project prefs: default
4/13/2009 3:42:58 PM||General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 31-Dec-1969 16:00:01)
4/13/2009 3:42:58 PM||Host location: none
4/13/2009 3:42:58 PM||General prefs: using your defaults
4/13/2009 3:42:58 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1595.72MB
4/13/2009 3:42:58 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 2872.29MB
4/13/2009 3:42:58 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 1.86GB
4/14/2009 1:20:38 AM|World Community Grid|Fetching scheduler list
4/14/2009 8:53:26 AM||Running CPU benchmarks
4/14/2009 8:53:26 AM||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
4/14/2009 8:53:58 AM||Benchmark results:
4/14/2009 8:53:58 AM|| Number of CPUs: 2
4/14/2009 8:53:58 AM|| 1125 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
4/14/2009 8:53:58 AM|| 1915 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
4/14/2009 8:53:59 AM||Resuming computation
4/15/2009 1:20:48 AM|World Community Grid|Fetching scheduler list
4/15/2009 10:28:39 AM|World Community Grid|Fetching scheduler list
4/15/2009 10:28:44 AM|World Community Grid|Master file download succeeded
4/15/2009 10:28:50 AM|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: Requested by project. Requesting 95040 seconds of work, reporting 3 completed tasks
4/15/2009 10:28:52 AM||A new version of BOINC (6.6.20) is available for your computer
4/15/2009 10:28:52 AM||Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php to get it.
4/15/2009 10:28:55 AM|World Community Grid|Scheduler request succeeded: got 2 new tasks
4/15/2009 10:28:57 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of X0000097150929200803121359_X0000097150929200803121359.jp2
4/15/2009 10:28:57 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of a57de28abbb544d9e1d3162af77686a8.gpf.gzb
4/15/2009 10:28:58 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of X0000097150929200803121359_X0000097150929200803121359.jp2
4/15/2009 10:28:58 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_AD4.1_bound.dat.gzb
4/15/2009 10:28:59 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of a57de28abbb544d9e1d3162af77686a8.gpf.gzb
4/15/2009 10:28:59 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_AD4.1_bound.dat.gzb
4/15/2009 10:28:59 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_xmdEq_Model6Xapo.pdbqt.gzb
4/15/2009 10:28:59 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_ZINC06442298.pdbqt.gzb
4/15/2009 10:28:59 AM|World Community Grid|Starting X0000097150929200803121359_1
4/15/2009 10:29:00 AM|World Community Grid|Starting task X0000097150929200803121359_1 using hcc1 version 606
4/15/2009 10:29:01 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_xmdEq_Model6Xapo.pdbqt.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:01 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_ZINC06442298.pdbqt.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:01 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of e7b8dd7ad385634f61514bd4523343be.dpf.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:01 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_base.00015.dat.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:02 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of e7b8dd7ad385634f61514bd4523343be.dpf.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:02 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_base.00015.dat.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:02 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_base1.00015.pdbqt.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:02 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_base2.00015.pdbqt.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:03 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_base1.00015.pdbqt.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:03 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_base2.00015.pdbqt.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:03 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_wcgrid.00015.gpf.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:03 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_wcgrid.00015.dpf.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:04 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_wcgrid.00015.gpf.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:04 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_wcgrid.00015.dpf.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:04 AM|World Community Grid|Started download of faah.xmdEq_Model6Xapo.dat.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:06 AM|World Community Grid|Finished download of faah.xmdEq_Model6Xapo.dat.gzb
4/15/2009 10:29:07 AM|World Community Grid|Starting faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_0
4/15/2009 10:29:09 AM|World Community Grid|Starting task faah6323_ZINC06442298_xmdEq_Model6Xapo_01_0 using faah version 607


2. Check the setting in the BOINC Manager activity menu.


Yes. The two that are checked are:
Run Always
Network Activity Always Available.
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Re: One box won't return results automatically ...
OK,

2. The menu options seem fine.

1. You posted a piece of log that shows automatic fetching:

4/15/2009 10:28:50 AM|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: Requested by project. Requesting 95040 seconds of work, reporting 3 completed tasks
4/15/2009 10:28:52 AM||A new version of BOINC (6.6.20) is available for your computer
4/15/2009 10:28:52 AM||Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php to get it.
4/15/2009 10:28:55 AM|World Community Grid|Scheduler request succeeded: got 2 new tasks

What I'd like to see is something like the below showing a user initiated communication and what happens afterwards, 5 minutes to be precise.

4/15/2009 8:09:55 PM World Community Grid Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
4/15/2009 8:09:55 PM World Community Grid Not reporting or requesting tasks
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Re: One box won't return results automatically ...
Thanks again for the reply. I clicked on 'Message,' copied all the messages to a text file, but did not locate 'Requested by user.'

The way I manually ask it to update has been Advanced View > Commands > Update. If I don't, it has a message about waiting to connect. It can say that message for days or weeks on end before I do the update command.

Also, FWIW, the only thing different about this box is that it is dual-core and it will run two different work units from two different projects at a time. Not sure if that has anything to do with it, but it is one difference than the other three.

Thank you again for your help.
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Re: One box won't return results automatically ...
What is the language you run the client in as today we have possibly another case of lost in translation, on my part. Advanced view > Projects (tab) > Select/Highlight WCG and click the Update button on left margin.

Running 2 different projects does not make a difference, both follow the same preferences.
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Re: One box won't return results automatically ...
What is the language you run the client in as today we have possibly another case of lost in translation, on my part. Advanced view > Projects (tab) > Select/Highlight WCG and click the Update button on left margin.


I am running on an English-language OS. The process you provided is the one I have been using to update. Is there something I need to do afterwards?

Running 2 different projects does not make a difference, both follow the same preferences.


Good to know. Thanks again.

I noticed in the log that there is a message about a newer version of BOINC. Should I upgrade this software?
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Re: One box won't return results automatically ...
Maybe the text of the "user" update request is different between versions but there should be a line in the log signifying you requested the scheduler update. Like to see what the log shows before and after the file exchanges.

Just ignore this 6.6.20 "we have a new client available" message. There are already 3 more point updates (6.6.23 alpha) after this "pushed out, come heaven or heck" release. The 6.2.28 version of WCG sends a message, when WCG is happy... prediction, version 6.6.45, at this rate of version refreshes.
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Re: One box won't return results automatically ...
Should I upgrade this software?

No. If you want to upgrade, our recommended version is 6.2.28. Once you install that version, it will only inform you about new versions recommended by World Community Grid, instead of constantly nagging you with every release Berkeley push out.
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