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Solution: 4.12 lockup (fixed in v4.13 - closed)
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ralic Send message Joined: 6 Jan 00 Posts: 308 Credit: 274,230 RAC: 0 |
Downgrade to 4.09 Edit your general preferences for home, school and work, whichever is applicable. Ensure that Switch between applications every is set to a value greater than 0. 60 is recommended. Update your client via Project - Update. Make sure that the messages show that your new settings are in use. Then upgrade to 4.12 Please note that this is a quick-fix solution until something more "official" is announced. Good Luck. |
Captain Avatar Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0 |
Ralics post works!!! http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/forum_thread.php?id=5529 > Downgrade to 4.09 > Edit your general preferences for home, school and work, whichever is > applicable. > Ensure that Switch between applications every is set to a value greater > than 0. 60 is recommended. > Update your client via Project - Update. > Make sure that the messages show that your new settings are in use. > > Then upgrade to 4.12 > > Please note that this is a quick-fix solution until something more "official" > is announced. > > Good Luck. > >http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/forum_thread.php?id=5529 |
Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
Your'e the man!!!! Finally got the last machine to work with this!!!! BIG thanks! ;) @Berkeley: post this on the main page! Aloha, Uli |
ralic Send message Joined: 6 Jan 00 Posts: 308 Credit: 274,230 RAC: 0 |
> Here was mine I bet 4.12 reacts differently on a majority of units. Some thing The units are not the factor. Only people with school, home or work preferences are affected. The setting I mention does not appear to have been set for these, thus to BOINC it is "0" and these preferences override the primary ones if set. |
Captain Avatar Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0 |
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Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
> Only people with school, home or work preferences are affected. The setting I > mention does not appear to have been set for these, thus to BOINC it is "0" > and these preferences override the primary ones if set. > Remember when that parameter (switch every xx minutes) was invented? I bet, the guys @ Berkeley overlooked that time to copy the change over to already created profiles that didn't match the default profile. Anyway, This belongs on the front page! Aloha, Uli |
mags1951 Send message Joined: 31 Aug 03 Posts: 64 Credit: 7,721 RAC: 0 |
Just tried this Ralic and it worked like a dream. One thing of interest, when I adjusted my preferences at Seti, it didn't pick up on the update. I checked over at Climate and it had not updated there (it should). I updated it at Climate and it picked it up on update. Bit odd really! Anyway cheers for this - yes it should be on the front page - come on admin! <a href="http://www.boincstats.com/"><img src="http://www.boincstats.com/stats/banner.php?cpid=1ef069d7d80bdfd029a3c67ee00631ca" border="0"></a> |
ralic Send message Joined: 6 Jan 00 Posts: 308 Credit: 274,230 RAC: 0 |
> I bet, the guys @ Berkeley overlooked that time to copy the change over to Please don't turn this thread into a Berkeley bashing opportunity.... > Anyway, This belongs on the front page! I disagree. This is a public solution to help those that can implement it. There may be a more elegant fix, and if so, then that fix would belong on the front page. ;-) If thread visibility is the concern, we can simply keep bumping this thread to keep it at the top. |
Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
> This is a public solution to help those that can implement it. > There may be a more elegant fix, and if so, then that fix would belong on the > front page. ;-) > The fix is simple: If a parameter is not found it is normally initialized with 0. In this special case this behaviour is bad. So this parameter should be initialized with 60. Simple as that. BTW: I don't want to bash at anyone @ Berkeley. I'm a software developer myself and know how easy it is to overlook something like that ;) Aloha, Uli |
ralic Send message Joined: 6 Jan 00 Posts: 308 Credit: 274,230 RAC: 0 |
> In this special case this behaviour is bad. So this parameter should be > initialized with 60. Simple as that. Agreed, and an elegant way to do that may be to release 4.13 with an in-built check to prevent a value less than 1. :) > BTW: I don't want to bash at anyone @ Berkeley. I'm a software developer My request was not intended to be taken personally and I apologise if that is how it came across. It's just that I notice any thread that points out a possible mistake, is almost guaranteed to turn into a bashing exercise. Just thought I'd try and prevent that from happening to this one. |
Willy_Wuff Send message Joined: 17 Sep 99 Posts: 16 Credit: 2,439,428 RAC: 7 |
For me works a similary workaround: in global_prefs.xml every line with [cpu_scheduling_period_minutes][/cpu_scheduling_period_minutes] changing to [cpu_scheduling_period_minutes]60[/cpu_scheduling_period_minutes] P.S. use greather than, lower than instead of [ and ] <img src=\"http://seti2.mundayweb.com/stats.php?userID=254\"> |
gomeyer Send message Joined: 21 May 99 Posts: 488 Credit: 50,370,425 RAC: 0 |
ralic, You sir are freaking brilliant. You have my undying gratitude! Best Regards, |
Darth Vader Send message Joined: 10 May 02 Posts: 72 Credit: 110,105 RAC: 0 |
No more lock ups. Great! <img border="0" src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=254&prj=1&trans=off" /> |
Divide Overflow Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 365 Credit: 131,684 RAC: 0 |
Would you need to do this even if you are only running 1 project? (SETI@Home) What is the impact that "switching between applications" every 60 minutes will have when you're only running one project application? |
ralic Send message Joined: 6 Jan 00 Posts: 308 Credit: 274,230 RAC: 0 |
> Would you need to do this even if you are only running 1 project? (SETI@Home) Yes. > What is the impact that "switching between applications" every 60 minutes will > have when you're only running one project application? I leave this to the devs for a proper answer, however in my case I noticed extreme disk activity, and an unresponsive application, if the value is not set or set to 0. For a single project, there should be no switching, however the setting does affect single project systems. (Well it affected one of mine...) |
MarkRH Send message Joined: 7 Dec 03 Posts: 32 Credit: 211,105 RAC: 0 |
It has no impact (that I can tell anyway). I have 60 minutes set in my General Preferences (I do not have separate settings for Home/Work/School). One of my systems has SETI and CPDN and it alternates between the two every 60 minutes like it says. The other system runs only SETI and it just keeps running it without any problems. Mark H. |
Alexhs Send message Joined: 25 Sep 02 Posts: 47 Credit: 163,099 RAC: 0 |
Everything perfect. 2 desktops and 2 notebooks xp pro sp2. smooth as oil. thanks <img src=\"http://seti2.mundayweb.com/stats.php?userID=184&trans=off\"> |
Swordfish Send message Joined: 29 Aug 03 Posts: 1 Credit: 1,564,655 RAC: 0 |
Bravo Ralic. This works perfectly. > > Would you need to do this even if you are only running 1 project? > (SETI@Home) > Yes. > > > What is the impact that "switching between applications" every 60 minutes > will > > have when you're only running one project application? > I leave this to the devs for a proper answer, however in my case I noticed > extreme disk activity, and an unresponsive application, if the value is not > set or set to 0. > > For a single project, there should be no switching, however the setting does > affect single project systems. (Well it affected one of mine...) > |
Byron Leigh Hatch @ team Carl Sagan Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 4548 Credit: 35,667,570 RAC: 4 |
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Prashant Bhat Send message Joined: 20 Dec 01 Posts: 12 Credit: 127,732 RAC: 0 |
Ralic's solution works like a charm. no BOINC freezing. Thank you very very much. I hope the Boinc guys do mention this on the front page. Thanks once again |
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