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#11
Questions / Negative Memory Usage
Last post by mmonnin - November 30, 2025, 12:56:48 PMThe new E@H O4MD CPU tasks show up with negative memory usage. There is an actual negative sign. Something I have yet to see from BOINC Tasks. htop reports 2.6 to 2.7 GB used as does the BOINC MGR so its only BOINCTasks. I have sorted the tasks by memory usage in the image to show the data is actually negative. The other tasks are from other projects, all of the negative tasks are E@H.
#12
Wish List / Re: Multiple priorities
Last post by fred - November 17, 2025, 01:51:02 AMQuote from: drawerEchoes on November 16, 2025, 03:28:55 AMSince my GPU runs cool enough that throttling is never needed, maybe I can spoof CPU temp as if it were GPU temp, and add one set of processes as if it were GPU processes and control it that way?You could do that in the External tab.
#13
Wish List / Re: Multiple priorities
Last post by drawerEchoes - November 16, 2025, 03:28:55 AMYes, thanks for the suggestion, I am already using Process Lasso and it is a wonderful program. Unfortunately, I am not able to accomplish what I want entirely with Process Lasso + TThrottle.
My understanding is that scheduling priority for programs is mostly (only?) an impact when CPU time is a constraint. Since TThrottle works by reducing CPU time % allowed by a process, Process Lasso's priorities will not have much of an effect when TThrottle is throttling.
And as a background, the problem I am running into is that my CPU cooler is not sized adequately for my CPU, which is a problem I'm working to rectify, but I'm using TThrottle in the meantime.
With TThrottle, I have two options:
1. Throttle only BOINC tasks, attempting to control temperature of other processes (fishnet) by limiting the resources given to it.
Downside: possible to exceed temperature limits if I estimate the resources given incorrectly
2. Throttle both BOINC and fishnet simultaneously.
Downside: higher-priority background process has reduced CPU time along with BOINC. (Due to the above, Process Lasso has little effect in such a situation)
I would prefer a third option that would work similar to how GPU throttling is working:
Process set A (eg CPU BOINC tasks): Setpoint of 70C
Process set B (eg GPU BOINC tasks): Setpoint of 80C
Unlike GPU, which uses a different temperature metric than the CPU throttling, I wish to control both sets of programs with the same temperature metric, but with different setpoints.
Since my GPU runs cool enough that throttling is never needed, maybe I can spoof CPU temp as if it were GPU temp, and add one set of processes as if it were GPU processes and control it that way?
My understanding is that scheduling priority for programs is mostly (only?) an impact when CPU time is a constraint. Since TThrottle works by reducing CPU time % allowed by a process, Process Lasso's priorities will not have much of an effect when TThrottle is throttling.
And as a background, the problem I am running into is that my CPU cooler is not sized adequately for my CPU, which is a problem I'm working to rectify, but I'm using TThrottle in the meantime.
With TThrottle, I have two options:
1. Throttle only BOINC tasks, attempting to control temperature of other processes (fishnet) by limiting the resources given to it.
Downside: possible to exceed temperature limits if I estimate the resources given incorrectly
2. Throttle both BOINC and fishnet simultaneously.
Downside: higher-priority background process has reduced CPU time along with BOINC. (Due to the above, Process Lasso has little effect in such a situation)
I would prefer a third option that would work similar to how GPU throttling is working:
Process set A (eg CPU BOINC tasks): Setpoint of 70C
Process set B (eg GPU BOINC tasks): Setpoint of 80C
Unlike GPU, which uses a different temperature metric than the CPU throttling, I wish to control both sets of programs with the same temperature metric, but with different setpoints.
Since my GPU runs cool enough that throttling is never needed, maybe I can spoof CPU temp as if it were GPU temp, and add one set of processes as if it were GPU processes and control it that way?
#14
Wish List / Re: Multiple priorities
Last post by fred - November 15, 2025, 10:39:25 PMLook for a program to change the priority of an exe, like Process Lasso
#15
Wish List / Multiple priorities
Last post by drawerEchoes - November 15, 2025, 05:37:11 AMI want to use the same device for both BOINC and fishnet, a distributed stockfish analysis program for lichess. Since fishnet may be processing analyses requested by a user who is waiting, I would like to be able to prioritize fishnet processes over BOINC, while still using TThrottle to manage the CPU temperature.
If it was possible to run two separate instances of TThrottle, that would work, since I could set one temperature for the one managing BOINC and another temperature for fishnet. But if I combine both into one throttle, neither gets priority over the other and they both run slow.
Ideally, though, you could control priority of certain background processes when handling the throttling, all within one TThrottle UI.
If it was possible to run two separate instances of TThrottle, that would work, since I could set one temperature for the one managing BOINC and another temperature for fishnet. But if I combine both into one throttle, neither gets priority over the other and they both run slow.
Ideally, though, you could control priority of certain background processes when handling the throttling, all within one TThrottle UI.
#16
Questions / Re: Can't change refresh rate ...
Last post by fred - October 30, 2025, 05:03:48 PMQuote from: hucker on October 29, 2025, 11:44:44 PMHave you removed the option to change the refresh rate in the tasks view? I've looked everywhere!Extra -> BoincTasks settings -> View -> Refresh rate -> Normal or manual
I'm using 1.96
#17
Questions / Can't change refresh rate of t...
Last post by hucker - October 29, 2025, 11:44:44 PMHave you removed the option to change the refresh rate in the tasks view? I've looked everywhere!
I'm using 1.96
I'm using 1.96
#18
Questions / Re: Upgraded to BoincTasks 1.9...
Last post by fred - September 04, 2025, 07:43:41 AMGreat that you finnally go this working.
#19
Questions / Re: Upgraded to BoincTasks 1.9...
Last post by gb009761 - September 03, 2025, 01:43:13 PMHi Fred - SUCCESS!!!
I'd tried putting my computer's password in that field 'numerous' times, but then thought, perhaps, going on all that's been said/covered in this thread, if I copied the contents of the file 'gui_rpc_auth.cfg' into the password field and see what happens. Thankfully, my BoincTasks session then jumped into life and works
Later on today, I'll try getting BoincTasks on the other computer I'd been having issues with to work using this same technique if the 'proper' way doesn't click.
As to why this didn't work automatically as it's supposed to - who knows (and now, quite frankly, considering we've got a 'workaround', who cares).
Once again, thank you for all your help and patience in resolving this matter.
I'd tried putting my computer's password in that field 'numerous' times, but then thought, perhaps, going on all that's been said/covered in this thread, if I copied the contents of the file 'gui_rpc_auth.cfg' into the password field and see what happens. Thankfully, my BoincTasks session then jumped into life and works
Later on today, I'll try getting BoincTasks on the other computer I'd been having issues with to work using this same technique if the 'proper' way doesn't click.
As to why this didn't work automatically as it's supposed to - who knows (and now, quite frankly, considering we've got a 'workaround', who cares).
Once again, thank you for all your help and patience in resolving this matter.
#20
Questions / Re: Upgraded to BoincTasks 1.9...
Last post by fred - September 03, 2025, 09:56:11 AMGo to the computers tab and add the password.
That should work just fine.
If you still get a password error after restarting the computer or the Boinc client.
Change the password into something simple without any special characters and try again.
This is weird, BOINC and BoincTasks didn't change the connecting for ages.
Another thing I can think about is the Virus scanner / Firewall that blocks BoincTasks.
That should work just fine.
If you still get a password error after restarting the computer or the Boinc client.
Change the password into something simple without any special characters and try again.
This is weird, BOINC and BoincTasks didn't change the connecting for ages.
Another thing I can think about is the Virus scanner / Firewall that blocks BoincTasks.