Why is MalariaControl.net the only project that has executed on my computer for more than a month? Does this mean that CE no longer has any income-generating projects?

We have a couple revenue generating apps at present -- But maybe you are a Mac user?  (*Unfortunately, these apps are Windows and Linux only at the moment.)

No, I'm a Linux user. So how come I'm not seeing them?

Maybe you should apply to do beta testing and get WUs for your computer.

Here's the link to change the setting: http://www.charityengine.com/account/settings

Also make sure that in BOINC you have set Charity Engine to allow new work.

Jo1252

My profile was already set to allow Beta Testing. Not sure how to set CE to allow new work. From the run-manager somehow? Or?

Yes, in the boinc manager in the project tabs.

there must be a place on the left when you select Charity engine to allow new work.

Can you post a log of boinc, maybe there is something there that could help us figure it out. There might be a dependancy lacking or something like this. what version of linux are you running? Ubuntu?

I'm running Xubuntu 12:04.3 with boinc_7.2.33_x86_64 (downloaded from http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php).

There is a "Projects" tab, with buttons for "Update", "Suspend", "No new tasks", "Reset project", "Remove" and "Properties" .. all greyed-out.

The only log files seem to be: time_stats_log, job_log_www.malariacontrol.net.txt and  job_log_work.charityengine.com.txt

if you can see "No New Tasks" while Charity Engine is selected, then it's fine.

Can you copy and paste the event log?

Look for it under the advanced menu.

Copy it here, it might be long. If it's too long, just create a text file and upload it somewhere and paste the link so we can access it.

I don't know much about Xubuntu, I'll have a look and see if there is something messing with boinc.

Jo1252

Interesting .. it says I'm actually using version 7.2.28; probably need to actually install the update.  Do you see anything else here?

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Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.28 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Libraries: libcurl/7.22.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.23 librtmp/2.3
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Data directory: /opt/BOINC
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | CAL: ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 2300/2400/3200/4200 (RV610) (CAL version 1.4.1720, 256MB, 236MB available, 56 GFLOPS peak)
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | OpenCL CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor (OpenCL driver vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., driver version 2.0 (sse2), device version OpenCL 1.2 AMD-APP (923.1))
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Host name: perentie
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 255 Processor [Family 16 Model 6 Stepping 2]
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | OS: Linux: 3.2.0-58-generic
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Memory: 1.70 GB physical, 8.00 GB virtual
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Disk: 55.12 GB total, 33.26 GB free
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Local time is UTC +11 hours
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | A new version of BOINC is available. (7.2.33) <a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php>Download</a>
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST | malariacontrol.net | URL http://www.malariacontrol.net/; Computer ID 711657; resource share 25
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST | Charity Engine | URL http://work.charityengine.com/; Computer ID 204179; resource share 500
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST | malariacontrol.net | General prefs: from malariacontrol.net (last modified 16-Apr-2012 14:42:50)
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST | malariacontrol.net | Host location: none
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST | malariacontrol.net | General prefs: using your defaults
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Reading preferences override file
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Preferences:
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | max memory usage when active: 696.54MB
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | max memory usage when idle: 1567.22MB
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | max disk usage: 5.51GB
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | don't use GPU while active
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25%
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:46 AM EST |  | Not using a proxy
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:47 AM EST |  | Suspending GPU computation - computer is in use
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:47 AM EST | Charity Engine | Restarting task wu_1388753102_36578_0 using ce-5 version 100 in slot 0
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:47 AM EST | Charity Engine | Restarting task wu_1388753102_36902_0 using ce-5 version 100 in slot 1
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:47 AM EST | Charity Engine | Sending scheduler request: Requested by project.
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:47 AM EST | Charity Engine | Requesting new tasks for ATI
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:50 AM EST | Charity Engine | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:55 AM EST | malariacontrol.net | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:55 AM EST | malariacontrol.net | Requesting new tasks for ATI
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:59 AM EST | malariacontrol.net | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:59 AM EST | malariacontrol.net | No work sent
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:18:04 AM EST | Charity Engine | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:18:04 AM EST | Charity Engine | Requesting new tasks for ATI
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:18:07 AM EST |  | Suspending computation - CPU is busy
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:18:07 AM EST | Charity Engine | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:18:17 AM EST |  | Resuming computation
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:19:17 AM EST | Charity Engine | Sending scheduler request: Requested by project.
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:19:17 AM EST | Charity Engine | Requesting new tasks for ATI
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:19:19 AM EST | Charity Engine | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks

Yes, you can probably do the update.

Also, you are running WUs that are bringing income to the project.

"Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:47 AM EST | Charity Engine | Restarting task wu_1388753102_36578_0 using ce-5 version 100 in slot 0
Tue 07 Jan 2014 10:17:47 AM EST | Charity Engine | Restarting task wu_1388753102_36902_0 using ce-5 version 100 in slot 1"

2 CPU WUs are running on your computer (CE-5). These bring an income to Charity Engine!

Anything else I can do for you ?

Jo1252

Thanks.  I thought that ce-5 was just a wrapper for other projects.

I guess I have another question: Is there a way of upgrading my existing BOINC installation without overwriting the data currently in the directory?

Same for me on my Mac . Only Malaria for a month , well more than a month now.

At least you are earning points with Malaria and still helping charity.

Maybe the project admins will be able to do something for mac soon.

As for CE-5 it is a task that brings a little income to the project. Any task done under the Charity engine project does.

Jo1252

Erik -- Unfortunately, none of the current CE commercial projects (CE3 and CE5) have work for Mac at the moment.  This is why you only get Malaria work.  But that Malaria work still generates prize entries.

Graham -- you should be able to update your desktop software without impact on your account or work in progress. Just download the lastest CE installer (or BOINC installer); and it should detect you are in an upgrade scenario and act approporately.

Yup, that worked; thanks Matt!