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LiveSimplyInTheCity
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Hi all!

I've been running SETI for years (don't hurt me!) and decided to help out here while SETI is down. I installed 6.10.58 on a 32bit XPSP2 machine, fired it up, it grabbed two WUs and off to the races, or so I thought. I noticed the WUs weren't moving real fast, so I went and looked at the preferences, without finding much. Then I noticed the WUs are NOT running when I am logged off. SETI would take over the machine when I logged off for the day and crunch until I logged back in or whenever I was gone for half an hour or more.

I haven't seen anything strange in the event log. The settings look right. The install seemed to work OK. It *is* crunching through units, but only if I allow them to run when I'm logged in. I've read through the parts of the FAQ and back through August of the form looking for an answer. What else should I be looking for?

I'm baffled... Thanks for any ideas.
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Re: Missing after hours work?
Firstly, welcome LiveSimplyInTheCity - it's good to have you here biggrin

Are any of your workunit's running in High Priority status? (i.e., does BOINC think that they may not meet their deadline), as I thought that was the only reason why they'd swap...
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Re: Missing after hours work?
Not really baffling and thank you for joining WCG. Since we found the Alien's children in Mono Lake and we know that Rasputin had not Phophorus, but Cyanide in his genes, we need not look further... just aim that antenna at Arnold and he'll tell you he'll be back fighting the Predators, to be read as Pre-date-ours ;>)

First stop, go to your activity menu and select "Run Always". Then I'll leave the tweakable options part to other members... hint, there's one that even after multiple requests has not been added to the client prefs, but exists on the My Grid > Device Manager > Device Profile > Custom pages, which will put a client to sleep if user inactive :D

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Re: Missing after hours work?
Well, I had hopes that this would be the solution, but alas, my tin foil hat must be redirecting positive as well as negative alien thoughts. I still can't get WUs to execute after I have logged off. As soon as I log in, they start right up.

If this isn't the right place to be asking, please direct me. I'd like to get this machine cranking away nights and weekends when I'm not using (and not cranking when I am using it!). Somehow, it's exactly backwards of the way it used to behave.

My prefs file is below. Below that is a chunk of StdOutDae.

Anything else I should check?



<global_preferences>
<run_on_batteries>0</run_on_batteries>
<run_if_user_active>0</run_if_user_active>
<run_gpu_if_user_active>0</run_gpu_if_user_active>
<idle_time_to_run>3.000000</idle_time_to_run>
<suspend_cpu_usage>25.000000</suspend_cpu_usage>
<start_hour>16.000000</start_hour>
<end_hour>6.500000</end_hour>
<net_start_hour>16.000000</net_start_hour>
<net_end_hour>6.500000</net_end_hour>
<leave_apps_in_memory>0</leave_apps_in_memory>
<confirm_before_connecting>0</confirm_before_connecting>
<hangup_if_dialed>1</hangup_if_dialed>
<dont_verify_images>0</dont_verify_images>
<work_buf_min_days>0.100000</work_buf_min_days>
<work_buf_additional_days>0.250000</work_buf_additional_days>
<max_ncpus_pct>100.000000</max_ncpus_pct>
<cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>60.000000</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>
<disk_interval>120.000000</disk_interval>
<disk_max_used_gb>10.000000</disk_max_used_gb>
<disk_max_used_pct>50.000000</disk_max_used_pct>
<disk_min_free_gb>0.100000</disk_min_free_gb>
<vm_max_used_pct>90.000000</vm_max_used_pct>
<ram_max_used_busy_pct>50.000000</ram_max_used_busy_pct>
<ram_max_used_idle_pct>95.000000</ram_max_used_idle_pct>
<max_bytes_sec_up>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_up>
<max_bytes_sec_down>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_down>
<cpu_usage_limit>95.000000</cpu_usage_limit>
<daily_xfer_limit_mb>0.000000</daily_xfer_limit_mb>
<daily_xfer_period_days>0</daily_xfer_period_days>
<day_prefs>
<day_of_week>0</day_of_week>
<start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
<end_hour>0.00</end_hour>
<net_start_hour>0.00</net_start_hour>
<net_end_hour>0.00</net_end_hour>
</day_prefs>
<day_prefs>
<day_of_week>6</day_of_week>
<start_hour>0.00</start_hour>
<end_hour>0.00</end_hour>
<net_start_hour>0.00</net_start_hour>
<net_end_hour>0.00</net_end_hour>
</day_prefs>
</global_preferences>

09-Dec-2010 14:19:31 [World Community Grid] Starting nz082_00002_18
09-Dec-2010 14:19:31 [World Community Grid] Starting task nz082_00002_18 using hpf2 version 617
09-Dec-2010 14:19:33 [World Community Grid] Started upload of nz014_00003_14_0
09-Dec-2010 14:19:35 [World Community Grid] Finished upload of nz014_00003_14_0
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [World Community Grid] General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 31-Dec-1969 18:00:01)
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [World Community Grid] Host location: none
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [World Community Grid] General prefs: using your defaults
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] Reading preferences override file
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] Preferences:
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] max memory usage when active: 1786.93MB
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] max memory usage when idle: 3395.16MB
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] max disk usage: 10.00GB
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] don't compute while active
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] don't use GPU while active
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
09-Dec-2010 16:12:03 [---] (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
[12/09/10 16:14:08] TRACE [12800]: ***** Console Event Detected *****

[12/09/10 16:14:08] TRACE [12800]: Event: CTRL-LOGOFF Event

09-Dec-2010 16:14:08 [---] Exit requested by user
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.10.58 for windows_intelx86
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Data directory: C:\BOINC\Data
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Running under account JAA04
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 10]
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Processor: 4.00 MB cache
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] 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-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Memory: 3.49 GB physical, 8.70 GB virtual
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Disk: 74.53 GB total, 10.75 GB free
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Local time is UTC -6 hours
10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] No usable GPUs found
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [SETI@home] URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 4680996; resource share 100
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [World Community Grid] URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 1406153; resource share 100
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [World Community Grid] General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 31-Dec-1969 18:00:01)
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [World Community Grid] Host location: none
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [World Community Grid] General prefs: using your defaults
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] Reading preferences override file
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] Preferences:
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] max memory usage when active: 1786.93MB
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] max memory usage when idle: 3395.16MB
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] max disk usage: 10.00GB
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] don't compute while active
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] don't use GPU while active
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
10-Dec-2010 06:25:38 [---] Not using a proxy
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Re: Missing after hours work?
OK, you gave the answer I think. You're logging out, rather then hitting the Windows-Key + L which locks your session. You've not installed BOINC as a service, thus a regular user app as BOINC is then regarded, will exit too. The give away is this line:

10-Dec-2010 06:25:37 [---] Running under account JAA04

A service install will show this as service & user:

30-Nov-2010 13:45:04 [---] Running as a daemon
30-Nov-2010 13:45:04 [---] Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
30-Nov-2010 13:45:04 [---] Running under account boinc_master

Want it as a service/daemon/protected mode app.... then uninstall and reinstall making sure to opt that in + all users, so you have access too. You can safely do this (99.99%) without loosing the current jobs. Given the tin foil hat factor of 0.01%, you could also stop work fetch, finish all thework and then do the un/reinstall.

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Re: Missing after hours work?
Hi all!

I've been running SETI for years (don't hurt me!).


LiveSimplyInTheCity, not to worry. laughing

If you do find any aliens, I hope that they will have the Cures/Solutions that we earthlings are trying to solve here at our "home base". biggrin

And yes, welcome to the WCG.
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biggrin Re: Missing after hours work?
All my base are belong to Sekerob. blushing

I'm not sure how I missed that checkbox on the install, but I did. Reinstalled and it's cranking through like I had expected. alien 1

Thanks again! biggrin
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