The PC version has lots of controls such as suspending model operation when the computer is being used for other activities. Is there any way to set such controls on the OS-X version?

Is there a way to issue an "update" command?


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> There is no way to override this in the command-line versions.
>
>

To update run with this switch:

-update_prefs URL

You would need to replace URL with http://www.climateprediction.net to update your preferences for this project.

If you run ./boinc -help it will print out the options. Or if you use anything that it doesn't recognize it will print out the options.

Here is a list of common CLI commands that should work with most BOINC projects.

The commands follow the "start" of boinc. You can issue multiple commands at once, just leave a space and remember to precede each command with the -
URL = the URL of the project you want to affect

-attach_project
Attach this computer to a new project.
(You must have an account with that project. You will be asked for the project URL and the account ID.)

-show_projects
Print a list of projects to which this computer is attached.

-detach_project URL
Detach this computer from a project.

-reset_project URL
Clear pending work for a project. Use this if there is a problem that is preventing your computer from working.

-update_prefs URL
Contact a project's server to obtain new preferences. This will also report completed results and get new work if needed.

-return_results_immediately
Contact scheduler as soon as any result done.

-run_cpu_benchmarks
Run CPU benchmarks. Do this if you have modified your computer's hardware.

-check_all_logins
If 'run if user active' preference is off, check for input activity on all current logins; default is to check only local mouse/keyboard

-exit_when_idle
Get, process and report work, then exit.

-allow_remote_gui_rpc
Allow GUI RPCs from remote hosts

-help
Show client options.

-version
Show client version.

> The Mac and Linux command-line versions will also suspend depending on your
> project settings. These are set using the website just like the PC version.
> Go to my cp.net->BOINC cp.net->Your account->General Preferences
> View/Edit. Then change the radio buttons.
>
> There is no way to override this in the command-line versions.

It doesn't seem to matter what I set as my preferences. For some reason, it insists on computing while I am doing other things on the computer. Even issuing the command:

./boinc_4.13_powerpc-apple-darwin -update_prefs http://www.climateprediction.net

doesn't seem to catch my new prefs.

Joe

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Hi Joe,

From what you've said I guess you've switched off the "Do work while computer is in use" option. Unfortunately that doesn't work reliably in the current release of BOINC.

I think it's fixed in the BOINC development build, but there's no word on when that's going to go on general release.

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> I think it's fixed in the BOINC development build, but there's no word on when
> that's going to go on general release.

I just grabbed the latest nightly:

<a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/source/nightly/boinc_public-cvs-2005-01-27.zip">http://boinc.berkeley.edu/source/nightly/boinc_public-cvs-2005-01-27.zip</a>

and have built it for Mac and placed it here:

<a href="http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~jhall/temp/boinc_4.19_powerpc-apple-darwin.zip">http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~jhall/temp/boinc_4.19_powerpc-apple-darwin.zip</a>

Unfortunately, it still doesn't recognize the preference where it is supposed to cease computation while you're doing other things.

I guess we'll have to wait. (I didn't look at the bug list, so maybe someone there has submitted a patch that solves this.

Joe

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Sorry for sending you down that route :(

The development build is on a totally separate (non-public) source path. 4.19 was released yesterday and is available on the <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php">BOINC download page</a>. If you want to try out the development build click on the link at the bottom of the page (or use <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php?dev=1">this one</a> instead).

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"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

&gt; The development build is on a totally separate (non-public) source path. 4.19
&gt; was released yesterday and is available on the <a> href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php"&gt;BOINC download page</a>.

Ah, and dev versions aren't built for powerpc-apple-darwin (just linux, solaris and doze)... I could build the dev source for powerpc-apple-darwin with access to the dev source path.

Any hope of this? (I'd just need read access and I'm a Berkeley grad. student... if that matters! :) ). If not, that's fine too...

best, Joe

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Sorry, I can't help you there Joe, but you could try asking on the boinc_dev or boinc_opt mailing list. You can join either of them <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/community.php">here</a>.

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&gt; To update run with this switch:
&gt;
&gt; -update_prefs URL
&gt;
&gt; You would need to replace URL with http://www.climateprediction.net to update
&gt; your preferences for this project.

correct url is: http://climateprediction.net

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