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Send message Joined: 5 Oct 15 Posts: 5 Credit: 11,857,891 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications  
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Could someone please tell me why I can't get new tasks? The BOINC data directory properties shows 9 GB used and 104 GB free. Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:24 PM PDT | | Starting BOINC client version 7.6.31 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:24 PM PDT | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:24 PM PDT | | Libraries: libcurl/7.47.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.32 librtmp/2.3 Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:24 PM PDT | | Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 960 (driver version 361.45, CUDA version 8.0, compute capability 5.2, 2047MB, 1715MB available, 2541 GFLOPS peak) Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 960 (driver version 361.45.18, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 2047MB, 1715MB available, 2541 GFLOPS peak) Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Host name: ProLiant-Generic Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Processor: 16 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5560 @ 2.80GHz [Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5] Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm dca sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid dtherm ida Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | OS: Linux: 4.4.0-34-generic Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Memory: 17.63 GB physical, 17.99 GB virtual Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Disk: 257.14 GB total, 97.57 GB free Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Local time is UTC -7 hours Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Config: GUI RPCs allowed from: Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | Asteroids@home | URL http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/; Computer ID 162368; resource share 100 Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | climateprediction.net | URL http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID 1360691; resource share 900 Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | GPUGRID | URL http://www.gpugrid.net/; Computer ID 340875; resource share 100 Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | Poem@Home | URL http://boinc.fzk.de/poem/; Computer ID 1529329; resource share 100 Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | PrimeGrid | URL http://www.primegrid.com/; Computer ID 523108; resource share 100 Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | General prefs: from http://qcn.caltech.edu/sensor/ (last modified 14-Dec-2015 22:01:26) Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Host location: none Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | General prefs: using your defaults Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Reading preferences override file Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Preferences: Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | max memory usage when active: 14439.98MB Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | max memory usage when idle: 17147.47MB Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | max disk usage: 199.46GB Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | max CPUs used: 15 Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager) Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | gui_rpc_auth.cfg is empty - no GUI RPC password protection Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Suspending computation - user request Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:20:25 PM PDT | | Suspending network activity - user request Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:21:41 PM PDT | GPUGRID | work fetch resumed by user Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:22:50 PM PDT | GPUGRID | update requested by user Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:22:50 PM PDT | GPUGRID | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:22:50 PM PDT | GPUGRID | Requesting new tasks for NVIDIA GPU Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:22:53 PM PDT | GPUGRID | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:22:53 PM PDT | GPUGRID | No tasks sent Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:22:53 PM PDT | GPUGRID | Message from server: Long runs (8-12 hours on fastest card) needs 3814.70MB more disk space. You currently have 0.00 MB available and it needs 3814.70 MB. Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:23:15 PM PDT | GPUGRID | work fetch suspended by user |
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Send message Joined: 28 Mar 09 Posts: 490 Credit: 11,731,645,728 RAC: 57 Level  Scientific publications    
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Could someone please tell me why I can't get new tasks? The BOINC data directory properties shows 9 GB used and 104 GB free. In your Boinc Manager Window click options, then computer preferences, then click the disk and memory tab. Under your "Disk" settings, which items have a check and what are your values for the checked items? |
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Send message Joined: 5 Oct 15 Posts: 5 Credit: 11,857,891 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications
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Use no more than 100 GB is the only one checked. I figured it will never get anywhere near that full. |
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Send message Joined: 5 Oct 15 Posts: 5 Credit: 11,857,891 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications
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Well I was wrong about never filling up the BOINC folder. I found out how to fix the problem, though I don't know if I fully understand why I was originally unable to get accurate information to diagnose it. I'm sure it probably stems from my lack of expertise in Linux though. I had originally opened Nautilus from Cairo-Dock, right-clicked on the BOINC folder and chosen properties. That informed me that there was 9 GB used and 100 + GB free space. However, when I thought to open Nautilus using 'gksudo nautilus' in a terminal I got different results and was able to pinpoint the problem. I don't understand why it should make any difference but it seemed that it did. It turned out that the climateprediction.net folder in my BOINC folder was full of 100 + GB of old and crashed work units. That was preventing downloads of any other project's tasks too. I didn't relish the prospect of hunting down the active work units in that bunch and saving them since I'm still trying to catch up on sleep I lost Sunday night while visiting the ER of my local hospital, so I just reset the project and now everything is working again. Cheers |
 Beyond Send message Joined: 23 Nov 08 Posts: 1112 Credit: 6,162,416,256 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications
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Climate Prediction strikes again :-) Besides, there's no global warming. Trump said so. So did Bush. And it was cool here today ;-) |
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Send message Joined: 5 Oct 15 Posts: 5 Credit: 11,857,891 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications
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Climate Prediction strikes again :-) :-D All too true! |
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Send message Joined: 11 Oct 08 Posts: 1127 Credit: 1,901,927,545 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications
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It turned out that the climateprediction.net folder in my BOINC folder was full of 100 + GB of old and crashed work units. That was preventing downloads of any other project's tasks too. I didn't relish the prospect of hunting down the active work units in that bunch and saving them since I'm still trying to catch up on sleep I lost Sunday night while visiting the ER of my local hospital, so I just reset the project and now everything is working again. :) Not too long ago, a "Reset" on ClimatePrediction wouldn't clean out the files, because the project had "lost track of them", so BOINC wouldn't delete them. BUT, I convinced David that this was a problem, and he fixed BOINC such that "Reset" deletes the files anyway, if they are in the project folder, even if the project had "lost track of them". I had about 24 GB of files from that project, and wanted them cleaned up, just like your situation. So, essentially ... "Reset" only worked for you, because I made David fix it :) |
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Beyond Send message Joined: 23 Nov 08 Posts: 1112 Credit: 6,162,416,256 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications
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So, essentially ... "Reset" only worked for you, because I made David fix it :) Man, you guys do a lot of good work for us. Thanks for all the effort! |
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Send message Joined: 11 Oct 08 Posts: 1127 Credit: 1,901,927,545 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications
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You're welcome! I'm one of BOINC's biggest cheerleaders*, hehe. * BOINC Alpha Testers |
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Send message Joined: 3 Nov 15 Posts: 38 Credit: 6,768,093 RAC: 0 Level  Scientific publications 
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I had originally opened Nautilus from Cairo-Dock, right-clicked on the BOINC folder and chosen properties. That informed me that there was 9 GB used and 100 + GB free space. However, when I thought to open Nautilus using 'gksudo nautilus' in a terminal I got different results and was able to pinpoint the problem. I don't understand why it should make any difference but it seemed that it did. That is because of linux version of boinc runs as "boinc" user. This simple security mechanism protects your own and system files from malicious or hacked boinc application. :) Not too long ago, a "Reset" on ClimatePrediction wouldn't clean out the files, because the project had "lost track of them", so BOINC wouldn't delete them. In that case do disk usage stats in "Disk" tab in the manager show with or without the lost files? 
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Send message Joined: 11 Oct 08 Posts: 1127 Credit: 1,901,927,545 RAC: 0 Level Scientific publications
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In that case do disk usage stats in "Disk" tab in the manager show with or without the lost files? I believe the "disk usage" stats for a project, available on the Disk tab and in Project Properties ... DO (and did) include the files the project didn't directly reference. But now, BOINC can remove those files on a "Reset" of the project. |
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