Re: [boinc_dev] problem with check pointing

2016-05-26 Thread Eric Driver
I think my problem is a little different. First of all, it is very rare; maybe 1 out of every 1 WUs. I know it's happening because I see it in the stderr for the WU, where the first thing it does is read the checkpoint file, which should not exist at the start. It's as if the BOINC manage

Re: [boinc_dev] problem with check pointing

2016-05-26 Thread Filip Rydlo
Hi, Jacob. Good point! Lemme check-it-out... *Nothing*... - just bunch of files from old (WinXP) programs, some ini files, etc... and parts of *Oracle VirtualBox*. Hmm, strange, old ... ok, I have *DELETED* them, so they will NOT cause any more trouble in the future wh

Re: [boinc_dev] problem with check pointing

2016-05-26 Thread Jacob Klein
Just a thought .. Do you happen to have any BOINC-related data in the following folder? C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Local\VirtualStore Data in the VirtualStore (which gets read/used FIRST by a program instead of the ProgramData data, apparently for compatibility reasons related to running i

Re: [boinc_dev] problem with check pointing

2016-05-26 Thread Filip Rydlo
Now that you mention checkpointing problem . I remember that I have detected it too. Might have the same cause! In my case on Win7 x64 prof.EN , on latest betaver. boinc .29+ : Project: Asteroids@home Symptom: every time I restarted my PC (I closed Boinc manually way before the

[boinc_dev] problem with check pointing

2016-05-26 Thread Eric Driver
I've noticed that sometimes when the client starts a fresh work unit, it will read the check point file of a previous work unit. Not sure how/why this is happening, but this is obviously not a good thing. One way I can fix this is to use a checkpoint filename unique to the WU (up until now all WU