1) Message boards : Cafe : Badges (Message 6241)
Posted 15 Jul 2023 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
Bonjour, manque Pluton

Have you been in hibernation since 2006 ?

After 1kk cobblestones, we now have to earn 4-5 times as many to get the next badge.
From 50k it's only 2-2.5 times.
That kills incentive for most of us with modest means.
2) Message boards : Number crunching : Server Thread (Message 6193)
Posted 18 Jun 2023 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
Just checked my BOINC security certificate (ca-bundle.crt)- it's Valid till 28/01/2028, so it's the server certificate that's got problems.


Can someone at Universe get it renewed ?
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Double your task throughput on Linux (Message 4469)
Posted 11 Sep 2020 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
I've noticed the same trend on Windows. Right now they take double the time compared with a week ago
4) Message boards : Number crunching : WU completion times (Message 4037)
Posted 19 Feb 2020 by Profile JohnMD
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WU's today are using almost double normal time, but giving normal credit.
It would be nice to know why.
5) Message boards : Number crunching : No WUs right now? (Message 3844)
Posted 28 Oct 2019 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
We are all volunteers - even most admins - just trying to do our best.
Even professionals don't always get upgrades right - the admins here want their system back on its feet of course ASAP.
Most of us have alternative projects in the wings (resource share '0').
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Maximum number of tasks (Message 2943)
Posted 6 Jul 2018 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
Place the following in a file called -
app_config.xml
in the existing folder -
universeathome.pl_universe
under folder projects under folder BOINC under folder ProgramData on your system disk (C: ?)

<app_config>
<project_max_concurrent>2</project_max_concurrent>
</app_config>

This will allow only 2 concurrent Universe tasks. Change '2' to the maximum number of tasks you wish.
From BOINC manager you will need to select 'settings'/'read configuration files' to activate.

If you actually want to limit the number of concurrent BOINC tasks in total, you can do this on any one of your projects' home-page under account/computer settings. Then from BOINC manager, choose 'update' for the project where you made the change.
7) Message boards : News : Server room renovation (Message 2833)
Posted 22 Apr 2018 by Profile JohnMD
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Now all services are back and running. Queue should by unloaded in next few hours.

Will that include BHDB WU's ?
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Universe Ultraviolet reionization v0.01 (Message 1562)
Posted 13 Sep 2016 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
This version demands something newer than my SSE2 cpu.
v0.02 was OK in this respect.
Please help us oldies onboard again
9) Message boards : News : New ULX application (Message 1026)
Posted 18 Jan 2016 by Profile JohnMD
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Looks like the new batch of ULX are gona take a while , looks like from 3 or 4 hours to 12 hours or more, sure hope the points we get will go up

Run times around 5* - points around 2.4*
10) Message boards : Number crunching : Universe@Home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks (Message 171)
Posted 16 Mar 2015 by Profile JohnMD
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Thanks Krzysztof
11) Message boards : Number crunching : Universe@Home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks (Message 168)
Posted 16 Mar 2015 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
for example -
16-03-2015 11:21:41 | Universe@Home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
12) Message boards : Number crunching : Universe@Home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks (Message 162)
Posted 14 Mar 2015 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
Universe X-ray sources v2
Unsent 140416
In progress 30322

Why don't I get a WU ?
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Project_xxx | Task yyy exited with zero status but no 'finished' file (Message 141)
Posted 8 Mar 2015 by Profile JohnMD
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@Krzysztof
Thanks - my first V2 did not have the problem :D
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Project_xxx | Task yyy exited with zero status but no 'finished' file (Message 136)
Posted 6 Mar 2015 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
@cykodennis
Thanx for the tip. Boinc program-data is not indexed and is excluded from security essentials.
I've watched it happen in windows taskmgr - boinc grabs the universe core while boinc tasks in the other cores drop to 0%. After a period of time, the event log says the universe task has finished and transmissions start. The other boinc tasks also attempt to start after their error message.
Maybe it's my version of boinc (7.4.27) which has an unfortunate interraction with universe ?
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Project_xxx | Task yyy exited with zero status but no 'finished' file (Message 132)
Posted 5 Mar 2015 by Profile JohnMD
Post:
Hello Krzysztof,
When a Universe xray task finishes on my Win7 m/c, boinc stops all tasks from other projects - even gpu - and this log-message appears. This is especially unfortunate for other tasks which can't restart. I have only seen this happen with Universe xray task.
It could be something to do with the time taken to process upload files. Can one change boinc's 'heartbeat' timeout parameter from 30 seconds to - let's say - 2 minutes ??







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