Re: [boinc_dev] 7.8.3 client released for testing

2017-10-07 Thread Charles Elliott
ly made a difference) that occurs while doing it that makes the minutes turn into hours and days. Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of David Anderson Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 2:50 AM To: BOINC Alpha list Cc: BOIN

Re: [boinc_dev] An additional preference to prevent, downloading when on WiFi, to enable downloading only on when connected, to cable

2017-04-02 Thread Charles Elliott
when GPU Grid told me I could not participate when I signed up because my video cards were inadequate, but I got over it (and eventually bought new video cards, which I used elsewhere). Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Be

Re: [boinc_dev] An additional preference to prevent downloading when on WiFi, to enable downloading only on when connected to cable

2017-03-30 Thread Charles Elliott
one if the user processes a work unit on an older GPU, the GPU overheats, and the WU fails 3/4 of the way through. It is annoying though. Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Nicolás Alvarez Sent: Wednesday, March 29,

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc_cvs] [BOINC/boinc] c2350c: web: try to get Recaptcha working on IE

2017-02-04 Thread Charles Elliott
log in the last time I went to Mathematica.stackexchange.com. So, it must be repairable. Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of David Anderson Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2017 12:50 AM To: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu S

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc_projects] Spammer account attack happening.

2016-11-14 Thread Charles Elliott
to monetize BOINC projects to make them self-funding, then choose someone who really wants it to lead it, has the skills to enact it (or can be trained in them, which takes much time), and can be effective in influencing others to carry out the program. Charles Elliott -Original Message- Fro

[boinc_dev] stdoutTmp.txt

2016-01-05 Thread Charles Elliott
anyone know of any secret place these entries might be hiding? Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter

Re: [boinc_dev] WU Black List for user/host?

2015-11-17 Thread Charles Elliott
Consumption is commented on. "Why is your electricity use so much higher than your neighbors'?" (Don't you care about the environment?) "There was some improvement last month." (Can you do more?) Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev [mailto

Re: [boinc_dev] Problems with cached memory under 64-bit Windows

2015-10-30 Thread Charles Elliott
f the user reinstalled Windows, on a clean new or reformatted hard disk or SSD, then installed BOINC and its applications, then installed the all the user's other applications one-by-one until the problem re-appeared, if ever. What was the last thing that changed before this problem appeared

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc] Automatic CPU Detection: Use all cores (#1361)

2015-08-24 Thread Charles Elliott
are in End of Life status, though. My father was right: If you just wait long enough, you will be able to buy a pretty good CPU for a lot less. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Jor

Re: [boinc_dev] Linux xscreensaver

2015-06-18 Thread Charles Elliott
takes to process a work unit. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Gianfranco Costamagna > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:33 AM > To: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu; i...@jeeja.biz > Subject: Re:

[boinc_dev] No information from BOINC or its data directory for a week.

2015-02-13 Thread Charles Elliott
are changed to allow connections, then boinccmd functions again. 3. The firewall rules added by the BOINC installer allow access to all ports. Why does any external program need access to BOINC thru any port other than 31416? Charles Elliott _

Re: [boinc_dev] job_log.txt column name information?

2014-12-04 Thread Charles Elliott
le meant a work unit had finished and there was analysis work to do. Good luck, Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Jonathan Joy > Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 12:57 AM > To: boinc_dev@s

Re: [boinc_dev] BOINCscheduling & plan class possible issue

2014-10-04 Thread Charles Elliott
driven or actually reading values. In any case, either GPU Caps Viewer or Boinc is wrong. If anyone has any ideas on how to determine the actual device capabilities, I would love to hear about it. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.b

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-04 Thread Charles Elliott
com) -Original Message- From: Charles Elliott [elliott...@comcast.net] Received: Friday, 03 Oct 2014, 10:10PM To: 'Jacob Klein' [jacob_w_kl...@msn.com]; 'Richard Haselgrove' [r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com]; McLeod, John [john.mcl...@sap.com]; boinc_dev@ssl.

Re: [boinc_dev] High priority status message removed.

2014-10-03 Thread Charles Elliott
thousands of WUs, but I think it should be questioned now. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Jacob Klein > Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 9:24 AM > To: Richard Haselgrove; McLeod, John; boinc_dev@s

Re: [boinc_dev] How much will this -- or any upcoming EU bans on personal data -- affect BOINC project databases ... that don't really store but a fragment ...

2014-07-07 Thread Charles Elliott
case, how hard could it be to ask one of the Russian universities to host a duplicate of the information on all Russian participants? Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Bernd Machenschalk > Sent: Mo

Re: [boinc_dev] Boinc and shared dynamic libraries

2014-06-19 Thread Charles Elliott
these page faults could be? Could it be due to shared DLL's or more likely the allocation of large memory buffers? Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Raistmer the Sorcerer > Sent: Wednesday

Re: [boinc_dev] EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED (sorry, yes me again, but please read)

2014-06-12 Thread Charles Elliott
The problem with RAC is the exponential decay as a function of time. It is just like real life: It may take most of a lifetime to become a VP, and seconds to get fired if you screw up, or one of your subordinates does it for you. Likewise, if the user's computer has a problem and it does not subm

Re: [boinc_dev] EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED (sorry, yes me again, but please read)

2014-06-11 Thread Charles Elliott
of any way of doing this except by reducing the credit allocated per FLOP. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Raistmer the Sorcerer > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 3:52 PM > To: David Anders

Re: [boinc_dev] EXIT_TIME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED (sorry, yes me again, but please read)

2014-06-11 Thread Charles Elliott
their associated work unit results are rejected by the server if the stderr.txt file is deemed too large. Average results of multiple runs of a benchmark are often a better indicator of actual performance than a single run because of the unpredictability of other tasks and O/S excursions. Charles

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc_projects] top host CPU only search possible?

2014-05-13 Thread Charles Elliott
se by cpu type, gpu type, app (AP or S@H). In Java, this is relatively trivial, since you can use the built-in URL class to access the web pages, and regular expressions to parse them; since you know exactly the info you want, there is no need to parse the whole page. Charles Elliott > -Ori

Re: [boinc_dev] Scheduler Enhancement Request

2014-05-12 Thread Charles Elliott
, executing] SETI@home 7.00 setiathome_v7 1 [Tasks, executing] Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Stephen Maclagan > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 4:29 PM > To: David Anderson; boinc_dev@s

Re: [boinc_dev] new GUI RPC for getting completed /reported tasks

2014-02-19 Thread Charles Elliott
just is not possible. Also, it would be nice to execute more than one WU per GPU. Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Haselgrove Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:51 AM To: Nicolás Alvarez; William

Re: [boinc_dev] Estimated Time Remaining, frictional reporting ...

2014-02-11 Thread Charles Elliott
you months of work on an IRS tax audit and keep you out of jail? Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of David Anderson Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 10:58 PM To: boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [boinc_dev

[boinc_dev] Beta Server Problems

2013-10-25 Thread Charles Elliott
tracert every time I have tried it. Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.

Re: [boinc_dev] (no subject)

2013-09-29 Thread Charles Elliott
No, I put the sequence in its own block. Your suggestion, which I completely missed in the documentation, fixed the problem. Thank you. CHE From: Richard Haselgrove [mailto:r.haselgr...@btopenworld.com] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:40 AM To: Charles Elliott; boinc_dev

[boinc_dev] (no subject)

2013-09-29 Thread Charles Elliott
some were successful on ATI GPUs. Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.

Re: [boinc_dev] android -- boinc not storing cpu features (/proc/cpuinfo features)

2013-08-23 Thread Charles Elliott
ubject data is different for three machines. The only possible improvement I can think of is to hash the data and send the hash and the data whenever the hash changes. You would have to have a good hash function for stirngs. 3. From a scientific point of view the data would be really nice to

[boinc_dev] Source Code

2013-08-07 Thread Charles Elliott
Can someone please tell me where I can find the source code for one of the app optimizations that uses AVX instructions? I am reading Intel's programming manuals and would like to see examples of actual use. Thanks in advance for your help. Charles El

Re: [boinc_dev] CPU throttling and GPU apps

2013-07-09 Thread Charles Elliott
, it slowly raised them back to 8, where it is now. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of McLeod, John > Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 11:21 AM > To: David Anderson; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu > Subje

Re: [boinc_dev] Questions around BOINC

2013-06-21 Thread Charles Elliott
Instead of all these questions, why don't you just attach a computer to Boinc's SETI@Home project, or another -- there are tens of them -- and watch how it works. Your questions seem to fundamental and trivial to those who have been using Boinc for years. Charles Elliott > -Ori

[boinc_dev] Why won't Boinc schedule both GPUs?

2013-05-20 Thread Charles Elliott
ling situation have anything to do with the new Kepler-architecture NVidia GPUs, e.g., the absence of a cuda_kepler plan class analogous to the cuda_fermi plan class? Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http:

[boinc_dev] Workunits no longer usable

2013-05-07 Thread Charles Elliott
is unlikely to edit his or her app_info file. In any case, it is kinder to give even a novice user the opportunity to fix the problem than it is to punish them for an action that was almost certainly well intended. Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev ma

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2013-04-25 Thread Charles Elliott
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[boinc_dev] Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) Stops Any Running GPU Tasks

2013-03-25 Thread Charles Elliott
ell. However, VNC for windows 7 and up has recently become $35 a pop. Would it be possible to find out why Boinc thinks the GPUs have become unusable and change its behavior? Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://

Re: [boinc_dev] Some observation on GPU availability and way BOINC handles it.

2013-03-24 Thread Charles Elliott
performance, and they help tell us if the tuning factors you used are applicable on our equipment. Thanks, Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf > Of Raistmer the Sorcerer > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013

Re: [boinc_dev] MinGW boinc_zip updates

2013-01-27 Thread Charles Elliott
45.4545455Percent speed increase Sorry about the lapse of a less than thoughtful Java programmer. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu [mailto:boinc_dev- > boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Carrion > Se

Re: [boinc_dev] MinGW boinc_zip updates

2013-01-27 Thread Charles Elliott
r now intermixes FPU and MMX instructions, which may be the reason 2012 is faster. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu [mailto:boinc_dev- > boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Carrion > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 8:

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc_alpha] "anonymous GPU" feature

2013-01-13 Thread Charles Elliott
of) Performance tool could be used to control GPU temperature, if might save someone a lot of money. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu [mailto:boinc_dev- > boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Raistmer the Sorcerer > Sent: Saturd

[boinc_dev] --quit BoincCmd still does not work

2012-09-24 Thread Charles Elliott
x27;t we take it out, make it work, or provide the intended functionality another name? We need the functionality that "-quit" was designed to provide. Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.

Re: [boinc_dev] Error Messages

2012-08-11 Thread Charles Elliott
se %hs was not # found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. # 1 matches found for "0xc135" It is exactly right. If worse came to worse, Boinc could perhaps call it as an external process and pipe back the results to itself. It is not something that happens often.

Re: [boinc_dev] Error Messages

2012-08-10 Thread Charles Elliott
ng of astropulse_6.01_windows_intelx86.exe, since it is fairly old. I will switch back if asked, but not happily. Again, thanks to everyone for their help. Charles Elliott From: korp...@gmail.com [mailto:korp...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Eric J Korpela Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 11:29 AM To: Ch

[boinc_dev] Error Messages

2012-08-09 Thread Charles Elliott
I already knew that. What is the source of the error exit code -1073741515 (0xc135) is referring to and how do I fix it? 2. Where is the documentation for app_info.xml? All a search on "app_info.xml" returns is tens of thousands of questions

Re: [boinc_dev] plan_class_spec

2012-07-18 Thread Charles Elliott
total, since when GPU Beta Astropulse WUs use a lot of CPU they finish fairly quickly. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu [mailto:boinc_dev- > boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Eric J Korpela > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1

Re: [boinc_dev] plan_class_spec

2012-07-18 Thread Charles Elliott
Astropulse app as an anonymous app so I can run an optimized app for S&H cuda WUs and so I can run two instances of Astropulse per GPU, though the latter might be possible with the Astropulse command line file; there are no instructions. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From:

Re: [boinc_dev] stderr returned unreliable

2012-01-19 Thread Charles Elliott
S@H is also receiving these. See http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=2267062307. > -Original Message- > From: boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu [mailto:boinc_dev- > boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Matt Arsenault > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 5:40 PM > To: boinc_d

Re: [boinc_dev] Statistics and work fetch.

2011-12-07 Thread Charles Elliott
BOINC also needs to disregard computed DCF's for tasks that complete in less than, say, 60 seconds, particularly if there are several of these in a row. OW, BOINC may download 1000s of tasks that cannot possibly be completed on time. Charles Elliott > -Original Message- > From

Re: [boinc_dev] Quota system inefficiency, something better?

2011-01-13 Thread Charles Elliott
correct the problem. Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu [mailto:boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of john.mcl...@sybase.com Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 1:53 PM To: Raistmer Cc: john.mcl...@sybase.com; boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu

Re: [boinc_dev] host punishment mechanism revisited

2010-05-26 Thread Charles Elliott
do well by, say, giving extra credit for consistency, rather than punishing them for their mistakes, which they probably already know are stupid, or for part failure over which they may have no control. Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@s

Re: [boinc_dev] BOINC Applications Speed-Up by Setting the Processor Affinity

2010-03-12 Thread Charles Elliott
About 5%. Been doing it for over a year using a program written in C++ and operating as a service under Windows. Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: Nicolás Alvarez [mailto:nicolas.alva...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:19 PM To: elliott...@verizon.net Cc: Subject

[boinc_dev] BOINC Applications Speed-Up by Setting the Processor Affinity

2010-03-11 Thread Charles Elliott
aging contention for shared resources on multicore processors." Commun. ACM 53(2): 49-57. Essentially, one can infer from the article that the speed-up is due to fewer cache misses and reduced contention for the front-side bus and the memory controller. Charl

Re: [boinc_dev] BOINC 6.10 release

2009-10-26 Thread Charles Elliott
the correct password. 3) There is no Boinc in core for BoincMgr to connect to, so the computer is effectively down until one notices the outage. This behavior is typical of version 6.6.38. Charles Elliott -Original Message- From: boinc_dev-boun...@ssl.berkeley.edu [mailto:boinc_dev

[boinc_dev] False Alarm AND RE: [boinc_alpha] Fw: Work fetch bug in v6.6.23

2009-06-05 Thread Charles Elliott
i7 machine(4915377), even though the s...@h Web site lists it as having 8 CPUs and says it can have 100 WUs per CPU. In these days of no AP WUs, only 500 WUs per day makes it hard to accumulate any inventory. Thanks for all your hard work, guys. Charles Elliott

[boinc_dev] Xfer

2009-06-01 Thread Charles Elliott
e the WUID so I can try to figure out what the server did with it when it was reported. In the meantime would the Boinc developers please consider making this feature work on the server end? Charles Elliott ___ boinc_dev mailing list

Re: [boinc_dev] Annoying balloons / remote BM shuts down local BOINC again

2009-04-22 Thread Charles Elliott
, the scheduler to run, since if task switches are going to happen, that is when they occur. I am using Boinc 6.2.19. Perhaps the implication of all the above Verbage is, as a temporary fix, to send boinccmd Update messages periodically to all your Computers. You could try it. Charles