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Invid72
Cruncher Joined: Jun 23, 2017 Post Count: 5 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hello. Long time contributor here. I just picked up a Mac Mini M4 (Apple Silicon) and when I added it to my account it initiially got a single WU but I've been completely unable to get any since the first one.
I have two Linux machines on my account that are getting WU with no issue currently. On the Mac when I reset the project BOINC manager starts the download and I can see tasks appearing in my transfers tab but after a few seconds they disappear. This is repeatable. Does anyone have an idea what's going on? My manager software is up to date and my preferences are set identically to the other machines. I have no warnings in the notices tab and I have podman installed and ready. Is there some kind of incompatibility with Apple Silicon currently? |
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Invid72
Cruncher Joined: Jun 23, 2017 Post Count: 5 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Link to image showing my client trying to download PNG images instead of work units. Any ideas on what I need to do to fix this?
https://imgur.com/a/ExY5GpF I tried to embed the image but that functionaltiy seems broken too. |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2346 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I tried to embed the image but that functionaltiy seems broken too. No, it isn't.  You need to embed the direct link to the image, not the link to the webpage containing the image. Problem: Your (to be embedded) image is (somewhat) too big for this forum and it would ruin the pagination. BTW, your BOINC client should download the PNG images from the server, but there have been problems downloading them in the recent past. Probably it will work as soon as tasks can be downloaded. You need to watch the "Project Status (First Post Updated)" thread, just like everybody else. Adri |
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Invid72
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BTW, your BOINC client should download the PNG images from the server, but there have been problems downloading them in the recent past. Probably it will work as soon as tasks can be downloaded. You need to watch the "Project Status (First Post Updated)" thread, just like everybody else. Adri Thanks for the response. I'll check the thread, though it seems odd that I've been able to download (and am currently processing) work units on my Linux rigs. |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2346 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Is there already some movement, Invid72, on your Mac Mini? It appears that work is flowing.
What does your Event Log say? On 25 October I saw in my Event Log: (just by selecting the file stat_v05.png and ignoring the other 42 PNG-files) 25-Oct-2025 09:25:50 [World Community Grid] Resetting file projects/www.worldcommunitygrid.org/stat_v05.png: permanent HTTP error 25-Oct-2025 09:25:51 [World Community Grid] Started download of stat_v05.png 25-Oct-2025 09:25:52 [World Community Grid] Temporarily failed download of stat_v05.png: transient HTTP error 25-Oct-2025 09:25:52 [World Community Grid] Backing off 00:03:11 on download of stat_v05.png 25-Oct-2025 09:36:29 [World Community Grid] Started download of stat_v05.png 25-Oct-2025 09:36:31 [World Community Grid] Finished download of stat_v05.png (430 bytes) Adri |
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Invid72
Cruncher Joined: Jun 23, 2017 Post Count: 5 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Same behaviour. Downloads work but then the WU disappear and no work is performed. Many more WU files were downloaded than shown, I've trimmed the output for brevity.
----------------------------------------Thu 27 Nov 14:00:23 2025 | World Community Grid | Resetting project Thu 27 Nov 14:00:32 2025 | World Community Grid | Master file download succeeded Thu 27 Nov 14:00:39 2025 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Thu 27 Nov 14:00:39 2025 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for Apple GPU Thu 27 Nov 14:00:43 2025 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Thu 27 Nov 14:00:43 2025 | World Community Grid | Project requested delay of 121 seconds Thu 27 Nov 14:00:45 2025 | World Community Grid | Started download of arp1_00_v02.png Thu 27 Nov 14:00:45 2025 | World Community Grid | Started download of arp1_01_v01.png Thu 27 Nov 14:00:45 2025 | World Community Grid | Started download of arp1_02_v01.png Thu 27 Nov 14:00:45 2025 | World Community Grid | Started download of arp1_03_v01.png Thu 27 Nov 14:00:45 2025 | World Community Grid | Started download of default_00_v03.png Thu 27 Nov 14:00:50 2025 | World Community Grid | Finished download of arp1_00_v02.png (15805 bytes) Thu 27 Nov 14:00:50 2025 | World Community Grid | Finished download of arp1_01_v01.png (3821 bytes) Thu 27 Nov 14:00:50 2025 | World Community Grid | Finished download of arp1_02_v01.png (86144 bytes) Thu 27 Nov 14:00:50 2025 | World Community Grid | Finished download of arp1_03_v01.png (73372 bytes) Thu 27 Nov 14:00:50 2025 | World Community Grid | Finished download of default_00_v03.png (15605 bytes) [Edit 1 times, last edit by Invid72 at Nov 27, 2025 7:07:37 PM] |
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adriverhoef
Master Cruncher The Netherlands Joined: Apr 3, 2009 Post Count: 2346 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Same behaviour. Downloads work but then the WU disappear and no work is performed. Many more WU files were downloaded than shown, I've trimmed the output for brevity. You haven't gotten any work yet, Invid72. You only downloaded the initial PNG-files that are necessary for the graphical environment of the BOINC client successfully. That's good.  The next thing that happens, is the request for work: Thu 27 Nov 14:00:39 2025 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for Apple GPU It looks in order, but by inspecting the text more closely, you'll notice that your client is requesting work for your GPU only. To get started crunching CPU-tasks, you need to enable CPU-computing on the website in the Device Profile for your Mac Mini. Select the correct BOINC Device Profile that belongs to your Mac Mini here. Adri |
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Invid72
Cruncher Joined: Jun 23, 2017 Post Count: 5 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Thanks. I misunderstood you when you said there was an issue with the PNGs downloading earlier.
----------------------------------------Not sure what's changed (I haven't touched my settings as they were already correct), but I detached and re-attached to the project and initially got only a single WU, but after a minute it downloaded multiple WU. The machine is up and running "normally" now. Hopefully it will keep working after I finish this batch. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Invid72 at Nov 28, 2025 8:39:10 AM] |
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fufu
Cruncher Joined: Mar 20, 2006 Post Count: 46 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Don't worry. My Mac mini is running smoothly almost a year now. Just if WCG has problems, it runs dry.
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