Boinc client unable to start

[Alfgo]

Hi all,

on my pc Boinctasks cant start the client automatically, see the logfile below.
But after starting the Boincclient manually Boinctasks works fine.
I suggest that Boinctask find not the right file directory with the boinc.exe.
Perhaps missing some entries in the BT config file or BM cc_config.xml?
What means ... program boinc.exe --detach, Data directory: ....?

Run only 1 machine, no remote pc.

How can this issue fixed? Any suggestions?

Win 10 (64), BOINC 7.2.47 (x86_64)

Logfile:

01 April 2016 - 20:53:46 BoincTasks version: 1.69
01 April 2016 - 20:53:46 Language ---- User: 1031 (DEU), System: 1031 (DEU), Selected: 1031 (DEU) Used: 1031 (DEU)
01 April 2016 - 20:53:47 Maximum number of computers: Unlimited
01 April 2016 - 20:53:47 Computers ---- Alfgo , IP: localhost
01 April 2016 - 20:53:58 Start BOINC client ---- Unable to start: Invalid directories: Program: boinc.exe --detach, Data directory:
01 April 2016 - 20:56:02 BoincTasks is closing down all threads, this may take a couple of minutes.
01 April 2016 - 20:56:02 BoincTasks has closed down all threads
01 April 2016 - 20:56:03 Maximum number of computers: Unlimited
01 April 2016 - 20:56:03 Computers ---- Alfgo , IP: localhost
01 April 2016 - 20:57:20 Connect ---- Connected to: Host: Alfgo, IP: localhost, Port: 31416, BOINC Version: 7.2.47

Thanks for your help.

[fred]

Hi all,

on my pc Boinctasks cant start the client automatically, see the logfile below.

Startup relies on registry keys, so if you moved or renamed the BOINC folder this may the cause.

Exit BoincTasks next select run as Administrator with the right mouse key. Do not logout and login as Administrator.
See if BoincTasks is able to start the BOINC client.

[Alfgo]

Hi, Fred
exiting BoincTasks and running as Administrator with the right mouse key didn´t fix the issue.

The same message in BT logfile:

... 03 April 2016 - 17:29:25 Start BOINC client ---- Unable to start: Invalid directories: Program: boinc.exe --detach, Data directory:
03 April 2016 - 17:32:39 BoincTasks is closing down all threads, this may take a couple of minutes...

Boincmanager shows this messages:

03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.47 for windows_x86_64
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Running under account Alfred
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | CAL: ATI GPU 0: AMD Radeon HD 7500/7600/8500/8600 series (Devastator) (CAL version 1.4.1848, 768MB, 736MB available, 1080 GFLOPS peak)
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | OpenCL: AMD/ATI GPU 0: AMD Radeon HD 7500/7600/8500/8600 series (Devastator) (driver version 1800.11 (VM), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1800.11), 768MB, 736MB available, 1080 GFLOPS peak)
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | OpenCL CPU: AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (OpenCL driver vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., driver version 1800.11 (sse2,avx,fma4), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (1800.11))
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Host name: Alfgo
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Processor: 4 AuthenticAMD AMD A8-6600K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics    [Family 21 Model 19 Stepping 1]
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 htt pni ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes syscall nx lm svm sse4a osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce tbm topx page1gb rdtscp
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1: Core x64 Edition, (06.03.9600.00)
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Memory: 15.19 GB physical, 17.44 GB virtual
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Disk: 100.41 GB total, 47.24 GB free
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Local time is UTC +2 hours
03.04.2016 17:33:37 | World Community Grid | URL http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID 3051859; resource share 100
03.04.2016 17:33:37 | World Community Grid | General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 30-May-2014 18:23:50)
03.04.2016 17:33:37 | World Community Grid | Computer location: home
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | General prefs: using separate prefs for home
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Reading preferences override file
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Preferences:
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | max memory usage when active: 11667.13MB
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | max memory usage when idle: 14000.55MB
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | max disk usage: 4.00GB
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | don't use GPU while active
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
03.04.2016 17:33:37 |  | Not using a proxy
03.04.2016 17:33:38 |  | Suspending GPU computation - user request
03.04.2016 17:39:57 |  | Not using a proxy
03.04.2016 17:40:19 | World Community Grid | Computation for task ugm1_ugm1_24298_0492_1 finished
03.04.2016 17:40:19 | World Community Grid | Starting task MCM1_0021910_8495_0
03.04.2016 17:40:21 | World Community Grid | Started upload of ugm1_ugm1_24298_0492_1_r1321116032_0
03.04.2016 17:40:29 | World Community Grid | Finished upload of ugm1_ugm1_24298_0492_1_r1321116032_0

Only if I start BM, the Boincclient starts and BT works fine.
How can Boinc client start only with BT? The boincmanager isn´t need to start the Boinc client?
I have different account name and different host name, see in BM logfile. 
Is that the issue?

Thanks for your suggestions.

[fred]

The problem is in the registry key, something went wrong while installing the BOINC client.

This is the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Setup

Read:
INSTALLDIR
DATADIR

BoincTasks seems to be unable to read both.

No problem to let the Boincmanager start the BOINC client, works just as good.

Or you can make a batch file and add:

C:\ProgramData\BOINC boinc.exe --detach

[Alfgo]

Thanks fred,

in the registry there is not such a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley\BOINC Setup,
but under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Bercley
are the files of BONIC Manager and BOINC Screensaver. I can´t find the entries for BOINC Setup.

So I let start BT first, then BM manually, which BM starts the BOINC client - this works.
But have to run both BM and BT, that´s not efficient.

What about reinstalling the BM with the client?

[fred]

What about reinstalling the BM with the client?

Make sure to check "for all users" that probably is what is causing the problem.