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1 week ago
Anyone using Windows 11 should consider virtualization.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2186657/help-with-hyper-v-disabling-and-vt-x-enabling-for?forum=windowsclient-all&referrer=answers

Generally, we all should check our computers to see if they're still delivering anything. Regardless of which operating system is installed. For example, this computer with Linux has already failed almost 2,000 WUs.
https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/show_host_detail.php?hostid=10858958
User is TRIUMF-LCG2. And if I see it correctly, he has around 70 computers, and I'm afraid they all have the same problem.
https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/hosts_user.php?userid=567711

Hi, I'm receiving Atlas tasks that are supposed to run on 8 cores, but each task is actually using much less than 1 core.

1 week 4 days ago
I am running tests with Windows 11 wsl2 /Docker/Boinc without adjusting anything except a few instructions in windows "enable or disable Windows features", it seems to work with Xtrack tasks but only with those, and it struggles to receive tasks to reach 32 threads.

With everything enabled in Windows 11 except for certain Windows features settings, it runs really fast. Don't you think about converting the software and using Docker?

Months trying to get VirtualBox and BOINC to work on my Windows 11 and it was never possible, then I came across DOCKER AND SURPRISE, following the guide was very easy.

https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/wiki/Installing-Docker

windows10 Full

ATLAS tasks not honoring CPU limitations on some PCs

3 weeks 3 days ago
I have seen similar behaviour with a different MultiCore-Project (MIlkyway) and BOINC-Client 8.2.5

If there is a local app_config.xml, the client uses the configured settings from this. If there is no app_config.xml, the client ignores what on the project-preferences is configured and uses the last config it remembers, regardless of the setting on the project-preferences

Seems to be a bug in client since 8.2.4 and higher

Ubuntu 20.04 support?

4 weeks 2 days ago
This is the recommended CVMFS starting point:
https://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/forum_thread.php?id=5594

This option shouldn't be used (remove it, except if you know exactly why you need it):
CVMFS_CLIENT_PROFILE=single

This is recommended (as a private volunteer you should understand it as a MUST):
CVMFS_HTTP_PROXY="auto;DIRECT"
CVMFS_USE_CDN=yes



As for CVMFS_USE_CDN/Cloudflare/openhtc.io

https://openhtc.io/
openhtc.io is hosted by Cloudflare.
You don't need a Cloudflare account to use it.
openhtc.io distributes CVMFS/Frontier content required by ATLAS/CMS/Theory via a worldwide proxy network (hundreds of Squid proxies).
If you don't use the CDN CVMFS/Frontier get their data via "stratum-one-servers" (only few worldwide).
Getting the data from a CDN proxy close to your location instead of getting it from a stratum-one located far away is usually faster.

Fails to create VM?

2 months 2 weeks ago
I'll be sure to so that next time.

The 1 thing that changed that could've caused this was running windows update for patch tuesday. However, I suspended all non-running tasks and let the running ones finish. Maybe something didn't close properly.

no VM console button for ATLAS in Windows 11

3 months 2 weeks ago
Hence, the conclusion seems to be: On Windows 11, the console button does not work with ATLAS tasks. still I would be interested in knowing whether all other Windows11 users make the same experience, or whether there is something that can be done in order to make the VM console show up and work.
Yes, I see the same on my Win 11 machine (Boinc 8.0.2). So I am using the VirtualBox Manager to bring up the console.
Did you installed the corresponding VirtualBox Extension Pack?
Yes I did.
Checked
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