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BoincTasks For Window, Mac & Linux => Beta Testing => Topic started by: coolstream on August 12, 2011, 03:22:33 PM

Title: BT 1.16
Post by: coolstream on August 12, 2011, 03:22:33 PM
Many thanks for fixing the 'right click in blank area of views'. In doing so, I see an undocumented feature:

- With a line already highlighted, right clicking in a blank area opens up the same menu that would be displayed if you had right clicked on that line.

NOTE: This behaviour is only seen if a line has been highlighted. Otherwise, right clicking on a blank space does nothing.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on August 12, 2011, 03:44:48 PM
Quote from: coolstream on August 12, 2011, 03:22:33 PM
NOTE: This behaviour is only seen if a line has been highlighted. Otherwise, right clicking on a blank space does nothing.
A leftover, the right mouse used NOT to select the item, if there was an item already selected. Doesn't do much harm.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: coolstream on August 13, 2011, 12:52:04 PM
Agreed.

Another undocumented feature (although easy to spot) is the fact that it is now easier to 'un-filter' 'Ready to start' (if you have them filtered) and vice versa.

I only recently started to use the filter feature and the ability to switch by simply double-clicking makes micromanagement a few clicks easier. I like this a lot!!
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: thebestjaspreet on August 18, 2011, 05:48:14 PM
I have some issues with BT 1.16 . It reset boinc preferences for upload speed,download speed and download cap after some time on its own to 1,1,1 etc and write to disk after to 3 seconds .
I tried this on windows 7 64 bit sp1 and ubuntu 11.04 32 bit. Behaviour is same. :o

Update: I observed that this happens when the network setting connect after xx days is altered.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on August 19, 2011, 07:13:13 AM
Quote from: thebestjaspreet on August 18, 2011, 05:48:14 PM
I have some issues with BT 1.16 . It reset boinc preferences for upload speed,download speed and download cap after some time on its own to 1,1,1 etc and write to disk after to 3 seconds .
I tried this on windows 7 64 bit sp1 and ubuntu 11.04 32 bit. Behaviour is same. :o

Update: I observed that this happens when the network setting connect after xx days is altered.
Added to the bug list for 1.18
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on August 20, 2011, 03:27:08 PM
Quote from: thebestjaspreet on August 18, 2011, 05:48:14 PM
I have some issues with BT 1.16 . It reset boinc preferences for upload speed,download speed and download cap after some time on its own to 1,1,1 etc and write to disk after to 3 seconds .
I tried this on windows 7 64 bit sp1 and ubuntu 11.04 32 bit. Behaviour is same. :o
Do you have anything filled in at the computers tab, in columns Days work and Wanted tasks?
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: thebestjaspreet on August 28, 2011, 03:32:17 PM
It is better in 1.18 but still you get chance of resetting values of processor usage to 100%,network upload,download speed to 0.0 etc. I get this on both win 7 sp1 and ubuntu 11.4, on win 7 machine it is set for 2 days work or 80 tasks and ubuntu set for 1 day or 20 tasks in the computers tab.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on August 29, 2011, 07:16:06 AM
Quote from: thebestjaspreet on August 28, 2011, 03:32:17 PM
It is better in 1.18 but still you get chance of resetting values of processor usage to 100%,network upload,download speed to 0.0 etc. I get this on both win 7 sp1 and ubuntu 11.4, on win 7 machine it is set for 2 days work or 80 tasks and ubuntu set for 1 day or 20 tasks in the computers tab.
Is there any way to reproduce it? Is there any pattern, because I can't reproduce it.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: thebestjaspreet on August 29, 2011, 11:40:13 PM
Quote from: fred on August 29, 2011, 07:16:06 AM
Quote from: thebestjaspreet on August 28, 2011, 03:32:17 PM
It is better in 1.18 but still you get chance of resetting values of processor usage to 100%,network upload,download speed to 0.0 etc. I get this on both win 7 sp1 and ubuntu 11.4, on win 7 machine it is set for 2 days work or 80 tasks and ubuntu set for 1 day or 20 tasks in the computers tab.
Is there any way to reproduce it? Is there any pattern, because I can't reproduce it.
It comes up in random.May be linked with changing tasks/days in computer tab.Yesterday after posting above message I restarted my windows 7 and within 10-15 minutes this happened.
After that within a few minutes it happened on Linux Ubuntu 11.4 virtualbox which is also running 1.18 32 bit with wine.
Also,I will like to ask that why installer installs only 32 bit in wine whereas wine documentation says it will install 64-bit program if OS is 64 bit.I am running ubuntu 64 bit in virtualbox.

Yes,It has something to do with no. of tasks/days in computer tab.I just changed this on my Windows virual PC running windows XP sp3 32 bit and after some time the processor usage,% time processor usage was at 100 %,network upload,download rate was 0.0 and transfer cap was 0.0 and days work on network tab of boinc preferences was also 0.

Hope this can help.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on August 30, 2011, 05:43:14 AM
Quote from: thebestjaspreet on August 29, 2011, 11:40:13 PM
It comes up in random.May be linked with changing tasks/days in computer tab.Yesterday after posting above message I restarted my windows 7 and within 10-15 minutes this happened.
After that within a few minutes it happened on Linux Ubuntu 11.4 virtualbox which is also running 1.18 32 bit with wine.
Also,I will like to ask that why installer installs only 32 bit in wine whereas wine documentation says it will install 64-bit program if OS is 64 bit.I am running ubuntu 64 bit in virtualbox.

Yes,It has something to do with no. of tasks/days in computer tab.I just changed this on my Windows virual PC running windows XP sp3 32 bit and after some time the processor usage,% time processor usage was at 100 %,network upload,download rate was 0.0 and transfer cap was 0.0 and days work on network tab of boinc preferences was also 0.

Hope this can help.
Can you remove the tasks/days and see if the problem goes away.
The installer detects a 32 bit system and installs the 32 bit version. The system may be 64 bit but Wine as far as I know is 32 bit, so Windows is 32 bit.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: thebestjaspreet on August 30, 2011, 01:47:36 PM
Quote from: fred on August 30, 2011, 05:43:14 AM
Can you remove the tasks/days and see if the problem goes away.
The installer detects a 32 bit system and installs the 32 bit version. The system may be 64 bit but Wine as far as I know is 32 bit, so Windows is 32 bit.
The first time I removed BT crashed.However problem goes away after restart.Then I put the values as 1 and 1 and the problem comes back.

As regards wine64
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-b89ca9d7cdf2bc2ddfb23b3e5829219df48524f8 may be of help to you as it says in 2.5
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on August 30, 2011, 02:18:00 PM
Quote from: thebestjaspreet on August 30, 2011, 01:47:36 PM
As regards wine64
Note that Wine for 64-bit actually runs in 32-bit mode.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on August 31, 2011, 02:56:55 PM
Quote from: thebestjaspreet on August 18, 2011, 05:48:14 PM
I have some issues with BT 1.16 . It reset boinc preferences for upload speed,download speed and download cap after some time on its own to 1,1,1 etc and write to disk after to 3 seconds .
I finally found it and it should be fixed in 1.19.
Title: Sidebar Computer Selection
Post by: joshhighley on October 06, 2011, 08:58:29 PM
I admin about 140 computers.  The sidebar computer selection is nearly unusable:  it's too narrow and can't be adjusted to make wider, and the computers create multiple columns rather than vertical scrolling.  The columns aren't wide enough to show the full computer name (usually 20 - 30 characters) and they're so close that one name runs into the name in the next column.
Title: Re: Sidebar Computer Selection
Post by: Pepo on October 07, 2011, 06:43:54 AM
Quote from: joshhighley on October 06, 2011, 08:58:29 PM
[...] The sidebar computer selection is nearly unusable:  it's too narrow and can't be adjusted to make wider, [...]
I suppose when it is docked? There is one workaround for this: undock the sidebar, make its window sufficiently wide and dock it again - it will keep the width.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: joshhighley on October 07, 2011, 05:23:08 PM
with all the columns instead of vertical scrolling, it'd have to be very wide.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on October 07, 2011, 05:31:37 PM
Quote from: joshhighley on October 07, 2011, 05:23:08 PM
with all the columns instead of vertical scrolling, it'd have to be very wide.
Can you give me a screenshot, that avoids confusion.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: joshhighley on October 07, 2011, 06:46:24 PM
can you message me an email address to send them to?
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on October 08, 2011, 08:54:55 AM
Quote from: joshhighley on October 07, 2011, 06:46:24 PM
can you message me an email address to send them to?
In the about box and at the bottom of the web pages.

If possible try the latest Beta 1.23 and see if the problem is there as well.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: joshhighley on October 10, 2011, 02:35:49 PM
I emailed screen captures from 1.16.  1.23 looks the same.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on October 10, 2011, 03:44:06 PM
Quote from: joshhighley on October 10, 2011, 02:35:49 PM
I emailed screen captures from 1.16.  1.23 looks the same.
I'll test it.
Title: Re: Sidebar Computer Selection
Post by: fred on October 10, 2011, 04:27:36 PM
Quote from: joshhighley on October 06, 2011, 08:58:29 PM
I admin about 140 computers.
Try to use groups so the list isn't 140 long, but e.g 10x14 and should fit on the screen.
Title: Re: BT 1.16
Post by: fred on October 13, 2011, 07:15:51 AM
Should be fixed in V 1.24.