Couldn't get no work units
23 Oct 2022 17:51:45 UTC
Topic 228433
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Hello dear experts,
I tried to get some new work units but goesnt get any.
Instead I got the error message:
23.10.2022 19:35:12 | Einstein@Home | Invalid global preferences supplied, please check https://einsteinathome.org/community/forum/19 on how to fix that.
On the referred forum topic I didn't find any special explanation.
I changed my preferences for local to the following:
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | Einstein@Home | General prefs: from Einstein@Home (last modified ---)
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | Einstein@Home | Computer location: home
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | General prefs: using separate prefs for home
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | Reading preferences override file
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | Preferences:
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | max memory usage when active: 6851.42 MB
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | max memory usage when idle: 7496.26 MB
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | max disk usage: 0.66 GB
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | max CPUs used: 2
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 96%
23.10.2022 19:39:49 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
But this did no help. Do you know ehat to do ?
thanks
Jochen
Dr_Mabuse wrote: Hello dear
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The easiest thing to do is to give Einstein more disk space, the tasks aren't small and you could just not have enough available
The 2nd thing could be this line: suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 96%
meaning if Boinc thinks you already have enough work then giving you more would mean it has a high likelihood of not being returned on time
Dr_Mabuse wrote:I tried to
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I checked your machine and it currently has 8 new tasks. Since BOINC is allowed to use 2 CPU cores, that work would likely last for several days. You shouldn't be needing any more at the moment.
Only you can see or alter your preference settings. BOINC stores preference settings locally in two files on your machine - global_prefs.xml and global_prefs_override.xml. If you keep receiving the "Invalid global preferences" message, It sounds like something has become corrupted in one of those files. If you can't check that for yourself, you could post the contents of each file so that somebody could check it for you and perhaps determine what is causing the problem.
Cheers,
Gary.
mikey wrote:The 2nd thing
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Mikey, that is not correct. It simply tells BOINC to suspend crunching temporarily if some other non-BOINC application needs more than 96% of the available CPU resources. It has nothing to do with whether or not tasks will exceed the deadline.
Cheers,
Gary.