BOINC Manager - Status shows Waiting for memory

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Robert Benjamin
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1 Sep 2011 19:47:03 UTC
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    Noticed that the project wasn't progressing yesterday, nor is it today. The computer has been rebooted and is otherwise idle - Task Manager show System Idle Process as the biggest CPU user. Never had any problems with BOINC before.

    I've freed up some hard disk space (now almost 2 GB free), and followed another user's suggestion to adjust BOINC preferences to allow 100% memory usage and swap space, but these changes don't make a difference.

    Any ideas on what could be going on? Tx.

    Michael Karlinsky
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    BOINC Manager - Status shows Waiting for memory

    1 Sep 2011 20:44:48 UTC
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      Hi Robert,

      are we talking about *disk* or (main-) *memory* usage?

      Michael

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      Robert Benjamin
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      Hi Michael, If you are

      1 Sep 2011 21:06:15 UTC
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        Hi Michael,

        If you are asking about the BOINC Manager preferences I tried changing, all three were on the same "disk and memory usage" tab: one (swap space) was under Disk usage section and two were under the Memory usage section. (I freed up hard disk space by deleting files and using Windows' Disk Cleanup system tool - I had only 180 MB free.)

        -Robert

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        Your computer (1572222)

        1 Sep 2011 21:40:47 UTC
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          Your computer (1572222) doesn't have any tasks downloaded, neither from Einstein nor from SETI@home. So, it's no wonder that it's idle. ;-)

          Any hints in the Messages tab?

          Gruß,
          Gundolf

          Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

          Robert Benjamin
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          Hi Gundolf, I do have an

          1 Sep 2011 22:57:14 UTC
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            Hi Gundolf,

            I do have an Einstein task, and it's 10.00% completed (even if still Waiting for memory).

            I just checked Messages, and the latest series show 11 identical messages beginning around noon today: "... Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22]"

            There are several messages, also from today, that appear before this last series, mostly that list my preference limits regarding disk & memory use. But I don't see anything that pinpoints the problem(s).

            -Robert

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            RE: Hi Gundolf, I do have

            1 Sep 2011 23:17:38 UTC
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              Hi Gundolf,

              I do have an Einstein task, and it's 10.00% completed (even if still Waiting for memory).


              Try the link in my previous message. I just checked it again and is show no active tasks, only one timed out and one completed and validated.

              Ah, I see: LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 is already beyond deadline (31 Aug 2011 21:45:10 UTC). So, if it's not running anyway, you could abort it as well.

              Perhaps you should disable downloading of Gamma-ray pulsar search #1 tasks in your Einstein@Home preferences. I did so, too, on my laptop, though it did finish one successfully.

              Gruß,
              Gundolf

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              Michael Karlinsky
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              RE: There are several

              1 Sep 2011 23:28:34 UTC
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                Quote:

                There are several messages, also from today, that appear before this last series, mostly that list my preference limits regarding disk & memory use. But I don't see anything that pinpoints the problem(s).

                -Robert

                Please post the messages.

                Michael

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                Robert Benjamin
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                Hi, Here they are: all of

                1 Sep 2011 23:37:13 UTC
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                  Hi,

                  Here they are: all of today's BOINC Manager's messages. Two were in red, warning that I was less than a day overdue and might not get credit for the task. -Robert

                  9/1/2011 11:09:14 AM||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.14 for windows_intelx86
                  9/1/2011 11:09:14 AM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
                  9/1/2011 11:09:14 AM||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
                  9/1/2011 11:09:14 AM||Running as a daemon
                  9/1/2011 11:09:14 AM||Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
                  9/1/2011 11:09:14 AM||Running under account boinc_master
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7]
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Home Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Memory: 511.00 MB physical, 1.96 GB virtual
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Disk: 19.53 GB total, 903.00 MB free
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Local time is UTC -7 hours
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||No coprocessors
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM|Einstein@Home|URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 1572222; location: (none); project prefs: default
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM|SETI@home|URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 4505888; location: (none); project prefs: default
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Sep-2010 16:27:48)
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Host location: none
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||General prefs: using your defaults
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Reading preferences override file
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 255.50MB
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 459.90MB
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.79GB
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM|Einstein@Home|Task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 is 0.85 days overdue.
                  9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM|Einstein@Home|You may not get credit for it. Consider aborting it.
                  9/1/2011 11:12:49 AM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 11:36:38 AM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Sep-2010 16:27:48)
                  9/1/2011 11:36:38 AM||Host location: none
                  9/1/2011 11:36:38 AM||General prefs: using your defaults
                  9/1/2011 11:36:38 AM||Reading preferences override file
                  9/1/2011 11:36:38 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 255.50MB
                  9/1/2011 11:36:38 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 459.90MB
                  9/1/2011 11:36:38 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.79GB
                  9/1/2011 11:41:45 AM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Sep-2010 16:27:48)
                  9/1/2011 11:41:45 AM||Host location: none
                  9/1/2011 11:41:45 AM||General prefs: using your defaults
                  9/1/2011 11:41:45 AM||Reading preferences override file
                  9/1/2011 11:41:45 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.00MB
                  9/1/2011 11:41:45 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 511.00MB
                  9/1/2011 11:41:45 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.79GB
                  9/1/2011 11:41:49 AM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 11:43:13 AM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 30-Sep-2010 16:27:48)
                  9/1/2011 11:43:13 AM||Host location: none
                  9/1/2011 11:43:13 AM||General prefs: using your defaults
                  9/1/2011 11:43:13 AM||Reading preferences override file
                  9/1/2011 11:43:13 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 255.50MB
                  9/1/2011 11:43:13 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 459.90MB
                  9/1/2011 11:43:13 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 0.79GB
                  9/1/2011 11:56:31 AM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 12:50:43 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 12:56:17 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 1:00:03 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 1:24:58 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 1:46:04 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 2:09:43 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 2:24:41 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 2:31:54 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 2:37:16 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 2:50:40 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 4:01:05 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22
                  9/1/2011 4:24:26 PM|Einstein@Home|Restarting task LATeah0014_32.0_50_-5.78e-10_1 using hsgamma_FGRP1 version 22

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                  RE: 9/1/2011 11:09:15

                  1 Sep 2011 23:44:33 UTC
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                    Quote:
                    9/1/2011 11:09:15 AM||Memory: 511.00 MB physical, 1.96 GB virtual


                    Buy some more memory, 512Mb is such a small amount of memory to run an OS and crunch at the same time,

                    Claggy

                    Robert Benjamin
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                    Hi Gundolf, I clicked your

                    1 Sep 2011 23:51:52 UTC
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                      Hi Gundolf,

                      I clicked your message's link. Yes, I'm overdue, but by just one day; I think I've been overdue on other projects before but they continued being processed until complete. If aborting the current task might "unclog" things, I can do that. I'll have to look into how to change my preferences for pulsar projects; do you think there's something difficult about it/them that might cause problems?

                      Robert Benjamin
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                      Hi Claggy, Yeah, 512MB of

                      1 Sep 2011 23:53:31 UTC
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                        Hi Claggy,

                        Yeah, 512MB of RAM isn't much; it's an old computer. Fresh RAM would be cheap too.

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