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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

Well, try editing (or making if not present) a file called cc_config.xml located in your BOINC data-directory, use Notepad (or similar) to make/edit the file.

It should at the minimum include:


<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<work_fetch_debug>1</work_fetch_debug>
</log_flags>
</cc_config>

If a cc_config.xml is already present, it's normally also include a <options>-part.

After saving the new cc_config.xml, in the BOINC Manager, select to "Read config file" (advanced view, advanced menu-choise)

Post one full instance of the new log-messages, meaning from
[work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
until
[work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------
(possibly followed with a choosen project)

To turn-off the extra logging, just change the line above in cc_config.xml to
<work_fetch_debug>0</work_fetch_debug>
and re-read the new config again.

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[Aug 26, 2012 10:01:15 PM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

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Had to create cc_config file...output below

8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] work fetch start
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] ------- start work fetch state -------
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 259200.00 sec
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | rosetta@home | [work_fetch] REC 459.347 priority -682.810512 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | DistrRTgen | [work_fetch] REC 0.000 priority -0.000000 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Poem@Home | [work_fetch] REC 0.000 priority -0.000000 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Collatz Conjecture | [work_fetch] REC 0.000 priority -0.000000 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | climateprediction.net | [work_fetch] REC 22.473 priority -0.000000 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Einstein@Home | [work_fetch] REC 12879.097 priority -12066.415449 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | [work_fetch] REC 902.718 priority -0.000000 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | SETI@home | [work_fetch] REC 8285.794 priority -0.000000 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Cosmology@Home | [work_fetch] REC 376.199 priority -0.000000 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | GPUGRID | [work_fetch] REC 661.700 priority -0.000000 (no new tasks)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | World Community Grid | [work_fetch] REC 0.000 priority -0.000000
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] CPU: shortfall 0.00 nidle 0.00 saturated 543873.58 busy 0.00
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | rosetta@home | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | DistrRTgen | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Poem@Home | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (blocked by prefs)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Collatz Conjecture | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (blocked by prefs)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | climateprediction.net | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Einstein@Home | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (blocked by prefs)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (blocked by prefs)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | SETI@home | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (blocked by prefs)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Cosmology@Home | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | GPUGRID | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (no apps)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | World Community Grid | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (blocked by prefs)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: shortfall 133704.54 nidle 0.00 saturated 125675.46 busy 0.00
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | rosetta@home | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | DistrRTgen | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Poem@Home | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Collatz Conjecture | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | climateprediction.net | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Einstein@Home | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Milkyway@Home | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | SETI@home | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | Cosmology@Home | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | GPUGRID | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | World Community Grid | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (no apps)
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] ------- end work fetch state -------

Thanks for your help

[Aug 28, 2012 1:27:25 AM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] target work buffer: 180.00 + 259200.00 sec

8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | World Community Grid | [work_fetch] REC 0.000 priority -0.000000

8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] CPU: shortfall 0.00 nidle 0.00 saturated 543873.58 busy 0.00

8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | World Community Grid | [work_fetch] CPU: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (blocked by prefs)

8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: shortfall 133704.54 nidle 0.00 saturated 125675.46 busy 0.00
8/27/2012 8:16:41 PM | World Community Grid | [work_fetch] NVIDIA: fetch share 0.000 rsc backoff (dt 0.00, inc 0.00) (no apps)

Haven't much time now to look on your log, but from the top, you've set a very low minimum cache-size. Since v7 only re-fills with work if cached work drops below this minimum, you don't need any new work at the moment. The CPU-shortfall being zero with no idle cpu's also shows this.

As for GPU, this needs work, but at the moment none of the projects that's allowed to ask for work has any.

As for WCG, predictably there's no GPU-app available, and client-setting is allowing work.

But, very strange, for some reason WCG seems to have de-selected CPU-applications. confused

I'm not aware this is even possible for WCG, but it's maybe due to a screwed-up preference-setting with WCG's custumization.

So, try de-selecting some of your WCG-projects, and save preferences, for so re-selecting them, and saving again, and check again if after a scheduler-connection to WCG things is working again.

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[Aug 28, 2012 5:02:21 AM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

But, very strange, for some reason WCG seems to have de-selected CPU-applications. confused

I'm not aware this is even possible for WCG, but it's maybe due to a screwed-up preference-setting with WCG's custumization.

Another opine.

As was noted earlier in this thread, you can deselect CPU participation in general [for purpose of only get GPU work which there isn't any]. Did not know, but the log snip indeed indicates this 7.0.33 client understands that website device profile setting, except it's set on i.e. CPU applications allowed. If set to yes/ticked, set to No/Untick to test the logic, then hit update in the client on WCG.

The low cache is a good point. Other members reported that increasing the buffer setting often pushes the point to force work requesting. Worth trying an increase to e.g. 1.00 days [with the Minimum Work Buffer setting]. The Maximum Additional Work Buffer only gets backfilled when the total cache drops below Minimum.

[Aug 28, 2012 7:29:17 AM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

6.10.58 is supported, anything after that is BETA at best, please see Boinc website.

[Aug 28, 2012 7:51:44 AM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

As was noted earlier in this thread, you can deselect CPU participation in general [for purpose of only get GPU work which there isn't any]. Did not know, but the log snip indeed indicates this 7.0.33 client understands that website device profile setting, except it's set on i.e. CPU applications allowed. If set to yes/ticked, set to No/Untick to test the logic, then hit update in the client on WCG.

After having some better time to look on this, I do see the CPU-choise is present. So yes, de-select and re-select this is a good suggestion, since it's not the 1st. time there's been a problem with WCG's implementation of preferences.

As for client not asking for work for any resource-type de-selected by preference, if you look on other BOINC-projects you'll see this has been "Enforced by version 6.10+".

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[Aug 28, 2012 7:59:24 AM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

6.10.58 is supported, anything after that is BETA at best, please see Boinc website.

v6.10.xx has a serious deadline-bug for any multi-project-users, so while it works for WCG-only users it's a bad choise for other users.

Also, downgrading to v6 will delete all work on client, a really bad choise for anyone running CPDN.

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[Aug 28, 2012 8:03:53 AM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

6.10.58 is supported, anything after that is BETA at best, please see Boinc website.

v6.10.xx has a serious deadline-bug for any multi-project-users, so while it works for WCG-only users it's a bad choise for other users.

Also, downgrading to v6 will delete all work on client, a really bad choise for anyone running CPDN.

suggest other users seek support where it is required

[Aug 28, 2012 8:11:46 AM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

I changed the CPU option to "No"...and saved. Went back to reset at "Yes", but was already set to "Yes". Tried this a couple of times with the same result. I don't have a problem downgrading to 6.10.58 but it may take a while for all work to complete before I can do it.

[Aug 28, 2012 12:09:44 PM]

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Re: Not getting new "tasks" for World Community Grid

Might be something completely different, but check your Device Profiles (a subset of Device Manager on the My Grid page)... all mine seem to have gotten reset (to 'blank' - except for the DDDT2 intermittent task) recently.

[Aug 30, 2012 7:59:58 AM]

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