Posts by old_user608542

1) Questions and Answers : Windows : Two tasks looked healthy; one sent trickles, one did not. (Message 39722) Posted 16 May 2010 by old_user608542 Post: This is npt a request for help; I\'ve already solved my problem due to advice given earlier. It is instead an attempt to alert BOINC to a problem that thy might not know exists. As noted in \"All Versions\", the 2010 version of the Task Manager can destabilize an operating system. After a fairly bloody (and successful) recovery from an attempt to use the 2010 system, I had two active processes that were appently healthy except that one was sending trickles, whereas the other process thought it had no connection with which to send trickles--and it hadn\'t sent trickles for over two weeks. If a process is vampirizing 50% of your time but not reporting results, that isn\'t good, so I aborted the process--and my problems are solved. For the larger user community, the obvios solution is to get the 2010 system so that it does not destabilize any user\'s operating system. BOINC is already working on that, so there is no need for additional action. This post is simply an attempt to alert them to the quality of some of the \"repair jobs\" that happen in the field in the hopes that it will help them track down bugs they are already looking for.
2) Questions and Answers : Windows : A process died and part of BOINC does not know it. (Message 39706) Posted 11 May 2010 by old_user608542 Post: I\'ve cured most of my problems by reinstalling the standard version of BOINC--the new beta version was causing me nothing but trouble. The only remaining problem is that one of my processes is dead and part of BOINC does not know it. It died of a severe FORTRAN error. It was post-processed and a new task was assigned. But I continue to show three tasks running--and this state of affairs has persisted for a LONG time. Is there any way to get someone from BOINC to blow the task away so it can be reassigned?