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Former Member
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Hello,
I have recently picked BOINC up again now that I found how to stop computing while running certain applications. However it was a bit of trial and error since I was going by info in: Community-maintained FAQs > BOINC: Pause, Snooze, Suspend and Resume processing Manually or Automatic "BOINC has an configurable option [as of 6.3.13] to let the client Pause/Suspend automatically when programs of choice are loaded, until they are unloaded. This could be for instance a particular game. Add a line to the <options> section of the cc_config.xml file coded as e.g. <exclude_app>mygame.exe</exclude_app>" I did just that, but the BOINC Manager message log said "Unrecognized tag in cc_config.xml: <exclude_app>". A bit of googling about then led to exclusive_app tag which is recognized and works. So, this is my longwinded way of saying I believe I found a minor mistake in the FAQ :) I couldn't find a way to PM the poster so I'm posting here, and hope somebody can correct it :) |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Sigh, could be another tag that is not uniformly maintained through all versions (but it could be me misremembering too :O).
----------------------------------------Thanks for letting us know anyway. I'll enhance the FAQ and meantime point you to the Really Truly Friendly Manual where the option you found is described: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Cc_config.xml <exclusive_app>filename.exe</exclusive_app> BOINC will suspend computing whenever the executable is running (e.g., a game). Case is ignored in filenames. Multiple applications can be specified. List-add.pngNew in 6.3.13 <exclusive_gpu_app>important.exe</exclusive_gpu_app> BOINC will suspend use of GPUs whenever the executable is running. List-add.pngNew in 6.10.20 You may have to start your client again. Some options wont take effect until that is done (and noone has documented that, sigh 2) btw, a good alternative I'm using on me Linux quad is the percent for "whilst processor usage is less than xx%". Got it tuned to the exact value of 22%. When more is needed, BOINC is suspended, as then I never need to remember to not forget to unload the application that is causing the high *user* CPU use :D --//-- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Nov 21, 2011 4:08:36 PM] |
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Ingleside
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You may have to start your client again. Some options wont take effect until that is done (and noone has documented that, sigh 2) <exclusive_app> and <exclusive_gpu_app> works without needing to restart client. btw, a good alternative I'm using on me Linux quad is the percent for "whilst processor usage is less than xx%". Got it tuned to the exact value of 22%. When more is needed, BOINC is suspended, as then I never need to remember to not forget to unload the application that is causing the high *user* CPU use :D One problem with this is that some programs only needs 1 % cpu-power or something, but is still severely impacted by BOINC running at 100 %...  "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might." [Edit 1 times, last edit by Ingleside at Nov 21, 2011 5:58:31 PM] |
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Former Member
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Well, off course you can anticipate that I've so far found out that up to that 22% none do and vice versa... the trial and error method, you know. Programs running using 1% and still impacted by BOINC... use ThreadMasterGUI to leave 2% or whatever value till it does not, but automating I will :P
--//-- P.S. It's dark here since 4:45 PM. When does it turn dark for you these days in the year? |
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Former Member
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Glad I could help, impressed on quick reply too :) from the manual - looks like you mixed the exclude_gpu and exclussive_app up.
Thank you for the extra tips. In my case it's a laptop with a weak cooling system so it can handle either 100% CPU load or 100% GPU load but not both, else severe GPU throttling happens. So I'm just excluding certain games. One option that would be helpful (but I don't think it exists) - making boinc use a much lower percentage of processor time, say below 20%, when an excluded app is running. |
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Former Member
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There's so many bells and whistles being requested, would not be surprised if this one came up too. Think proportional throttling is one of them as many would like e.g. keep X - 1 core running when gaming. Now it's all or nothing.
As for my own experience, try out Process Lasso . Got excellent results with that, can slow one or the other app using a rules based system. --//-- |
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