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Problems with 6.10.36
Since I installed the latest BOINC, 10.6.36, I'm getting lots of error messages "Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high" even though I didn't change any of my preferences. Also, it has started, but not completed, 14 different tasks. Any ideas?
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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
Should have said 6.10.36 of course.
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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
Hi,

We knew the issues were coming and the developers not responding. There's a new feature in 6.10.36 which is for most projects still only accessible via the client. Open Advanced view> Advanced Menu > Preferences > Processor Tab. Somewhat 1/3rd down there is a field that gives Whilst... 25%. This is the default. Change that to 0%, not 100%. Zero percent will disable it.

It's not an error btw, it's a feature and problems arrising with it if the client is accessed remotely with a recommended releases lower than 6.10.36... the setting is lost and then defaults back to 25%.

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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
The full line of this new field is:

Whilst processor usage is less than 25 percent (0 means no restriction)

Presently only 1 or 2 projects have it on their website venue preferences.
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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
OK thanks. Would that also explain the multiple tasks?
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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
Not sure, all 14 of WCG? If for projects outside of WCG I could understand. Also since WCG currently cycles tasks with different deadlines it may be another reason. Plz visit the message log and scan if on computation resume it was starting new tasks. Post a good length of them and we can maybe reconstruct from that.

Personally, I scratched my head again how this release got promoted ad hoc, the day following release without field testing.
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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
Any tasks listed with a "waiting for memory" type status in the tasks view?
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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
Yes all 14 WCG. Normally it would run 2 with the 2 processors in order of report deadline. Now it's running tasks irrespective of deadline. No tasks are showing "waiting for memory". Extracts below.

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10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Starting BOINC client version 6.10.36 for windows_intelx86
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Running under account David - Cygnus
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13]
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Processor: 2.00 MB cache
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 nx lm vmx tm2 pbe
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM OS: Microsoft Windows Vista: Home Premium x86 Edition, Service Pack 2, (06.00.6002.00)
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Memory: 1.99 GB physical, 4.21 GB virtual
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Disk: 136.49 GB total, 72.25 GB free
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Local time is UTC +11 hours
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM No usable GPUs found
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Version change (6.10.18 -> 6.10.36)
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM World Community Grid URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 497910; resource share 100
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 03-Jul-2009 08:45:11)
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM World Community Grid Host location: none
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM World Community Grid General prefs: using your defaults
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Reading preferences override file
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Preferences:
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM max memory usage when active: 1018.65MB
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM max memory usage when idle: 2037.31MB
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM max disk usage: 10.00GB
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM don't use GPU while active
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM (to change, visit the web site of an attached project,
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM or click on Preferences)
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Using proxy info from GUI
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Not using a proxy
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Running CPU benchmarks
10/03/2010 10:46:21 PM Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
10/03/2010 10:46:53 PM Benchmark results:
10/03/2010 10:46:53 PM Number of CPUs: 2
10/03/2010 10:46:53 PM 1926 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/03/2010 10:46:53 PM 4320 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
10/03/2010 10:46:53 PM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00382058_s2_0001_0
10/03/2010 10:46:54 PM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00382058_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
10/03/2010 10:46:54 PM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1
10/03/2010 10:46:55 PM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
10/03/2010 10:48:35 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
10/03/2010 10:48:55 PM Resuming computation
10/03/2010 10:59:06 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
10/03/2010 11:01:06 PM Resuming computation
10/03/2010 11:01:06 PM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00390207_s2_0000_0
10/03/2010 11:01:07 PM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00390207_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
10/03/2010 11:01:16 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
10/03/2010 11:01:36 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 12:12:00 AM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00382058_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 12:12:15 AM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 12:26:07 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 12:26:17 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 12:26:17 AM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00390207_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 12:26:27 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 12:26:48 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 1:26:48 AM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00399538_s2_0000_0
11/03/2010 1:26:49 AM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00399538_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 1:26:49 AM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00527100_s2_0001_0
11/03/2010 1:26:50 AM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00527100_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 2:26:51 AM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00390207_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 3:26:53 AM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00521873_s2_0000_0
11/03/2010 3:26:53 AM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00521873_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 4:11:56 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 4:12:06 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 4:16:57 AM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00382058_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 4:21:19 AM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00399538_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 4:21:20 AM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00521650_s2_0000_0
11/03/2010 4:21:21 AM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00521650_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:22:39 AM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00382058_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 6:22:41 AM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00521650_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 7:13:18 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 7:13:59 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 7:14:04 AM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00533149_s2_0001_0
11/03/2010 7:14:08 AM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00533149_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 7:42:03 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 7:42:13 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 7:42:34 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 7:42:45 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 8:14:01 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 8:14:52 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 9:17:14 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 9:17:24 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 9:17:35 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 9:17:45 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 9:22:30 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 9:22:50 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 10:34:10 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 10:34:20 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 10:34:30 AM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 10:34:41 AM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 12:02:42 PM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00538298_s2_0001_0
11/03/2010 12:02:43 PM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00538298_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 12:02:43 PM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00534255_s2_0000_0
11/03/2010 12:02:44 PM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00534255_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 12:02:55 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 12:03:16 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 12:12:14 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 12:12:45 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 12:19:10 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 12:19:21 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 12:25:36 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 12:25:46 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 1:03:15 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00399538_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 1:03:28 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 1:23:05 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 1:23:26 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 1:23:26 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00538298_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 1:25:18 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 1:25:38 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 1:28:00 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 1:28:31 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 2:36:52 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00534255_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 4:19:33 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 4:20:04 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 4:22:13 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 4:30:43 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 4:30:53 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 4:30:53 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00534255_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 4:42:03 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 4:42:13 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 4:45:19 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 4:47:36 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00538298_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:17:34 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:23:29 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00399538_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:37:02 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:42:29 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00399538_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 6:42:32 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00382058_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 6:42:32 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 7:17:19 PM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00531783_s2_0001_0
11/03/2010 7:17:20 PM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00531783_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 7:17:20 PM World Community Grid Starting HFCC_s2_00536626_s2_0000_0
11/03/2010 7:17:21 PM World Community Grid Starting task HFCC_s2_00536626_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 8:31:16 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 8:31:26 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 03-Jul-2009 08:45:11)
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM World Community Grid Host location: none
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM World Community Grid General prefs: using your defaults
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM Reading preferences override file
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM Preferences:
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM max memory usage when active: 2037.31MB
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM max memory usage when idle: 2037.31MB
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM max disk usage: 10.00GB
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM don't use GPU while active
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM (to change, visit the web site of an attached project,
11/03/2010 8:32:42 PM or click on Preferences)
11/03/2010 8:33:38 PM Suspending computation - CPU usage is too high
11/03/2010 8:33:48 PM Resuming computation
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 03-Jul-2009 08:45:11)
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM World Community Grid Host location: none
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM World Community Grid General prefs: using your defaults
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM Reading preferences override file
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM Preferences:
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM max memory usage when active: 2037.31MB
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM max memory usage when idle: 2037.31MB
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM max disk usage: 1.00GB
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM don't use GPU while active
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM (to change, visit the web site of an attached project,
11/03/2010 8:42:16 PM or click on Preferences)
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM World Community Grid General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 03-Jul-2009 08:45:11)
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM World Community Grid Host location: none
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM World Community Grid General prefs: using your defaults
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM Reading preferences override file
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM Preferences:
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM max memory usage when active: 2037.31MB
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM max memory usage when idle: 2037.31MB
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM max disk usage: 1.00GB
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM don't use GPU while active
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM (to change, visit the web site of an attached project,
11/03/2010 8:44:33 PM or click on Preferences)
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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
Is your Leave Application in Memory when pre-empted on? Plz do as it reduces lost time due suspend/resume.

This log block makes no sense at all:

11/03/2010 4:45:19 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 4:47:36 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00538298_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:17:34 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:23:29 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00399538_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:37:02 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 5:42:29 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00399538_s2_0000_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 6:42:32 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00382058_s2_0001_0 using hfcc version 610
11/03/2010 6:42:32 PM World Community Grid Restarting task HFCC_s2_00396451_s2_0000_1 using hfcc version 610

Given I've reported a situation where a client kept fetching work from other projects as it perceived 1 or more cores idle though busy, I'd not have released this version to production., but that's a digression. Suggest to return to your previous version that you were happy with.
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Re: Problems with 10.6.36
No it wasn't, but easily changed. Thanks for your post. I still have the last version.
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