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Ingleside
Veteran Cruncher Norway Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Post Count: 974 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Even the message suggest to reset project, it's very seldom this will have any effects on getting an ocassional "exited with zero status".
----------------------------------------As for disk-space, to minimize any interference from other sources, please re-boot your computer, and after BOINC has started again, copy the start of the info on the "Messages"-tab and post it in a forum-message. (If you're running Simple View, click "Messages" in bottom left corner.)  "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might." |
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Sekerob
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We cant help you diagnose unless you give us the startup log which looks something like this:
----------------------------------------04/09/2009 10.26.45 Starting BOINC client version 6.6.38 for windows_intelx86 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Configured to not use coprocessors 04/09/2009 10.26.45 log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, cpu_sched, sched_op_debug, checkpoint_debug 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Running as a daemon 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Data directory: I:\BOINC 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Running under account boinc_master 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7] 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 pni mmx 04/09/2009 10.26.45 OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Premium x86 Edition, Service Pack 1, (06.00.6001.00) 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Memory: 3.00 GB physical, 6.23 GB virtual 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Disk: 7.47 GB total, 7.00 GB free 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Local time is UTC +2 hours 04/09/2009 10.26.45 Not using a proxy 04/09/2009 10.26.47 World Community Grid URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 849476; location: home; project prefs: home 04/09/2009 10.26.47 World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 18-Aug-2009 13:25:43) 04/09/2009 10.26.47 World Community Grid Computer location: home 04/09/2009 10.26.47 General prefs: using separate prefs for home 04/09/2009 10.26.47 Reading preferences override file 04/09/2009 10.26.47 Preferences limit memory usage when active to 2302.32MB 04/09/2009 10.26.47 Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 2762.79MB 04/09/2009 10.26.47 Preferences limit disk usage to 6.35GB 04/09/2009 10.26.48 World Community Grid [cpu_sched] Starting E001050_945C_009g04518_0(resume)
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jfilby
Cruncher USA Joined: Feb 7, 2006 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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hi - rebooted - here is the start messages...
9/4/2009 11:34:36 AM||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.28 for windows_intelx86 9/4/2009 11:34:36 AM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops 9/4/2009 11:34:36 AM||Libraries: libcurl/7.19.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8i zlib/1.2.3 9/4/2009 11:34:36 AM||Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator 9/4/2009 11:34:36 AM||Running under account jfilby 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Genuine Intel(R) CPU T1300 @ 1.66GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 8] 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Editon, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00) 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Memory: 1014.36 MB physical, 2.39 GB virtual 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Disk: 55.89 GB total, 17.15 GB free 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Local time is UTC -5 hours 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM|World Community Grid|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 422206; location: (none); project prefs: default 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 13-Jul-2006 22:50:46) 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Host location: none 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||General prefs: using your defaults 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Reading preferences override file 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 507.18MB 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 912.92MB 9/4/2009 11:34:37 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 4.66GB 9/4/2009 11:34:38 AM|World Community Grid|Restarting task CMD2_0063-MYH6.clustersOccur-2GIX_D.clustersOccur_92_0 using hcmd2 version 614 |
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Former Member
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Well, look at that! Diagnosis #1 confirmed.
jfilby, reinstall BOINC making sure that the data directory is a folder reserved exclusively for BOINC, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\BOINC I am a little concerned that the uninstaller may damage your Windows installation. Please make sure you are fully backed up before attempting this. |
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Ingleside
Veteran Cruncher Norway Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Post Count: 974 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Well, look at that! Diagnosis #1 confirmed. jfilby, reinstall BOINC making sure that the data directory is a folder reserved exclusively for BOINC, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\BOINC I am a little concerned that the uninstaller may damage your Windows installation. Please make sure you are fully backed up before attempting this. Hmm, yes, since v6.2.xx will move the contents in the data-directory to the BOINC program-directory on uninstallation, things can become really messed-up... One method to work-around this problem is: 1: Don't uninstall v6.2.28, instead download 6.6.36 and install this over top. (download from http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php) 2: Uninstall v6.6.36. 3: Install whatever version you wants, making sure to select a separate BOINC-data-directory, example "C:\documents and settings\administrator\boinc". Now, this method will lose your current wu's, and while it's possible to recover them, it's not worth it in your instance since you'll have little or no work, and little or no progress on any lost work anyway. "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might." |
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jfilby
Cruncher USA Joined: Feb 7, 2006 Post Count: 9 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hi - thanks for the information on the data area. One last question though... How would I have known to select this option? Ran through the standard install, and nothing was telling me that if "BIONC installs in its usual way you can honk up your system".... not particularly clear on this matter.
I will try the new install of the latest code, but frankly I do not remember it asking me about a data location last time, but maybe I was in a hurry. Thanks for your help and direction here. Jim Filby. |
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Former Member
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jfilby, you must have changed the defaults in the installer, either manually, or because there was something unusual about the original installation you upgraded from.
If, some time in the past, you installed an alpha version of BOINC, then things can get severely messed up. |
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Ingleside
Veteran Cruncher Norway Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Post Count: 974 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Hi - thanks for the information on the data area. One last question though... How would I have known to select this option? Ran through the standard install, and nothing was telling me that if "BIONC installs in its usual way you can honk up your system".... not particularly clear on this matter. I will try the new install of the latest code, but frankly I do not remember it asking me about a data location last time, but maybe I was in a hurry. Thanks for your help and direction here. Jim Filby. In the installer, after accepting the License Agreement, you'll come to a screen saying "BOINC Configuration". Here the various options shows, like Program directory and Data directory, install as service and so on, but they're greyed-out. To change any of these options, you'll need to hit "Advanced". To change Data directory, on the new screen there should now be listed a "Change..."-bottom for Data-directory (and another for program-directory). As for how you've managed to change the Data-directory, most likely you'll forgotten you did it... (BTW, to describe the installation, it would have been easier to just point to the install-instructions linked on the WCG-download-page, but unfortunately WCG still shows the v5-install-instructions...) "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might." |
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