Hi Preston, could you please try this global_prefs_override.xml file?
<global_preferences> <run_on_batteries>0</run_on_batteries> <run_if_user_active>1</run_if_user_active> <run_gpu_if_user_active>1</run_gpu_if_user_active> <suspend_cpu_usage>0.000000</suspend_cpu_usage> <start_hour>0.000000</start_hour> <end_hour>0.000000</end_hour> <net_start_hour>0.000000</net_start_hour> <net_end_hour>0.000000</net_end_hour> <leave_apps_in_memory>1</leave_apps_in_memory> <confirm_before_connecting>0</confirm_before_connecting> <hangup_if_dialed>0</hangup_if_dialed> <dont_verify_images>0</dont_verify_images> <work_buf_min_days>1.000000</work_buf_min_days> <work_buf_additional_days>10.000000</work_buf_additional_days> <max_ncpus_pct>100.000000</max_ncpus_pct> <cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>60.000000</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes> <disk_interval>60.000000</disk_interval> <disk_max_used_gb>100.000000</disk_max_used_gb> <disk_max_used_pct>95.000000</disk_max_used_pct> <disk_min_free_gb>0.000000</disk_min_free_gb> <vm_max_used_pct>75.000000</vm_max_used_pct> <ram_max_used_busy_pct>50.000000</ram_max_used_busy_pct> <ram_max_used_idle_pct>90.000000</ram_max_used_idle_pct> <max_bytes_sec_up>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_up> <max_bytes_sec_down>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_down> <cpu_usage_limit>100.000000</cpu_usage_limit> <daily_xfer_limit_mb>0.000000</daily_xfer_limit_mb> <daily_xfer_period_days>0</daily_xfer_period_days> </global_preferences> I see a couple of difference that may cause this issue, if it isn't a code problem. thanks Gianfranco ----- Messaggio originale ----- > Da: Preston Maness <[email protected]> > A: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]> > Cc: > Inviato: Venerdì 30 Agosto 2013 5:32 > Oggetto: Bug#721298: boinc-client: Idle Detection Not Working Computer Always > In Use > > Package: boinc-client > Version: 7.2.7+dfsg-1 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > I am unable to get BOINC to activate when computer is not in use. I > don't know how else to troubleshoot the idle detection features of > boinc. The log file at /var/lib/boinc-client/stdoutdae.txt simply shows > a line that says "Suspending Computation - computer is in use" even > after the idle time has been reached. The XML with the global > configuration parameters is below. > > Telling boinc to "run always" seems to work as expected. The CPU and > GPU > both get jobs at that point and start crunching away. Please advise me > as to how I may help in further troubleshooting this issue. > > Cheers, > Preston Maness > > -- Package-specific info: > -- Contents of /etc/default/boinc-client: > # This file is /etc/default/boinc-client, it is a configuration file for the > # /etc/init.d/boinc-client init script. > > # Set this to 1 to enable and to 0 to disable the init script. > ENABLED="1" > > # Set this to 1 to enable advanced scheduling of the BOINC core client and > # all its sub-processes (reduces the impact of BOINC on the system's > # performance). > SCHEDULE="1" > > # The BOINC core client will be started with the permissions of this user. > BOINC_USER="boinc" > > # This is the data directory of the BOINC core client. > BOINC_DIR="/var/lib/boinc-client" > > # This is the location of the BOINC core client, that the init script uses. > # If you do not want to use the client program provided by the boinc-client > # package, you can specify here an alternative client program. > #BOINC_CLIENT="/usr/local/bin/boinc" > BOINC_CLIENT="/usr/bin/boinc" > > # Here you can specify additional options to pass to the BOINC core client. > # Type 'boinc --help' or 'man boinc' for a full summary of > allowed options. > #BOINC_OPTS="--allow_remote_gui_rpc" > BOINC_OPTS="" > > # Scheduling options > > # Set SCHEDULE="0" if prefering to run with upstream default priority > # settings. > > # Nice levels. When systems are truly busy, e.g. because of too many active > # scientific applications started by the boinc client, there is a chance for > # the boinc client not to be granted sufficient opportunity to check for > # scientific applications to be alive and make the (wrong) decision to > # terminate the scientific app. This is particularly an issue with many > # apps started in parallel on modern multi-core systems and extra overheads > # for the download and uploads of files with the project servers. Another > # concern is the latency for scientific applications to communicate with the > # graphics card, which should be low. All such values should be set and > # controled from within the BOINC client. The Debian init script also sets > # extra constrains via chrt on real time performance and via ionice on > # I/O performance, which is beyond the regular BOINC client. It then was > # too easy to use that code to also constrain minimal nice levels. We still > # think about how to best distinguish GPU applications from regular apps. > BOINC_NICE_CLIENT=10 > BOINC_NICE_APP_DEFAULT=19 > #BOINC_NICE_APP_GPU=5 # not yet used > > # ionice classes. See manpage of ionice (1) in the util-linux package. > BOINC_IONICE_CLIENT=3 # idle > #BOINC_IONICE_APP_DEFAULT=3 # idle, not yet used > #BOINC_IONICE_APP_GPU=2 # best effort, not yet used > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: jessie/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages boinc-client depends on: > ii adduser 3.113+nmu3 > ii ca-certificates 20130610 > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.50 > ii libboinc7 7.2.7+dfsg-1 > ii libc6 2.17-92 > ii libcurl3 7.32.0-1 > ii libgcc1 1:4.8.1-2 > ii libssl1.0.0 1.0.1e-3 > ii libstdc++6 4.8.1-2 > ii libx11-6 2:1.6.1-1 > ii libxext6 2:1.3.2-1 > ii libxss1 1:1.2.2-1 > ii python 2.7.5-4 > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1 > > Versions of packages boinc-client recommends: > pn ia32-libs <none> > > Versions of packages boinc-client suggests: > ii boinc-manager 7.2.7+dfsg-1 > pn libcuda1 <none> > pn libcuda1-ia32 <none> > ii x11-xserver-utils 7.7~3 > > -- Configuration Files: > /etc/boinc-client/global_prefs_override.xml changed: > <global_preferences> > <run_on_batteries>1</run_on_batteries> > <run_if_user_active>0</run_if_user_active> > <run_gpu_if_user_active>0</run_gpu_if_user_active> > <idle_time_to_run>2.000000</idle_time_to_run> > <suspend_cpu_usage>25.000000</suspend_cpu_usage> > <start_hour>0.000000</start_hour> > <end_hour>0.000000</end_hour> > <net_start_hour>0.000000</net_start_hour> > <net_end_hour>0.000000</net_end_hour> > <leave_apps_in_memory>0</leave_apps_in_memory> > <confirm_before_connecting>0</confirm_before_connecting> > <hangup_if_dialed>0</hangup_if_dialed> > <dont_verify_images>0</dont_verify_images> > <work_buf_min_days>0.100000</work_buf_min_days> > <work_buf_additional_days>0.500000</work_buf_additional_days> > <max_ncpus_pct>0.000000</max_ncpus_pct> > > <cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>60.000000</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes> > <disk_interval>60.000000</disk_interval> > <disk_max_used_gb>1000.000000</disk_max_used_gb> > <disk_max_used_pct>90.000000</disk_max_used_pct> > <disk_min_free_gb>0.100000</disk_min_free_gb> > <vm_max_used_pct>75.000000</vm_max_used_pct> > <ram_max_used_busy_pct>50.000000</ram_max_used_busy_pct> > <ram_max_used_idle_pct>90.000000</ram_max_used_idle_pct> > <max_bytes_sec_up>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_up> > <max_bytes_sec_down>0.000000</max_bytes_sec_down> > <cpu_usage_limit>100.000000</cpu_usage_limit> > <daily_xfer_limit_mb>0.000000</daily_xfer_limit_mb> > <daily_xfer_period_days>0</daily_xfer_period_days> > </global_preferences> > > /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg [Errno 13] Permission denied: > u'/etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg' > > -- debconf information: > boinc-client/remove_boinc_dir: true > > -- > pkg-boinc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-boinc-devel > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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