Server status shows 655,239 tasks ready to send. My OSX hosts are being told no tasks available. Can someone please add some OSX tasks to the queue?

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Dublin, California
Team: SETI.USA

Can someone please add some OSX tasks to the queue?

Since there is no such thing as "OSX tasks" or 'Win XP tasks' or 'Android tasks' you are asking for 'drinking water for left-handed' (tasks are the same as water is the same)

"no tasks available" - give/copy the real messages

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2615 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:06 AM Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
2616 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:06 AM Requesting new tasks for CPU
2617 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:06 AM [sched_op] CPU work request: 725760.00 seconds; 7.00 devices
2618 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
2619 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM [sched_op] Server version 701
2620 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM No tasks sent
2621 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM Project requested delay of 7 seconds
2622 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM [sched_op] Deferring communication for 00:00:07
2623 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM [sched_op] Reason: requested by project

All my mac are not getting work. My windows machines are getting work just fine.

Edit: Also, check this out:

http://boincstats.com/en/stats/134/host/list/12/0/0

Sort on "Credit/day", descending. There are no macs awarded credit in the past day. I think that shows that this issues is across all macs, not just mine.

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Dublin, California
Team: SETI.USA

2618 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
2619 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM [sched_op] Server version 701
2620 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM No tasks sent
2621 Asteroids@home 11/27/2013 8:54:10 AM Project requested delay of 7 seconds

The server did not say why 'No tasks sent'
There is no 'Project has no tasks available' message
Something on the server is disabled (intentionally) or misconfigured

In sched_reply_asteroidsathome.net_boinc.xml do you see something similar (of course with Mac info, my is from Win XP):

<no_cpu>0</no_cpu> 
.....
<app_version>
    <app_name>period_search</app_name>
    <version_num>10210</version_num>
    <api_version>7.1.0</api_version>
<file_ref>
    <file_name>period_search_10210_windows_intelx86__sse3.exe</file_name>
    <main_program/>
</file_ref>
    <platform>windows_intelx86</platform>
    <plan_class>sse3</plan_class>
    <avg_ncpus>1.000000</avg_ncpus>
    <max_ncpus>1.000000</max_ncpus>
    <flops>77079062575.085312</flops>
</app_version> 
.....
<no_cpu_apps>0</no_cpu_apps>
<no_cuda_apps>1</no_cuda_apps>
<no_ati_apps>1</no_ati_apps>
<no_rsc_apps>NVIDIA</no_rsc_apps>
<no_rsc_apps>ATI</no_rsc_apps>
<no_rsc_apps>intel_gpu</no_rsc_apps> 

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<scheduler_reply>
<scheduler_version>701</scheduler_version>
<dont_use_dcf/>
<master_url>http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/</master_url>
<request_delay>7.000000</request_delay>
<message priority="low">No tasks sent</message>
<project_name>Asteroids@home</project_name>
<userid>527</userid>
<user_name>zombie67 [MM]</user_name>
<user_total_credit>1427736.232653</user_total_credit>
<user_expavg_credit>3491.089223</user_expavg_credit>
<user_create_time>1340094775</user_create_time>
<project_preferences>
<resource_share>200</resource_share>
<no_cpu>0</no_cpu>
<project_specific>
<max_gfx_cpu_pct>20</max_gfx_cpu_pct>
<allow_non_preferred_apps>1</allow_non_preferred_apps>
</project_specific>
</project_preferences>

<host_total_credit>0.000000</host_total_credit>
<host_expavg_credit>0.000000</host_expavg_credit>
<host_venue></host_venue>
<host_create_time>1385502058</host_create_time>
<teamid>18</teamid>
<team_name>SETI.USA</team_name>
<no_rsc_apps>NVIDIA</no_rsc_apps>
<no_rsc_apps>ATI</no_rsc_apps>
<no_rsc_apps>intel_gpu</no_rsc_apps>
<rss_feeds>
<rss_feed>
<url>http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/notices.php?userid=527&amp;auth=527_dab556dfca94372bd7f2d1a14b565ba0</url>
<poll_interval>86400</poll_interval>
</rss_feed>
</rss_feeds>

<gui_urls>
<gui_url>
<name>Your account</name>
<description>View your account information and credit totals</description>
<url>http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/home.php</url>
</gui_url>
<gui_url>
<name>Discussion forum</name>
<description>View your account information and credit totals</description>
<url>http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/forum_index.php</url>
</gui_url>
<gui_url>
<name>Scientific results</name>
<description>View scientific results of the project</description>
<url>http://asteroidsathome.net/scientific_results.html</url>
</gui_url>
<gui_url>
<name>Donate to Asteroids@home</name>
<description>Donate to Asteroids@home</description>
<url>http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/donations.php</url>
</gui_url>
<ifteam>
<gui_url>
<name>Team</name>
<description>Info about SETI.USA</description>
<url>http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/team_display.php?teamid=18</url>
</gui_url>
</ifteam>
</gui_urls>
</scheduler_reply>

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Dublin, California
Team: SETI.USA

I can confirm that my own Mac has requested A@H tasks twice today and not been sent any.

I notice too that the 102.10 (sse2) app my machine has was replaced in the site's Applications list with 102.11 (sse3) two weeks ago, but I haven't been sent that either.


NG

Hi!

I've the same problem!!

Oh, give a few hours, I think I know where is the problem, but I can't solve it right now.

Fixed, I hope.

Unfortunately, still not working.

9010 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:29 AM Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
9011 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:29 AM Requesting new tasks for CPU
9012 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:29 AM [sched_op] CPU work request: 580637.65 seconds; 8.00 devices
9013 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:29 AM [sched_op] NVIDIA work request: 0.00 seconds; 0.00 devices
9014 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:32 AM Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
9015 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:32 AM [sched_op] Server version 701
9016 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:32 AM No tasks sent
9017 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:32 AM Project requested delay of 7 seconds
9018 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:32 AM [sched_op] Deferring communication for 00:00:07
9019 Asteroids@home 11/28/2013 8:46:32 AM [sched_op] Reason: requested by project

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Dublin, California
Team: SETI.USA

Can you copy info about instructions from your BOINC client?

Can you copy info about instructions from your BOINC client?

I am not sure what you are asking. I copied/pasted all the messages from the event log. What else do you want?

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Dublin, California
Team: SETI.USA

I am sorry, I mean instruction sets - sse3, pni etc. I added new instructions but maybe it is not right so I have to compare it.

Ah! Got it.

Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.33 for x86_64-apple-darwin
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, sched_op_debug
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.26.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1e zlib/1.2.5 c-ares/1.9.1
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 6750M (driver version 1.0, device version OpenCL 1.1, 1024MB, 1024MB available, 288 GFLOPS peak)
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | OpenCL CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM CPU @ 2.30GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: Apple, driver version 1.1, device version OpenCL 1.2)
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Host name: azula.local
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2820QM CPU @ 2.30GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7]
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Processor features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM PBE SSE3 PCLMULQDQ DTES64 MON DSCPL VMX SMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM SSE4.1 SSE4.2 x2APIC POPCNT AES PCID XSAVE OSXSAVE TSCTMR AVX1.0
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | OS: Mac OS X 10.8.5 (Darwin 12.5.0)
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Memory: 16.00 GB physical, 268.80 GB virtual
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Disk: 476.14 GB total, 268.56 GB free
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | Local time is UTC -8 hours
Thu Nov 28 09:10:35 2013 | | VirtualBox version: 4.2.12

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Dublin, California
Team: SETI.USA

Try it again.

Try it again.

Yes! Tasks are downloading now. Thanks!

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Dublin, California
Team: SETI.USA

But I think that it now stopped download sse3 and avx for windows and linux, at least my computer doesn't. Can anybody test it as soon as possible please?

Ok, no computer, I could test, was getting any sse3 or avx tasks. That is a new problem with BOINC server I found out. I got back changes I made and now the MacOS should get no work again unfortunately. I will have do more changes due to it but it will have to wait till saturday, I can't make them now and I won't have enough time to make the changes tommorow.

Dang. Okay. Please let us know when to try again.

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Dublin, California
Team: SETI.USA

Ok, no computer, I could test, was getting any sse3 or avx tasks. That is a new problem with BOINC server I found out.

So BOINC server config files (XML ?) do not provide a way to set both pni + SSE3 and avx + AVX1.0 ?

As I already posted this list of 'Processor features' is generated by very different means:
http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/forum_thread.php?id=93&postid=2083#2083


Can't the effect you want be accomplished by custom <plan_class>?
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/AppPlan
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/AppPlanSpec

"Name this file plan_class_spec.xml and put it in your project directory. This will replace the built in plan classes!"

<cpu_feature>x</cpu_feature>
a required CPU feature (such as sse3). You can include more than one.


It is unclear how to use "more than one"
Is it:
<cpu_feature>pni SSE3</cpu_feature>

... or:
<cpu_feature>pni</cpu_feature>
<cpu_feature>SSE3</cpu_feature>


... or:

<plan_classes>
   <plan_class>
      <name>sse3</name>
      <cpu_feature>pni</cpu_feature>
      <cpu_feature>SSE3</cpu_feature>
   </plan_class>
</plan_classes>

... or:

<plan_classes>
   <plan_class>
      <name>sse3</name>
      <cpu_feature>pni</cpu_feature>
   </plan_class>
   <plan_class>
      <name>sse3_Mac</name>
      <cpu_feature>SSE3</cpu_feature>
   </plan_class>
</plan_classes>

You can start from:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/browser/boinc-v2/sched/plan_class_spec.xml.sample


(I just sent PM to David Anderson to check this problem)

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