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SoaringDodo
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join:2006-03-17
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SoaringDodo

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[BOINC] Preferences Override XML

I just joined the SETI@Home team here at BBR.

Since the scheduler system is currently having problems with the prefs being loaded from the Berkeley server, I wrote a global_prefs_override XML file as described here:

»boinc.berkeley.edu/prefs ··· ride.php

What I'm doing is assigning BOINC to third shift, 11PM to 7AM local time, allowing it to have full use of my AMD X2 4400+ system. So far, it seems to be working but I wanted to make sure that I did not need to enter the time in UTC.

Please take a look and offer any suggestions or corrections I may need:

<global_preferences>
<run_on_batteries>0</run_on_batteries>
<run_if_user_active>1</run_if_user_active>
<start_hour>2300</start_hour>
<end_hour>0700</end_hour>
<net_start_hour>0</net_start_hour>
<net_end_hour>0</net_end_hour>
<leave_apps_in_memory>0</leave_apps_in_memory>
<confirm_before_connecting>0</confirm_before_connecting>
<hangup_if_dialed>0</hangup_if_dialed>
<work_buf_min_days>0.1</work_buf_min_days>
<max_cpus>2</max_cpus>
<cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>60</cpu_scheduling_period_minutes>
<disk_interval>60</disk_interval>
<disk_max_used_gb>1</disk_max_used_gb>
<disk_max_used_pct>1</disk_max_used_pct>
<disk_min_free_gb>0.1</disk_min_free_gb>
<vm_max_used_pct>75</vm_max_used_pct>
<idle_time_to_run>3</idle_time_to_run>
<max_bytes_sec_down>0</max_bytes_sec_down>
<max_bytes_sec_up>0</max_bytes_sec_up>
<cpu_usage_limit>100</cpu_usage_limit>
</global_preferences>

Thanks,
Steve
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Finally got this sorted out. It turned out that when I first put the XML file in place, I had two instances of BOINC running. Not sure how that happened.

So, I restarted the computer, re-edited the XML to include:

<start_hour>23:00</start_hour>
<end_hour>07:00</end_hour>

I checked the log this morning and BOINC started and stopped promptly at those times.