Compute problem with KWSN_2.2B-C2_Ben-Joe

[Black Hole Sun]

Hello,

Second time I experience the same problem : wu's take ages to compute and seem blocked.

Machine is : P5B-2gb RAM-C2D 6600-Win XP Pro 32bits
Everything @ stock speeds

I use BoincStudio core client with your current optimized seti version (no graphics)

Seems like the wus stay blocked after I play games. When I check back, progress is about 93% for both current wus, 18h have already been spent crunching and about 1h15 left. In the task manager, the 2 processes are still 50% load.

Here are the links to the 2 results
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=489925758
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/result.php?resultid=490063508

Hope this helps you solve the problem.

Thanks

In case they disappear before you can examnine them :
For result 489925758
Exit status   -197 (0xffffff3b)
Computer ID   1658721
Report deadline   29 Mar 2007 22:28:47 UTC
CPU time   62034.953125
stderr out   

<core_client_version>5.4.9</core_client_version>
<message>
aborted by user
</message>
<stderr_txt>


Unhandled Exception Detected...

- Unhandled Exception Record -
Reason: Breakpoint Encountered (0x80000003) at address 0x7C911230

Engaging BOINC Windows Runtime Debugger...



********************


BOINC Windows Runtime Debugger Version 5.5.0


Dump Timestamp    : 03/25/07 10:44:09
Debugger Engine   : 4.0.5.0
Symbol Search Path: C:\Program Files\BOINC\slots\0;C:\Program Files\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu;srv*C:\DOCUME~1\Pascal\LOCALS~1\Temp\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;srv*C:\DOCUME~1\Pascal\LOCALS~1\Temp\symbols*http://boinc.berkeley.edu/symstore


ModLoad: 00400000 006f5000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe.exe (2.2.0.0) (PDB Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 2, 2, 0, 0
    Company Name   : Lunatics.at
    Product Name   : SETI@Home Enhanced Worker
    Product Version: 5, 0, 1, 5

ModLoad: 7c910000 000b7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180

ModLoad: 7c800000 00104000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll (5.1.2600.2945) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2945 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.060704-2349)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2945

ModLoad: 77d10000 00090000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll (5.1.2600.2622) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2622 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2622

ModLoad: 77ef0000 00047000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll (5.1.2600.2818) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2818 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.051228-1427)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2818

ModLoad: 77da0000 000ac000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180

ModLoad: 77e50000 00091000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180

ModLoad: 76320000 0001d000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180

ModLoad: 03000000 00118000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\dbghelp.dll (6.5.3.7) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 6.5.0003.7 (vbl_core_fbrel(jshay).050527-1915)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Debugging Tools for Windows(R)
    Product Version: 6.5.0003.7

ModLoad: 77be0000 00058000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll (7.0.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 7.0.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 7.0.2600.2180

ModLoad: 02100000 00046000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\symsrv.dll (6.5.3. (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 6.5.0003.8 (vbl_core_fbrel(jshay).050527-1915)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Debugging Tools for Windows(R)
    Product Version: 6.5.0003.8

ModLoad: 02150000 00031000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\srcsrv.dll (6.5.3.7) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 6.5.0003.7 (vbl_core_fbrel(jshay).050527-1915)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Debugging Tools for Windows(R)
    Product Version: 6.5.0003.7

ModLoad: 77bd0000 00008000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\version.dll (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180



*** Dump of the Process Statistics: ***

- I/O Operations Counters -
Read: 107, Write: 0, Other 73

- I/O Transfers Counters -
Read: 0, Write: 52, Other 0

- Paged Pool Usage -
QuotaPagedPoolUsage: 35332, QuotaPeakPagedPoolUsage: 35444
QuotaNonPagedPoolUsage: 1632, QuotaPeakNonPagedPoolUsage: 2328

- Virtual Memory Usage -
VirtualSize: 37912576, PeakVirtualSize: 37912576

- Pagefile Usage -
PagefileUsage: 23142400, PeakPagefileUsage: 23142400

- Working Set Size -
WorkingSetSize: 2412544, PeakWorkingSetSize: 2412544, PageFaultCount: 584

*** Dump of the Worker thread (49c): ***

- Information -
Status: Running, Base Priority: Above Normal, Priority: Above Normal, Kernel Time: 3891249920.000000, User Time: 616477687808.000000, Wait Time: 4797234.000000

- Registers -
eax=00edf605 ebx=0012e67c ecx=00edf604 edx=00000000 esi=00000000 edi=00000320
eip=004bcae7 esp=0012e600 ebp=0012e668
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00000206

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
0012e668 004b9093 00000006 0012e8c4 00001c19 00000006 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!x_setiathome_decode+0x0 (..\..\db\xml_util.h:496)
0012e69c 004f21d7 0012e8c4 00ed821a 0005934f 00ed820c KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!xml_decode_string+0x5 (..\..\db\xml_util.h:843) FPO: [4,0,4]
0012e7e4 004ed226 0012e8c4 0012e9f4 00aeb408 00000000 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!xml_decode_field+0x5 (..\..\db\xml_util.h:878)
0012eac8 0045c79f 00609290 00612920 00609290 0012fbd8 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!seti_parse_data+0x18 (..\seti.cpp:966)
0012eb18 7c920970 7c98e4c0 7c923e6f 7c923e62 7c98ce28 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!?seti_parse_wu.@@YAHPAU_iobuf@@AAUANALYSIS_STATE@@@Z+0x5 (..\seti.cpp:1009) FPO: [2,0,2]
0012f078 0045b382 7c920945 0012f0b8 00140000 7c920732 ntdll!RtlReleasePebLock+0x0 (..\seti.cpp:1009)
0012fbb8 0045b248 fffffff0 00000001 0012fcd8 00000001 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!worker+0x0 (..\worker.cpp:240)
0012fcd8 0045b004 00000001 0045b004 00000001 0012fcf0 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!main+0x0 (..\main.cpp:284)
0012fe98 005b396c 00400000 00000000 0014240f 0000000a KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!WinMain+0xa (..\main.cpp:307)
0012ffc0 7c816fd7 01c76d5e 00000000 7ffdc000 8054a6ed KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!WinMainCRTStartup+0x1d (f:\vs70builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\crt0.c:251)
0012fff0 00000000 005b37e8 00000000 78746341 00000020 kernel32!RegisterWaitForInputIdle+0x0 (f:\vs70builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\crt0.c:251)

*** Dump of the Timer thread (4c8): ***

- Information -
Status: Waiting, Wait Reason: UserRequest, Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 156250.000000, Wait Time: 4797234.000000

- Unhandled Exception Record -
Reason: Breakpoint Encountered (0x80000003) at address 0x7C911230

- Registers -
eax=00000001 ebx=00ca6f18 ecx=00aecc46 edx=00ec613c esi=00ca6f18 edi=00000000
eip=7c911230 esp=00ecf5f8 ebp=00ecff78
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00000202

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
00ecff78 0056f9d8 00ca6f18 005b34d7 00000000 00000000 ntdll!DbgBreakPoint+0x0
00ecff80 005b34d7 00000000 00000000 00000000 00ca6f18 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!timer_thread+0x0 (..\..\..\boinc\api\boinc_api.C:773) FPO: [1,1,0]
00ecffb4 7c80b683 00ca6f18 00000000 00000000 00ca6f18 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!_threadstartex+0x6 (f:\vs70builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\threadex.c:241)
00ecffec 00000000 005b3468 00ca6f18 00000000 00000008 kernel32!GetModuleFileNameA+0x0 (f:\vs70builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\threadex.c:241)


*** Debug Message Dump ****


*** Foreground Window Data ***
    Window Name      :
    Window Class     :
    Window Process ID: 348
    Window Thread ID : 0

Exiting...

</stderr_txt>

Validate state   Invalid
Claimed credit   249.475621339226

for result 490063508
Exit status   -197 (0xffffff3b)
Computer ID   1658721
Report deadline   30 Mar 2007 2:20:26 UTC
CPU time   68207.703125
stderr out   

<core_client_version>5.4.9</core_client_version>
<message>
aborted by user
</message>
<stderr_txt>


Unhandled Exception Detected...

- Unhandled Exception Record -
Reason: Breakpoint Encountered (0x80000003) at address 0x7C911230

Engaging BOINC Windows Runtime Debugger...



********************


BOINC Windows Runtime Debugger Version 5.5.0


Dump Timestamp    : 03/25/07 10:44:07
Debugger Engine   : 4.0.5.0
Symbol Search Path: C:\Program Files\BOINC\slots\1;C:\Program Files\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu;srv*C:\DOCUME~1\Pascal\LOCALS~1\Temp\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols;srv*C:\DOCUME~1\Pascal\LOCALS~1\Temp\symbols*http://boinc.berkeley.edu/symstore


ModLoad: 00400000 006f5000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe.exe (2.2.0.0) (PDB Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 2, 2, 0, 0
    Company Name   : Lunatics.at
    Product Name   : SETI@Home Enhanced Worker
    Product Version: 5, 0, 1, 5

ModLoad: 7c910000 000b7000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180

ModLoad: 7c800000 00104000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll (5.1.2600.2945) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2945 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.060704-2349)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2945

ModLoad: 77d10000 00090000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll (5.1.2600.2622) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2622 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2622

ModLoad: 77ef0000 00047000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll (5.1.2600.2818) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2818 (xpsp_sp2_gdr.051228-1427)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2818

ModLoad: 77da0000 000ac000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Système d'exploitation Microsoft® Windows®
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180

ModLoad: 77e50000 00091000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180

ModLoad: 76320000 0001d000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180

ModLoad: 03000000 00118000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\dbghelp.dll (6.5.3.7) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 6.5.0003.7 (vbl_core_fbrel(jshay).050527-1915)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Debugging Tools for Windows(R)
    Product Version: 6.5.0003.7

ModLoad: 77be0000 00058000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll (7.0.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 7.0.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 7.0.2600.2180

ModLoad: 02100000 00046000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\symsrv.dll (6.5.3. (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 6.5.0003.8 (vbl_core_fbrel(jshay).050527-1915)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Debugging Tools for Windows(R)
    Product Version: 6.5.0003.8

ModLoad: 02150000 00031000 C:\Program Files\BOINC\srcsrv.dll (6.5.3.7) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 6.5.0003.7 (vbl_core_fbrel(jshay).050527-1915)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Debugging Tools for Windows(R)
    Product Version: 6.5.0003.7

ModLoad: 77bd0000 00008000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\version.dll (5.1.2600.2180) (-exported- Symbols Loaded)
    File Version   : 5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
    Company Name   : Microsoft Corporation
    Product Name   : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
    Product Version: 5.1.2600.2180



*** Dump of the Process Statistics: ***

- I/O Operations Counters -
Read: 105, Write: 0, Other 73

- I/O Transfers Counters -
Read: 0, Write: 52, Other 0

- Paged Pool Usage -
QuotaPagedPoolUsage: 35332, QuotaPeakPagedPoolUsage: 35444
QuotaNonPagedPoolUsage: 1640, QuotaPeakNonPagedPoolUsage: 2328

- Virtual Memory Usage -
VirtualSize: 37912576, PeakVirtualSize: 37912576

- Pagefile Usage -
PagefileUsage: 23138304, PeakPagefileUsage: 23138304

- Working Set Size -
WorkingSetSize: 2404352, PeakWorkingSetSize: 2404352, PageFaultCount: 582

*** Dump of the Worker thread (4a8): ***

- Information -
Status: Running, Base Priority: Above Normal, Priority: Above Normal, Kernel Time: 349531264.000000, User Time: 681737060352.000000, Wait Time: 4797143.000000

- Registers -
eax=00000a00 ebx=00000a0a ecx=0012e63b edx=00ede580 esi=00ede580 edi=000001a0
eip=005aedb0 esp=0012e5ec ebp=0012e668
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00000206

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
0012e5f0 004bcab2 00ede57f 0000000a 020800ae 00001b81 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!___from_strstr_to_strchr+0x0 (F:\VS70Builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\intel\strchr.asm:89) FPO: [2,0,0]
0012e668 004b9093 00000006 0012e8c4 00001b81 00000006 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!x_setiathome_decode+0x0 (..\..\db\xml_util.h:494)
0012e69c 004f21d7 0012e8c4 00ed7dc2 00056aaf 00ed7db4 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!xml_decode_string+0x5 (..\..\db\xml_util.h:843) FPO: [4,0,4]
0012e7e4 004ed226 0012e8c4 0012e9f4 00aeb408 00000000 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!xml_decode_field+0x5 (..\..\db\xml_util.h:878)
0012eac8 0045c79f 00609290 00612920 00609290 0012fbd8 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!seti_parse_data+0x18 (..\seti.cpp:966)
0012eb18 7c920970 7c98e4c0 7c923e6f 7c923e62 7c98ce28 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!?seti_parse_wu.@@YAHPAU_iobuf@@AAUANALYSIS_STATE@@@Z+0x5 (..\seti.cpp:1009) FPO: [2,0,2]
0012f078 0045b382 7c920945 0012f0b8 00140000 7c920732 ntdll!RtlReleasePebLock+0x0 (..\seti.cpp:1009)
0012fbb8 0045b248 fffffff0 00000001 0012fcd8 00000001 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!worker+0x0 (..\worker.cpp:240)
0012fcd8 0045b004 00000001 0045b004 00000001 0012fcf0 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!main+0x0 (..\main.cpp:284)
0012fe98 005b396c 00400000 00000000 0014240f 0000000a KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!WinMain+0xa (..\main.cpp:307)
0012ffc0 7c816fd7 01c76db1 00000000 7ffd5000 8054a6ed KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!WinMainCRTStartup+0x1d (f:\vs70builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\crt0.c:251)
0012fff0 00000000 005b37e8 00000000 78746341 00000020 kernel32!RegisterWaitForInputIdle+0x0 (f:\vs70builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\crt0.c:251)

*** Dump of the Timer thread (4c4): ***

- Information -
Status: Waiting, Wait Reason: UserRequest, Kernel Time: 0.000000, User Time: 0.000000, Wait Time: 4797143.000000

- Unhandled Exception Record -
Reason: Breakpoint Encountered (0x80000003) at address 0x7C911230

- Registers -
eax=00000001 ebx=00ca6f18 ecx=00aecc46 edx=00ec613c esi=00ca6f18 edi=00000000
eip=7c911230 esp=00ecf5f8 ebp=00ecff78
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00000202

- Callstack -
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child
00ecff78 0056f9d8 00ca6f18 005b34d7 00000000 00000000 ntdll!DbgBreakPoint+0x0
00ecff80 005b34d7 00000000 00000000 00000000 00ca6f18 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!timer_thread+0x0 (..\..\..\boinc\api\boinc_api.C:773) FPO: [1,1,0]
00ecffb4 7c80b683 00ca6f18 00000000 00000000 00ca6f18 KWSN_2.2B_SSE3-C2_Ben-Joe!_threadstartex+0x6 (f:\vs70builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\threadex.c:241)
00ecffec 00000000 005b3468 00ca6f18 00000000 00000008 kernel32!GetModuleFileNameA+0x0 (f:\vs70builds\6030\vc\crtbld\crt\src\threadex.c:241)


*** Debug Message Dump ****


*** Foreground Window Data ***
    Window Name      :
    Window Class     :
    Window Process ID: 0
    Window Thread ID : 0

Exiting...

</stderr_txt>

Validate state   Invalid
Claimed credit   274.299540179283

[zvonas]

Is your PC overclocked?

[Black Hole Sun]

Is your PC overclocked?

No, everything runs @ stock sppeds (cpu, gpu, ram)

[Simon]

[...]
For result 489925758
Exit status   -197 (0xffffff3b)
Computer ID   1658721
Report deadline   29 Mar 2007 22:28:47 UTC
CPU time   62034.953125
stderr out   

<core_client_version>5.4.9</core_client_version>
<message>
aborted by user
</message>
<stderr_txt>

[...]

Validate state   Invalid
Claimed credit   274.299540179283

Hi,

the WU stats say that it was "aborted by user" - though it also states an error message. It may be that the game you're playing somehow interacts with BOINC and makes the science apps either crash or hang.

So far, that hasn't happened to my knowledge, so I'm not really sure what's going wrong. Does this only happen when you're playing games or on its own as well? The computation times are very very long for the computer you have, for one. Also, it claimed a lot too high (274 credits is ~3 times the maximum you can get), so it seems quite a couple of things went wrong.

If it just happens when you're gaming, then I'd suggest disabling BOINC before you do - it's a bit of a bother, but it should fix your problem. Not sure we will be able to figure out a solution, because I don't know what the real problem is

Regards,
Simon.

[Black Hole Sun]

Simon,

Thanks for your reply.

More info : the game is Trackmania Nations. I used to play this game with boinc crunching without any kind of problem with a P4C 3.2 and the previous release of your optimized app (and with einstein and abc clients).

I did cancel the 2 wus because of the time already spent on them, because the progress remained stucks and because I knew the claim credit would be far over what I would get (it already happened a few days ago with two other units, also after playing TMN). This time, and also the previous one, the % of progress was about 93-98 % on all wus.

So far, the problem never happened if I don't play that game. And as it is the only only game I play, I don't know if other would do the same.

The main problem is of course the time taken and the "freeze" of computation, in particular because I run boinc as a service (so I loose the time already spent on the wus if I stop the service).

I wonder if the problem could not come from the initial bench test of wus. If the cpu is heavy loaded while this test is running (like when I'm playing), wouldn't it affect the computation ?

[Simon]

That may be possible, though the app does run at higher priority during the benchmarks and should make the game stutter, actually. This has been noted by a few people with the new 2.2B release.

We're thinking about ways to improve this, but right now, the only solution I see really is to not game and run BOINC at the same time - you could make a batch file that looks like this to start TMN (text file, save as whatever.cmd or whatever.bat):

@echo off
net stop boinc
c:\TMN\TMN.exe
net start boinc

Of course, you'll have to change the path to Trackmania, but that should be straightforward.

Regards,
Simon.

[Josef W. Segur]

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The main problem is of course the time taken and the "freeze" of computation, in particular because I run boinc as a service (so I loose the time already spent on the wus if I stop the service).
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The S@H application normally checkpoints once a minute, you should lose only the time since the last checkpoint if you stop the service.
                                                                        Joe

[Black Hole Sun]

That may be possible, though the app does run at higher priority during the benchmarks and should make the game stutter, actually. This has been noted by a few people with the new 2.2B release.

We're thinking about ways to improve this, but right now, the only solution I see really is to not game and run BOINC at the same time - you could make a batch file that looks like this to start TMN (text file, save as whatever.cmd or whatever.bat):

@echo off
net stop boinc
c:\TMN\TMN.exe
net start boinc

Of course, you'll have to change the path to Trackmania, but that should be straightforward.

Regards,
Simon.

OK, thanks for this batch.

By the way, running TMN while boinc is on NEVER slows down the game. I can notice when the bench occurs on every software, but not while I'm doing TMN. Is there a TMN version planned ? (joking )

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The main problem is of course the time taken and the "freeze" of computation, in particular because I run boinc as a service (so I loose the time already spent on the wus if I stop the service).
...

The S@H application normally checkpoints once a minute, you should lose only the time since the last checkpoint if you stop the service.
                                                                        Joe

You are right, except I chose to write to disk every 50.000 seconds in order to "save" my drives. In particluar an usb stick on which I run Boinc

Anyway, thanks guys for your great work.
I'll use Simon's batch and will losse whatever is already computed, but it's only a matter of 1 or 2 hours. Better than having wus lasting 18 hours or so