1) Message boards : Number crunching : Computing Preferences (Message 1069) Posted 21 Jan 2019 by The Sarge Post: Thank you Sergei. Clearly I messed that up. I looked at Computing Preferences instead of Amicable Preferences, and have no idea why. Reading and comprehension really is easy, it's the attention to detail that sometimes sneaks up and bites...

2) Message boards : Number crunching : Computing Preferences (Message 1067) Posted 21 Jan 2019 by The Sarge Post: Hello. Did the specs for computing preferences change recently? If so, why? Looks like a few options that were once available, for example the option to not use CPUs is missing. One of the profiles I had set up for that, and which all my systems were set to, appears to have been wiped and is now all dashes, as though it does not exist. Funny thing is, the remaining systems still running Amicable, are still not running CPU work units. Anyway, just wondering if I am seeing this correctly, and if it did change, what prompted the change.

3) Message boards : Number crunching : Countermeasures for Increased CPU Time (Message 1056) Posted 12 Jan 2019 by The Sarge Post: Good day. I verified the file was saved as an xml extension and did get it to run on one of my rigs, though utilization rates where still on the low end (70% range). Ultimately I decided to scale back running this project across most of my mini-farm for several reasons. As noted, credit for work is decreasing, due in part to an increase in work unit completion times, with no adjustment for credit given. It has also been stated that this project is, or may be finishing its run. None of this makes me angry or anything, projects come and go and I'll point my servers and other systems to other projects as needed. I'd like to get to the 1 billion credit mark before this project ends (sitting at 922 mil now), just because, but getting there will take considerably longer than would have been normal for my output production since I am only going to be running the project on 1 or 2 systems now, instead of 10. So instead of 6-9 weeks, it may now take 10 months to get to that milestone. I'm ok with that. It's been a good run considering I've only been crunching work units since Nov 2017. Appreciate the advice and if the project continues, and changes the credit ratios/allocation, I'll consider ramping up again. Take care, be well, and good fortune.

4) Message boards : Number crunching : Countermeasures for Increased CPU Time (Message 1035) Posted 17 Dec 2018 by The Sarge Post: File extensions are viewable and the "file type" shows as an xml document. For all intents and purposes it's the exact same file, in the same directory as on the other Windows rig. I'll keep poking around.

5) Message boards : Number crunching : Countermeasures for Increased CPU Time (Message 1033) Posted 16 Dec 2018 by The Sarge Post: The mystery deepens. Decided to try this on another rig (running Widnows 7), and it works there. The rig running Windows 10 doesn't. Going to try this on my other systems, which is a mix of Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Win7, and Win10 to see if it OS specific or machine specific.

6) Message boards : Number crunching : Countermeasures for Increased CPU Time (Message 1032) Posted 16 Dec 2018 by The Sarge Post: Per your direction I did the right click, edit option. When the file opened using Word, EditPad, and NotePad, each had several pages of text. Clearly that wasn't right. Copied the config file again as listed on this page, did both the "right click/edit" and "open with" option using NotePad. Pasted the config file contents and saved. Did the right click/edit again, and it looked good this time. Also did the "open with" NotePad option and it had just the config as listed below, so no excess stuff this time Still getting an Missing <app_config> in app_config.xml error message... Below is what was copied, directly from the file by right clicking on it, : <app_config> <app> <name>amicable_10_20</name> <gpu_versions> <gpu_usage>.5</gpu_usage> <cpu_usage>1</cpu_usage> </gpu_versions> </app> </app_config> Is the error message the same if it can't find or doesn't see the file as it would be if it was a faulty script? I'd like to verify Boinc can read/run "any" app_config file at this point. I run Amicable, GPUGrid, Rosetta, WCG, CG, NF, and Seti. Is there a config setting in the Boinc manager where it sets where to look for any app_config files?

7) Message boards : Number crunching : Countermeasures for Increased CPU Time (Message 1030) Posted 15 Dec 2018 by The Sarge Post: Did a copy and paste as posted in the reply, into the xml file and still no joy. Is there more than one location for the file? I use the standard/default install and the directories exist where they are supposed to be so I'm not sure what I might be overlooking.

8) Message boards : Number crunching : Countermeasures for Increased CPU Time (Message 1027) Posted 15 Dec 2018 by The Sarge Post: Good Day. Created the app_config.xml file as described, saved it as an xml file (using Word), verified name/extension was correct, placed in the amicable sub-directory of the Boinc projects parent directory, had the Boinc manager read the config file, and received this notice/message: Missing <app_config> in app_config.xml Also checked and saw only once instance of amicable tasks running, not two as I wanted, and verified utilization was still in the 65%-75% range Any suggestions? Thank you for any assistance or insights offered.

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