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[Sunfire]

Hi crunchers!
Is anybody using the 6.x.x version of BOINC with Vista?
I tried, but it can't communicate with the project servers
I had CA certificate error, and I found a fix for this at WCG forums, but it didn't worked

[sierra_bound]

A certificate error often occurs when the computer has incorrect date settings.

The 6.1.XX series is intended mainly for developers. They have never been released as betas.

[Sunfire]

Thanks sierra_bound!
I have upgraded from a working 5.10.30 to 6.1.5. When I have got a finished workunit, I tried to manually upload it. Then came the CA error. I have downloaded the certificate, shutted down BOINC, overwritten it, and started BOINC again. That didn't helped. After a few tries, I have installed 5.10.30 again, and it is worked perfectly until 5.10.35 came out. I am crunching with that now.
I have noticed, that 6.1.6 is out, maybe I give it a try

[Sunfire]

I have noticed, that 6.1.6 is out, maybe I give it a try

Not working
Here is the log (cutted version because it is too long):
2008.01.14. 16:09:32||Version change (5.10.35 -> 6.1.6)
2008.01.14. 16:10:05|World Community Grid|Restarting task X0000043960095200412231103_0 using hcc1 version 515
2008.01.14. 16:10:06|World Community Grid|Restarting task ll835_00022_14 using hpf2 version 518
2008.01.14. 17:27:11|World Community Grid|Started upload of X0000043960095200412231103_0_0
2008.01.14. 17:27:19||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
2008.01.14. 17:27:19|World Community Grid|Temporarily failed upload of X0000043960095200412231103_0_0: HTTP error

And a little later:

2008.01.14. 18:02:21|World Community Grid|Scheduler request failed: Peer certificate cannot be authenticated with known CA certificates
2008.01.14. 18:03:21|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. Requesting 698 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
2008.01.14. 18:03:23||Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
2008.01.14. 18:03:25||Internet access OK - project servers may be temporarily down.

I give up, changed back to 5.10.35

2008.01.14. 19:51:01||Version change (6.1.6 -> 5.10.35)
2008.01.14. 19:51:42|World Community Grid|Finished upload of ll835_00022_14_0
2008.01.14. 19:51:49|World Community Grid|Finished upload of dddt0301m0750_ZINC01911099-0000_00_0_1
2008.01.14. 19:51:57|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 27291 seconds of work, reporting 3 completed tasks
2008.01.14. 19:52:07|World Community Grid|Scheduler request succeeded: got 2 new tasks

[sierra_bound]

From what I've read, people have had issues with various 6.1.XX versions. 6.1.0 seems to be fine. I've been running that version for quite some time on one of my machines.

BOINC should be releasing 6.0 (official version) soon. It will have a new graphics engine. But it can only be run as a service.

[sierra_bound]

5.10.38 beta is now available for Windows users.

32-bit version

64-bit version

[Sunfire]

5.10.38 beta is now available for Windows users.

32-bit version

64-bit version

Thanks! Installing immediately

[linflas]

where is the 6.X service install for Vista, thought it was due this month?

Hopefully soon.

[sierra_bound]

5.10.38 beta is now available for Mac OS X users.

Standard GUI

Unix command-line version

[ChaosMinionX]

5.10.38 beta is now available for Windows users.

32-bit version

64-bit version

Testing it out now!

[DDTUNG]

My rigs are still on 5.10.13 and 5.10.13 x64. Is there a newer set of clients that will give noticeably higher ppd? A 5% increase will give me 40K+ more per day.

DDTUNG

[sierra_bound]

5.10.39 beta is available for Windows users.

32-bit version

64-bit version

[sierra_bound]

5.10.39 beta is now available for Mac OS X users.

Standard GUI

Unix command-line version

[sierra_bound]

5.10.40 beta is now available for Windows users.

32-bit version

64-bit version

[sierra_bound]

5.10.40 beta is now available for Mac OS X users.

Standard GUI

Unix command-line version

[Sunfire]

That was quick, 5.10.41 beta is now available for Windows users.

32-bit version

64-bit version

sierra_bound: Corrected, thanks

[sierra_bound]

I think you meant 5.10.41

[sierra_bound]

5.10.41 beta is now available for Mac OS X users.

Standard GUI

Unix command-line version

[rcofell]

Alright, I just updated the first post, which was long overdue. Thanks for keeping up with things SB, I sorta gave up keeping track of the new versions since you always get to them so quick

Any comments/idea? Should I add any of the versions that the members here consider most stable, if so which ones?

[sierra_bound]

5.10.13 is a favorite of mine. Have had no problems with either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions.

Today, I was testing various versions on my Clovertown system. 5.10.39 x64 seems very stable. Unfortunately, during the testing process I inadvertently aborted the project twice. So now I have 69 pages of errors! But even worse, I've used up my daily quota of work units. So my most productive rig will not be crunching for half a day. I've also been running the 32-bit version on my only cruncher that doesn't have a 64-bit OS. Have had no problems.

[Sunfire]

5.10.42 beta is now available for Windows users.

32-bit version

64-bit version

And for Mac OS X users.

Standard GUI

Unix command-line version

[sierra_bound]

I have had good results with 5.10.39 x64 and my Clovertown rig. Dhrystone benches about 500 points higher than 5.10.13 x64. Work units are being completed faster. This of course means more results returned per day. Quorum results have also been encouraging. Still too early to draw definitive conclusions. But I like what I see so far.

[sierra_bound]

5.10.42 beta is available for Linux/Ubuntu users.

32-bit version

64-bit version

Older Linux x86 and x64

[rcofell]

Heh, just messed with the Ubuntu 64-bit one a couple days ago, worked fine on Gentoo and should work for any other distro. Although after getting the compiler flags sorted out(don't use ANY optimization flags, unlike how the BOINC project wiki happens to show, otherwise it'll over claim compared to the regular releases) I just compiled it myself and has been working just fine. This way I won't have to wait for any slow releases like in the past...

[jcool]

I'm using the 5.10.42 in both Windows 32 and x64 flavours and they work fine
Can't say if there is any improvement over 5.10.30 though.