And regarding "After that I shutdown BOINC, but being 6.5.0 it didn't terminate the science apps." .. if I remember correctly there has not been any feedback in the thread this was discussed. If I remember correctly I asked for the BOINC version which people were running who experienced this problem and posted that I don't see this behaviour with 6.5.0. So I'm not convinced 6.5.0 is to blamed for your current problems ;)
Just to make sure.. did you just shut down the BOINC manager or did you choose "advanced/shut down connected client"?

MrS

I'm running Boinc 6.5.0 on Vista x64 and i have same issue:
If shut down Boinc-manager from both the icon or File/exit -
it does not stop the apps, GPUgrid Seti or Prime that I'm running atm.
The window shuts down but are still active in TaskMan (running 100% on one core).
Must stop it manually in TaskMan.
They stop only trough "advanced/shut down connected client" -
Its the same behavior as it was with one of 6.2.16-18

So an reebot may crach the apps that not are properly shut down.


BTW I have not got 6.6.0 to work for me at all. - It Starts but can't connect/start the apps.
B. Regards
Lazy

In your case the WU failed with an unspecified launch failure after 1.3s and at a quite different file / line than in most other cases. I'd tend to say it's a similar symptom for a different cause.

And regarding "After that I shutdown BOINC, but being 6.5.0 it didn't terminate the science apps." .. if I remember correctly there has not been any feedback in the thread this was discussed. If I remember correctly I asked for the BOINC version which people were running who experienced this problem and posted that I don't see this behaviour with 6.5.0. So I'm not convinced 6.5.0 is to blamed for your current problems ;)
Just to make sure.. did you just shut down the BOINC manager or did you choose "advanced/shut down connected client"?

MrS

I was exiting BOINC and have the 'terminate science applications' check-box ticked so its supposed to work, but then it is a development version. I have logged this issue in trak a couple of weeks ago with some pretty screen shots for the BOINC developers.

I do not blame it for the launch failure - just the mess when I shut it down.

Must stop it manually in TaskMan.

No, because, just as you said yourself:

They stop only trough "advanced/shut down connected client"

This is a an intentional change, decoupling BOINC manager and client. It's been in BOINC since some time. If it's a good choice or not is a different question.

MrS

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I'm running Boinc 6.5.0 on Vista x64 and i have same issue:
If shut down Boinc-manager from both the icon or File/exit -
it does not stop the apps, GPUgrid Seti or Prime that I'm running atm.
The window shuts down but are still active in TaskMan (running 100% on one core).
Must stop it manually in TaskMan.
They stop only trough "advanced/shut down connected client" -
Its the same behavior as it was with one of 6.2.16-18

So an reebot may crach the apps that not are properly shut down.

Try Advanced -> Shutdown running science applications. Wait a few seconds and see what happens. In my case it starts them all up again! Best if you also have Task Manager open at the same time so you can see if it does terminate them or not.

BTW I have not got 6.6.0 to work for me at all. - It Starts but can't connect/start the apps.
B. Regards
Lazy

I haven't tried 6.6.0 yet. Is it only GPUgrid or does the "can't connect/start" issue also effect other projects?

The BOINC developers have said they will be releasing 6.6.2 fairly soon with the changes to the work-fetch logic for (supposedly) better gpu work fetching.

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Try Advanced -> Shutdown running science applications. Wait a few seconds and see what happens. In my case it starts them all up again! Best if you also have Task Manager open at the same time so you can see if it does terminate them or not.

It opens up a window:
Yes - this happens when I press "OK"
No -it do not happen when i press "Cancel"

I haven't tried 6.6.0 yet. Is it only GPUgrid or does the "can't connect/start" issue also effect other projects?

Yes, happens to all projects i tried with.

The window shuts down but are still active in TaskMan (running 100% on one core).
Must stop it manually in TaskMan.

Sorry - I was not clear on this:

When I have successfully shut down the apps (Advanced -> Shutdown running science applications).
And I want to shut down Boinc-manager - the window disappears, the icon in the Notification area disappears - But are still active in Task Manager.

So the only thing I know to stop Boinc-managre are to kill BM in TaskMan.



Maybe this is off topic here, but ...

Nice Crunching
Lazy