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Re: FB Sprint 2026 Notifications

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2026 5:28 pm
by JeromeC
When not on holidays, like now, yes :)

Re: FB Sprint 2026 Notifications

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:03 pm
by UBT - Timbo
JeromeC wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2026 5:28 pm When not on holidays, like now, yes :)
Well, of course - if people are enjoying themselves on holiday with family and/or friends then BOINC should not be the first priority.

But maybe some of the clever people can use a remote login program like AnyDesk and to then select the Sprint project on their host machine(s) so they can earn BOINC credits while they are "chillaxin" somewhere? 8-) 8-) 8-)

regards
Tim

Re: FB Sprint 2026 Notifications

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:48 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Hi all

Can anyone help me to configure BOINC Manager to run the SRBase "LL - dc" tasks?

I found the code (on the SRBase forum) here:

https://srbase.my-firewall.org/sr5/foru ... stid=12010

that needs to be added to the SRBase project app_config.xml, which seems to be:

<app_config>
<app_version>
<app_name>ll-dc</app_name>
<plan_class>opencl_nvidia_200</plan_class>
<cmdline>--passthrough_child -use -NO_ASM</cmdline>
</app_version>
</app_config>

But after adding this and then restarting BOINC Manager, it still gives Computation errors in about 3 seconds?

Anyone offer any guidance on this - the GPU is a NVidia RTX 2080

regards
Tim

Re: FB Sprint 2026 Notifications

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2026 8:36 am
by Tamagoch
UBT - Timbo wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2026 9:03 pmBut maybe some of the clever people can use a remote login program like AnyDesk and to then select the Sprint project on their host machine(s) so they can earn BOINC credits while they are "chillaxin" somewhere? 8-) 8-) 8-)
Hi Tim,

I am that one using Anydesk :D
Should use some better solution instead of manual control. Assigning all machines to a sprint project takes near 40 minutes for me. The family is not happy with that. And now I am to drive them to a grill place and then I should leave to my office to open some windows (physical not software ones) and to find one more GPU to same myself from 15th place obscurity :lol: Of cource I am not that fanatic. Still have some work to do, there are a couple of orders were delayed because of the sprint preparations... Oh, no. I am definitely that fanatic :mrgreen:

Regarding LL - dc, I'd rather stick to the TF project for a sprint. Much more stable for now. Your errors maybe caused by a driver if it is not up to date. The latest version is 616.64 came out two days ago.

Best wishes,
Tamagoch

Re: FB Sprint 2026 Notifications

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2026 1:51 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Tamagoch wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2026 8:36 am
Hi Tim,

I am that one using Anydesk :D
Should use some better solution instead of manual control. Assigning all machines to a sprint project takes near 40 minutes for me. The family is not happy with that. And now I am to drive them to a grill place and then I should leave to my office to open some windows (physical not software ones) and to find one more GPU to same myself from 15th place obscurity :lol: Of cource I am not that fanatic. Still have some work to do, there are a couple of orders were delayed because of the sprint preparations... Oh, no. I am definitely that fanatic :mrgreen:
Yup - I use AnyDesk as well and it serves a purpose, though I was barred from using it for a short time, as the software developers (who clearly monitor how much data travel across each link), assumed I was a Professional User and that I should pay for a full Pro User licence. I contacted them and advised the I only used it as a BOINC volunteer so as to control a remote PC so I could switch tasks and projects. After that, they never caused me problems !

Of course there are some alternative BOINC Managers you could try out that can remotely connect to your farm of hosts, directly. from within a BOINC Mananger type interface - so all your hosts are visible in the one program?

These include:
Fresco https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/discussions/6866

BOINCTasks https://boinc.mundayweb.com/wiki/index. ... NC_Manager

BOINCView https://boinc.berkeley.edu/addons.php

So, maybe give them a look?
Tamagoch wrote: Sat Sep 05, 2026 8:36 am Regarding LL - dc, I'd rather stick to the TF project for a sprint. Much more stable for now. Your errors maybe caused by a driver if it is not up to date. The latest version is 616.64 came out two days ago.

Best wishes,
Tamagoch
Yup - I had already allowed TF tasks but none were forthcoming. And LL-DC is a recent app, so maybe it is still in development.

I'll need to check out my NVidia driver version, but I'm pretty sure it is quite old. :-(

regards and thanks
Tim

Re: FB Sprint 2026 Notifications

Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2026 7:01 pm
by JeromeC
During that sprint LL-dc ran perfectly on the vast.ai RTX 4070 Ti that I rented, without any specific configuration. It takes much longer than TF to complete (9h30), but don't pay attention to the 100% completed (= ignore it), it never failed for me. Exact same ratio of credit/time than TF.

When I'm holidays my iMac is also on holidays :)