BOINC 6.12.34 ok in Windows 8 Dev Preview

[Dirk Broer]

Do not use the manager and just use the command line like in old days. Next Win8 version your problems will be solved (puiblic bèta).

[ertank]

If you can guide me a little bit more, please? I'm not that old on BOINC side.
I already added my projects running BIONC as a service. They are running OK.
Will it be enough to stop the service and run BOINC.exe manually? Is that it?

[Dirk Broer]

Hi etank,

Yes, if all goes well you can see the command line client start and giving the exact same messages that you can see in the BOINC manager under "Advanced" - "Event Log", including the uploading and downloading messages. With a bit of luck you'll be downloading GPU WUs as well -and processing them.

[AMDave]

The service install will NOT detect the GPU.
It has been programmed that way.
Do not install as service, as noted in this BOINC developer thread.
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=6846

Recommend you uninstall & re-install to get a working client with GPU in Win8-dev-prev.

*** Important - Use the latest set of links provided in that thread by Ageless where they are porting Win8 support.
The latest Win8 support revision is 6.12.43 at the time of this post.
Again, this is a developer version and if there are any problems then you should wait for the next revision to be posted in that thread.
6.13.x is a full re-write and is still too 'green', as someone put it and may not work in the way that you hope as well as in other ways.

[ertank]

Service install itself does not detect, but if you stop service and run BOINC.exe it will detect. On my case, I am out of luck and got error messages.

"06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)"

However, it detects my GPU:
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06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.12.34 for windows_x86_64
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.21.6 OpenSSL/1.0.0d zlib/1.2.5
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Running under account Ertan
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz [Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5]
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Processor: 256.00 KB cache
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 syscall nx lm vmx smx tm2 popcnt pbe
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] OS: Microsoft : x64 Edition, (06.02.8102.00)
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Memory: 5.96 GB physical, 9.95 GB virtual
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Disk: 931.17 GB total, 788.42 GB free
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Local time is UTC +2 hours
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 580 (driver version 29036, CUDA version 4010, compute capability 2.0, 1536MB, 1581 GFLOPS peak)
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [Docking] URL http://docking.cis.udel.edu/; Computer ID 104286; resource share 100
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [SETI@home] URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6272911; resource share 100
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [SETI@home] General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 08-May-2011 20:06:27)
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [SETI@home] Host location: none
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [SETI@home] General prefs: using your defaults
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Preferences:
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] max memory usage when active: 3051.62MB
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] max memory usage when idle: 5492.92MB
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] max disk usage: 100.00GB
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] don't use GPU while active
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 50 %
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] (to change preferences, visit the web site of an a
ttached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
06-Dec-2011 17:48:28 [---] Not using a proxy
Initialization completed
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Most probably, I will wait for next Windows 8 to appear before I use my GPU again.

[Dirk Broer]

Hi ertank,

If you add boinc_users and boinc_admins to the administrators group, does the error still occur?

[ertank]

I believe that solved problem. Below is boinc output. Will wait and see.


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06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.12.34 for windows_x86_64
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.21.6 OpenSSL/1.0.0d zlib/1.2.5
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Running under account Ertan
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz [Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5]
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Processor: 256.00 KB cache
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 syscall nx lm vmx smx tm2 popcnt pbe
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] OS: Microsoft : x64 Edition, (06.02.8102.00)
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Memory: 5.96 GB physical, 9.95 GB virtual
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Disk: 931.17 GB total, 788.43 GB free
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Local time is UTC +2 hours
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce GTX 580 (driver version 29036, CUDA version 4010, compute capability 2.0, 1536MB, 1581 GFLOPS peak)
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [Docking] URL http://docking.cis.udel.edu/; Computer ID 104286; resource share 100
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [SETI@home] URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 6272911; resource share 100
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [SETI@home] General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 08-May-2011 20:06:27)
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [SETI@home] Host location: none
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [SETI@home] General prefs: using your defaults
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Preferences:
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] max memory usage when active: 3051.62MB
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] max memory usage when idle: 5492.92MB
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] max disk usage: 100.00GB
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] don't use GPU while active
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 50 %
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
06-Dec-2011 18:58:46 [---] Not using a proxy
Initialization completed
06-Dec-2011 18:58:47 [SETI@home] Started download of 26oc11ad.27274.7838.8.10.116
06-Dec-2011 18:58:47 [SETI@home] Started download of 26oc11ad.27274.7838.8.10.121
06-Dec-2011 18:59:08 [SETI@home] Temporarily failed download of 26oc11ad.27274.7838.8.10.121: HTTP error
06-Dec-2011 18:59:08 [SETI@home] Backing off 42 min 8 sec on download of 26oc11ad.27274.7838.8.10.121
06-Dec-2011 18:59:08 [SETI@home] Started download of setiathome_6.10_windows_intelx86__cuda_fermi.exe
06-Dec-2011 18:59:17 [---] Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
06-Dec-2011 18:59:23 [---] Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.
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[Dirk Broer]

Oké, success with crunching! An i7-870 combined with a GTX 580 is a fearsome combination indeed.
Prices for socket 1156 CPUs from the blue team have dropped considerably here btw, while Llano's are as scarce as hen's teeth.
My favorite, the A8-3800, is about the most expensive, street-price wise, at €129 against €109 for an A8-3850 (if you are able to get them at all).

[ertank]

It seems that adding boinc users to administrators group did not help.

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06-Dec-2011 19:42:54 [Docking] Finished download of 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821.inp
06-Dec-2011 19:42:54 [Docking] Started download of 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4349_86778.inp
06-Dec-2011 19:42:54 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:42:54 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:42:54 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:42:54 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:42:54 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:42:57 [Docking] Computation for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0 finished
06-Dec-2011 19:42:57 [Docking] Output file 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0_0 for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0 absent
06-Dec-2011 19:42:57 [Docking] Output file 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0_1 for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0 absent
06-Dec-2011 19:42:57 [Docking] Output file 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0_2 for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0 absent
06-Dec-2011 19:42:57 [Docking] Output file 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0_3 for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4346_78821_0 absent
06-Dec-2011 19:43:02 [Docking] Finished download of 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706.inp
06-Dec-2011 19:43:02 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:02 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:02 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:02 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:02 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:05 [Docking] Computation for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0 finished
06-Dec-2011 19:43:05 [Docking] Output file 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0_0 for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0 absent
06-Dec-2011 19:43:05 [Docking] Output file 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0_1 for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0 absent
06-Dec-2011 19:43:05 [Docking] Output file 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0_2 for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0 absent
06-Dec-2011 19:43:05 [Docking] Output file 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0_3 for task 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4348_189706_0 absent
06-Dec-2011 19:43:07 [Docking] Finished download of 1hvl1t7k_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_4349_86778.inp
06-Dec-2011 19:43:07 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:07 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:07 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:07 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 19:43:07 [Docking] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
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[ertank]

I was able to download files for SETI. It is not working, too.

Too bad.

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06-Dec-2011 21:02:37 [SETI@home] Computation for task 29oc11af.10644.11110.8.10.166_1 finished
06-Dec-2011 21:02:37 [SETI@home] Output file 29oc11af.10644.11110.8.10.166_1_0 for task 29oc11af.10644.11110.8.10.166_1 absent
06-Dec-2011 21:02:37 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:37 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:37 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:37 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:37 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:38 [SETI@home] Computation for task 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.173_1 finished
06-Dec-2011 21:02:38 [SETI@home] Output file 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.173_1_0 for task 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.173_1 absent
06-Dec-2011 21:02:38 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:38 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:38 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:38 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:38 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:40 [SETI@home] Computation for task 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.171_1 finished
06-Dec-2011 21:02:40 [SETI@home] Output file 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.171_1_0 for task 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.171_1 absent
06-Dec-2011 21:02:40 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:40 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:40 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:40 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:40 [SETI@home] Process creation failed: A required privilege is not held by the client. (0x522)
06-Dec-2011 21:02:44 [SETI@home] Computation for task 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.169_1 finished
06-Dec-2011 21:02:44 [SETI@home] Output file 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.169_1_0 for task 23oc11ag.22564.12746.3.10.169_1 absent
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