Go to the Messages tab in BOINC Manager, copy the last 20 or so entries there and paste them into a reply here. That'll give us an idea of what BOINC is trying to do.
MJ
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Starting BOINC client version 5.4.11 for windows_intelx86
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||libcurl/7.15.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8a zlib/1.2.3
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Data directory: C:\\Program Files\\BOINC
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Memory: 510.98 MB physical, 1.22 GB virtual
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Disk: 232.82 GB total, 47.66 GB free
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Version change (4.45.0 -> 5.4.11); running CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
10/23/2006 5:34:45 PM||Local control only allowed
10/23/2006 5:34:45 PM||Listening on port 31416
10/23/2006 5:34:45 PM||This computer is not attached to any projects
10/23/2006 5:34:45 PM||Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions
10/23/2006 5:35:25 PM||Fetching configuration file from http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php/get_project_config.php
10/23/2006 5:36:41 PM||Fetching configuration file from http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/get_project_config.php
10/23/2006 5:37:10 PM||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:37:10 PM||Suspending network activity - running CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:37:12 PM||Running CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM||Benchmark results:
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM|| Number of CPUs: 1
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM|| 1233 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM|| 2552 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM||Finished CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:38:12 PM||Resuming computation
10/23/2006 5:38:12 PM||Rescheduling CPU: Resuming computation
10/23/2006 5:38:12 PM||Resuming network activity
10/23/2006 5:38:14 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Scheduler list download succeeded
10/23/2006 5:38:14 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:38:14 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Reason: Requested by user
10/23/2006 5:38:14 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
10/23/2006 5:38:18 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Scheduler request succeeded
10/23/2006 5:38:18 PM|Einstein@Home|Successfully attached to Einstein@Home
10/23/2006 5:38:21 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:38:21 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:38:27 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:38:27 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 241940 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:27 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file earth_05_09
10/23/2006 5:38:34 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:38:34 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 301290 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:34 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file sun_05_09
10/23/2006 5:38:36 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file sun_05_09
10/23/2006 5:38:36 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 140728 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:36 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file config_S5R1a.cfg
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file earth_05_09
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 298344 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file config_S5R1a.cfg
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 739 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file h1_1126.5_S5R1
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:38:40 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:38:40 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 212612 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:39:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file h1_1126.5_S5R1
10/23/2006 5:39:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 519810 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM||Rescheduling CPU: files downloaded
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Starting task h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0 using einstein_S5R1 version 424
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Reason: Requested by user
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|(not requesting new work or reporting completed tasks)
10/23/2006 5:39:16 PM|Einstein@Home|Scheduler request succeeded
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM||Rescheduling CPU: project reset by user
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM|Einstein@Home|Resetting project
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM||Rescheduling CPU: exit_tasks
10/23/2006 5:39:47 PM|Einstein@Home|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:39:47 PM|Einstein@Home|Reason: Requested by user
10/23/2006 5:39:47 PM|Einstein@Home|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
10/23/2006 5:39:52 PM|Einstein@Home|Scheduler request succeeded
10/23/2006 5:39:52 PM|Einstein@Home|Message from server: Resent lost result h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0
10/23/2006 5:39:54 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:39:54 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:39:59 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:39:59 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 393795 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:39:59 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:40:02 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:40:02 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 241823 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:40:07 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:40:07 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 309185 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:40:08 PM||Rescheduling CPU: files downloaded
10/23/2006 5:40:08 PM|Einstein@Home|Starting task h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0 using einstein_S5R1 version 424
10/23/2006 5:41:08 PM||Rescheduling CPU: project reset by user
10/23/2006 5:41:08 PM|Einstein@Home|Resetting project
10/23/2006 5:41:09 PM||Rescheduling CPU: exit_tasks
10/23/2006 5:41:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:41:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Reason: To fetch work
10/23/2006 5:41:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
10/23/2006 5:41:15 PM|Einstein@Home|Scheduler request succeeded
10/23/2006 5:41:15 PM|Einstein@Home|Message from server: Resent lost result h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0
10/23/2006 5:41:17 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:41:17 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:41:24 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:41:24 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 229818 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:41:24 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:41:28 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:41:28 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 166724 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:41:30 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:41:30 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 307904 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:41:31 PM||Rescheduling CPU: files downloaded
10/23/2006 5:41:31 PM|Einstein@Home|Starting task h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0 using einstein_S5R1 version 424
[…]
10/23/2006 5:38:18 PM|Einstein@Home|Successfully attached to Einstein@Home
10/23/2006 5:38:21 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
[…]
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Starting task h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0 using einstein_S5R1 version 424
All fine up to here.
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10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Reason: Requested by user
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|(not requesting new work or reporting completed tasks)
10/23/2006 5:39:16 PM|Einstein@Home|Scheduler request succeeded
Here you apparently hit the Update button. Considering that BOINC had just been in communication with the project, literally only seconds ago, there’s no point to doing that—although it’s pretty harmless. If you keep doing it, BOINC will just wait longer and longer before contacting the project.
Quote:
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM||Rescheduling CPU: project reset by user
Here, less than ten seconds after E@h began crunching, you Reset the project, dumping all the programs and data it just downloaded! Why did you do that?
Then BOINC starts E@h over, asking for more work and a fresh copy of the application files …
Quote:
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM|Einstein@Home|Resetting project
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM||Rescheduling CPU: exit_tasks
[…]
10/23/2006 5:39:52 PM|Einstein@Home|Message from server: Resent lost result h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0
10/23/2006 5:39:54 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
[…]
10/23/2006 5:40:08 PM|Einstein@Home|Starting task h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0 using einstein_S5R1 version 424
10/23/2006 5:41:08 PM||Rescheduling CPU: project reset by user
Only a minute after E@h gets going again, you hit the Reset button once more. Don’t!
Guys, Thanks much you are
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Guys,
Thanks much you are “Spot-On�, made my change in the BOINC Manger under the “Activity� menu and all is WELL!
Thanks to both of you, for your time, experience and quick responses.
Thanks,
Tom
Theory of Gravitational Waves & LIGO
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna - LISA
JPL-Caltech
RE: Go to the Messages tab
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10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Starting BOINC client version 5.4.11 for windows_intelx86
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||libcurl/7.15.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8a zlib/1.2.3
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Data directory: C:\\Program Files\\BOINC
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Memory: 510.98 MB physical, 1.22 GB virtual
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Disk: 232.82 GB total, 47.66 GB free
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||Version change (4.45.0 -> 5.4.11); running CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:34:44 PM||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
10/23/2006 5:34:45 PM||Local control only allowed
10/23/2006 5:34:45 PM||Listening on port 31416
10/23/2006 5:34:45 PM||This computer is not attached to any projects
10/23/2006 5:34:45 PM||Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions
10/23/2006 5:35:25 PM||Fetching configuration file from http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php/get_project_config.php
10/23/2006 5:36:41 PM||Fetching configuration file from http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/get_project_config.php
10/23/2006 5:37:10 PM||Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:37:10 PM||Suspending network activity - running CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:37:12 PM||Running CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM||Benchmark results:
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM|| Number of CPUs: 1
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM|| 1233 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM|| 2552 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
10/23/2006 5:38:11 PM||Finished CPU benchmarks
10/23/2006 5:38:12 PM||Resuming computation
10/23/2006 5:38:12 PM||Rescheduling CPU: Resuming computation
10/23/2006 5:38:12 PM||Resuming network activity
10/23/2006 5:38:14 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Scheduler list download succeeded
10/23/2006 5:38:14 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:38:14 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Reason: Requested by user
10/23/2006 5:38:14 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
10/23/2006 5:38:18 PM|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Scheduler request succeeded
10/23/2006 5:38:18 PM|Einstein@Home|Successfully attached to Einstein@Home
10/23/2006 5:38:21 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:38:21 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:38:27 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:38:27 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 241940 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:27 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file earth_05_09
10/23/2006 5:38:34 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:38:34 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 301290 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:34 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file sun_05_09
10/23/2006 5:38:36 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file sun_05_09
10/23/2006 5:38:36 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 140728 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:36 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file config_S5R1a.cfg
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file earth_05_09
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 298344 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file config_S5R1a.cfg
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 739 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file h1_1126.5_S5R1
10/23/2006 5:38:37 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:38:40 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:38:40 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 212612 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:39:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file h1_1126.5_S5R1
10/23/2006 5:39:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 519810 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM||Rescheduling CPU: files downloaded
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Starting task h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0 using einstein_S5R1 version 424
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|Reason: Requested by user
10/23/2006 5:39:11 PM|Einstein@Home|(not requesting new work or reporting completed tasks)
10/23/2006 5:39:16 PM|Einstein@Home|Scheduler request succeeded
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM||Rescheduling CPU: project reset by user
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM|Einstein@Home|Resetting project
10/23/2006 5:39:19 PM||Rescheduling CPU: exit_tasks
10/23/2006 5:39:47 PM|Einstein@Home|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:39:47 PM|Einstein@Home|Reason: Requested by user
10/23/2006 5:39:47 PM|Einstein@Home|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
10/23/2006 5:39:52 PM|Einstein@Home|Scheduler request succeeded
10/23/2006 5:39:52 PM|Einstein@Home|Message from server: Resent lost result h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0
10/23/2006 5:39:54 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:39:54 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:39:59 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:39:59 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 393795 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:39:59 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:40:02 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:40:02 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 241823 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:40:07 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:40:07 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 309185 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:40:08 PM||Rescheduling CPU: files downloaded
10/23/2006 5:40:08 PM|Einstein@Home|Starting task h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0 using einstein_S5R1 version 424
10/23/2006 5:41:08 PM||Rescheduling CPU: project reset by user
10/23/2006 5:41:08 PM|Einstein@Home|Resetting project
10/23/2006 5:41:09 PM||Rescheduling CPU: exit_tasks
10/23/2006 5:41:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Sending scheduler request to http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/EinsteinAtHome_cgi/cgi
10/23/2006 5:41:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Reason: To fetch work
10/23/2006 5:41:10 PM|Einstein@Home|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
10/23/2006 5:41:15 PM|Einstein@Home|Scheduler request succeeded
10/23/2006 5:41:15 PM|Einstein@Home|Message from server: Resent lost result h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0
10/23/2006 5:41:17 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:41:17 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:41:24 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.exe
10/23/2006 5:41:24 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 229818 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:41:24 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:41:28 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file grid_1130_h_T04_S5R1.dat
10/23/2006 5:41:28 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 166724 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:41:30 PM|Einstein@Home|Finished download of file einstein_S5R1_4.24_windows_intelx86.pdb
10/23/2006 5:41:30 PM|Einstein@Home|Throughput 307904 bytes/sec
10/23/2006 5:41:31 PM||Rescheduling CPU: files downloaded
10/23/2006 5:41:31 PM|Einstein@Home|Starting task h1_1126.5_S5R1__416_S5R1a_0 using einstein_S5R1 version 424
RE: […] 10/23/2006
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All fine up to here.
Here you apparently hit the Update button. Considering that BOINC had just been in communication with the project, literally only seconds ago, there’s no point to doing that—although it’s pretty harmless. If you keep doing it, BOINC will just wait longer and longer before contacting the project.
Here, less than ten seconds after E@h began crunching, you Reset the project, dumping all the programs and data it just downloaded! Why did you do that?
Then BOINC starts E@h over, asking for more work and a fresh copy of the application files …
Only a minute after E@h gets going again, you hit the Reset button once more. Don’t!