[boinc_dev] 7.10 release

2017-09-27 Thread David Anderson
It's clear that we need to start testing for a 7.10 release soon. I'll go ahead and make a client_release/7/7.10 branch unless anyone has an important PR planned. -- David ___ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread Rom Walton
Charlie, More than one graphics application can be running at a time, hence why the graphics application log file ended up in the slot directory. Just creating a single user specific subdirectory isn't going to lead to a happy place. It is supposed to be cleaned up when the slot directory is

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread Charlie Fenton
On the Mac, the project graphics apps can not write to the per-user BOINC directory (which on the Mac is "/Users/{username}/Library/Application Support/BOINC/") because they run as user and group boinc_project under our UNIX account-based sandboxing. So I plan to set up a PR to create new

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread David E Kim
Yes, I’ll probably disable that. > On Sep 27, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Charlie Fenton wrote: > > On Sep 27, 2017, at 12:49 PM, Juha Sointusalo > wrote: >> I did see that the graphics app opens stderrgfx.txt file in slot directory >> and keeps it

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread Charlie Fenton
On Sep 27, 2017, at 12:49 PM, Juha Sointusalo wrote: > I did see that the graphics app opens stderrgfx.txt file in slot directory > and keeps it open as long as the graphics are open. That is not terribly useful, since it will be gone after the slot directory is

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread David E Kim
I assume DA is really busy now but it sounds like there’s a fix for the issue which is promising. Thanks everyone who contributed to this very helpful thread, particularly Juha for even running some tests. I’ll try to add some logic to make the error less fatal for a short term fix. regards,

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread Richard Haselgrove
It should be pointed out that the fix for this problem (eaf200e54d4d0bb0ce2ea84ec4f21409d7a80eb6) was available and drawn to David's attention before v7.8.2 was even built, let alone made the recommended version. On Wednesday, 27 September 2017, 21:52, Juha Sointusalo

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread Juha Sointusalo
On 27 September 2017 at 23:39, David E Kim wrote: > Thanks for running these tests! > > So is it a windows only issue? It appears so for R@h. > Yep. Who is responsible for the BOINC client releases? > David Anderson. -Juha

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread Juha Sointusalo
On 27 September 2017 at 22:49, Juha Sointusalo wrote: > I installed 7.8.2 a few minutes ago to make sure I can see the bug with > that version. It will take about one hour to get results. > Yep, it's the bug in 7.8.2. A Rosetta task exits and client tries to clean

Re: [boinc_dev] Increase in errors on Windows clients related to shared memory

2017-09-27 Thread Juha Sointusalo
On 27 September 2017 at 01:17, David E Kim wrote: > Would a reversion or fix to the BOINC client be the best option to save > wasted computing and bandwidth? If indeed there is a bug? > I added Rosetta to my Windows host earlier today and run it on self built