OK, I'll try to catch another one.

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:31 AM, David Anderson <[email protected]>wrote:

> Eric:
>
> If you set the <task_debug/> logging flag,
> the client will show when it suspends/resumes tasks.
> This will tell us whether it's a problem in the client or the app.
>
> -- David
>
>
> On 16-May-2013 11:16 AM, Eric J Korpela wrote:
>
>> I had "keeps running when computer is in use" problem last night with an
>> Einstein CUDA app, so it's clear that this isn't restricted to SETI@home. 
>> There
>> has to be a BOINC issue or some common flaw with how exiting is handled.
>>
>> I'm wondering is there's some way that writing a checkpoint (or reporting
>> a
>> checkpoint) is going wrong.  I assume that even GPU apps would suspend
>> rather
>> than exit if there has been no checkpoint since it was started?
>>
>> Of course in this case it's not suspending either, it's continuing to run.
>>
>> David, any comments?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Raistmer the Sorcerer <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>       Then looks like I should report bug in BOINC API  - sometimes it
>> doesn't
>>     and set only "suspend" flag w/o "quit" flag.
>>     Possible relevant info: user had changed idle interval to 10 min
>> instead of
>>     default.
>>
>>
>>     Воскресенье, 12 мая 2013, 21:06 -07:00 от David Anderson
>>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]**>>:
>>
>>      >
>>      >
>>      >On 12-May-2013 4:44 AM, Raistmer the Sorcerer wrote:
>>      >> Can I get definitive answer, please. In case when user set BOINC
>> not to use
>>      >> GPU while user active (USE GPU only when PC idle): should BOINC
>> set
>>      >> boinc_status.quit_request flag when user becomes active  by BOINC
>> devs
>>      >> opinion or should not?
>>      >
>>      >Yes.
>>      >
>>      >-- David
>>      >
>>      >>
>>      >>
>>      >> Суббота, 11 мая 2013, 8:49 +04:00 от Raistmer the Sorcerer
>>      >> < [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >:
>>
>>      >>> If you look corresponding thread you will see that app does
>> check. There is
>>      >>> boinc_status.suspended flag also, but is this designed behavior,
>> not to set
>>      >>> boinc_status.quit_request for GPU app in all cases when its
>> exit=suspend
>>      >>> required ?
>>      >>>
>>      >>>
>>      >>>
>>      >>> Пятница, 10 мая 2013, 17:24 -07:00 от Eric J Korpela <
>>      >>> [email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected].**edu<[email protected]>>
>> >:
>>
>>      >>>> I can think of one other option.  If an OpenCL routine never
>> exits, the
>>      >>>> application might not get to the point of checking the flags
>> (unless you
>>      >>>> are checking the flags while waiting on OpenCL routines to
>> finish).  I
>>      >>>> haven't checked the driver revision the users in question have
>> installed.
>>      >>>> Are they using suspect driver versions?
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>>
>>      >>>> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Raistmer the Sorcerer  <
>>      >>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
>>      >>>>> Trying to solve non-suspending issue listed in this thread:
>>      >>>>> http://setiathome.berkeley.**edu/forum_thread.php?id=71581&**
>> postid=1365551<http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=71581&postid=1365551>
>>      >>>>>
>>      >>>>>
>>      >I came to conclusion that either BOINC does something wrong in this
>>     situation or
>>      >app doesn't check all needed flags and not aware about exit request.
>>      >>>>>
>>      >>>>> I check these flags: boinc_status.quit_request
>>      >>>>> boinc_status.abort_request
>>      >>>>>
>>      >>>>> Maybe some another flag BOINC sets to inform app that suspend
>> required
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