BOINC World Community Grid stuck "Waiting for memory"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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boinc (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
This actually appeared some months ago. So far it has only affected one of my machines, but the machine has two disk partitions configured for Ubuntu. There are obviously no hardware differences between them, and they even share the same swap partition.
Before the Gutsy 7.10 upgrade, the BOINC Manager in one of the Ubuntu boots would frequently report that the process was stuck "Waiting for memory" (Wfm). At first it was rare, though it seemed most likely to occur at boot time. For example, it might run to 30% one day, then continue to 75% the next day, but on the third day it would just stick in the Wfm state. Later it became more common, and finally it seemed to occur right after the initial computations. It would download a fresh unit (after a Reset command), run for a few minutes, and then go directly to Wfm. I tried everything I could think of to fix it, including complete removals and reinstalls.
At this time, there was no problem in the other Ubuntu.
After the Gutsy 7:10 upgrade, both of them seem to be broken and immediately transition to the Wfm state. (I'm going to try a few of the other BOINC projects, though just for testing. WorldCommunityGrid is the one that is officially sanctioned by my employer.)
Changed in boinc: | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.