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Normally, you can right click on an entry shown on the projects tab to take actions for a project on a specific computer. I have two entries that are "dead". Right clicking on either does nothing. No pop up listing actions you can take. I would like to remove these two entries. I expect that I will need to shut down BT and BOINC as well, make a backup copy of the relevant file, and then very carefully edit the file to do this. I suspect it's a BOINC file but have been unable to determine which one. Can someone point me to the right file?

FWIW, the two entries are for computers I was trying to attach to WCG during its move. I think neither entry ever got processed which may account for why nothing happens when right clicking on either.

Thx,
Keith

Currently V1.73 running. Use BOINCTasks function to edit the config file (can start with a cc_config.xml that contains only tags being used (set to 1)), click on check syntax gives no errors, click apply. Go to Messages and select that same machine and you will see these errors reported by BOINC:

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2873859         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Re-reading cc_config.xml   
2873860         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Unrecognized tag in cc_config.xml: <lower_client_priority>   
2873861         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Unrecognized tag in cc_config.xml: <dont_suspend_nci>   
2873862         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Unrecognized tag in cc_config.xml: <dont_use_vbox>   
2873863         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Unrecognized tag in cc_config.xml: <no_opencl>   
2873864         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Unrecognized tag in cc_config.xml: <process_priority>   
2873865         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Unrecognized tag in cc_config.xml: <process_priority_special>   
2873866         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Not using a proxy   
2873867         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Config: report completed tasks immediately   
2873868         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Config: GUI RPC allowed from any host   
2873869         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   Config: GUI RPCs allowed from:   
2873870         9/4/2017 7:57:41 PM   log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task   

To correct, you have to shut down BOINC on each machine, manually edit cc_config.xml to remove these tags. Could these tags be for the version of BOINC with VirtualBox? I am running BOINC without that.

I've seen this quite frequently with BOINCTasks. On the Tasks page, the Status column can show either "Running" or "Running High P." When I go to BOINCManager on that machine, it shows "Running" when BOINCTasks is showing "Running High P." I think if you change your WU cache size in the BOINC profile for that machine, it can cause BOINCTasks to change the status for a task from running to running high p or vice versa. I would not expect there to be any difference.

Click on Extra, BOINCTasks Settings, View tab, set Refresh rate to Manual and some number of seconds. Update BOINCTasks (eg, V1.71 to 1.72) and this setting is set back to the default instead of being preserved. Currently running 1.73 and same problem occurred after updating from 1.72.

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Ok, got access to a Ubuntu 14.04 linux server (console only) so I went with BT to manage BOINC on it. I have BT connecting to it fine as long as I stick with the blank password file and use allow_remote_gui_rpc 1 in the cc_config.xml file. I'd like to use the IP address in the remote host file, a non-blank password and allow_remote_gui_rpc 0 but it won't connect that way. I tried using the value ipconfig gave for IPV4 address on the wintel box running BT. Is there an issue with linux using a non-blank password? The file was empty in the beginning whereas it has something random looking in it on windows. I'm presuming there must be something wrong with the IP address. What's the best way for me to sort this out? thx!