Thread 'Application not responding'

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IanC Send message Joined: 30 Jan 06 Posts: 21 Credit: 309,474 RAC: 0	Message 20735 - Posted: 25 Feb 2006, 2:18:15 UTC I\'ve got the beachball of eternity. I have made no changes to my system (Mac mini, 10.3.9, 512mb), I just quit out of Boinc while I was doing something memory hungry. When I re-launched it is just giving the beachball and I have to force quit. 200+ processor hours, 7 and a bit %. If I have to start again I will be well dis-chuffed. Any ideas? ID: 20735 · Reply Quote

Les Bayliss Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 5 Sep 04 Posts: 7629 Credit: 24,240,330 RAC: 0	Message 20736 - Posted: 25 Feb 2006, 3:55:00 UTC Last modified: 25 Feb 2006, 3:56:41 UTC When you say: I just quit out of Boinc, I hope you mean that you clicked Exit in the menu, rather than the X at the top right. It\'s a bit like unbolting the engine from a car without first turning off the ignition; NOT a good idea. Your two models seem to be still running, but perhaps the server software just hasn\'t updated yet. The only way to recover a crashed model, is from a backup of the BOINC folder made before the crash. And if I had even 1 cent for each time I\'ve told people this, I\'d be quite well off by now. ID: 20736 · Reply Quote

IanC Send message Joined: 30 Jan 06 Posts: 21 Credit: 309,474 RAC: 0	Message 20739 - Posted: 25 Feb 2006, 10:57:55 UTC - in response to Message 20736. When you say: I just quit out of Boinc, I hope you mean that you clicked Exit in the menu, rather than the X at the top right. It\'s a bit like unbolting the engine from a car without first turning off the ignition; NOT a good idea. Your two models seem to be still running, but perhaps the server software just hasn\'t updated yet. The only way to recover a crashed model, is from a backup of the BOINC folder made before the crash. And if I had even 1 cent for each time I\'ve told people this, I\'d be quite well off by now. Correct, except being a Mac it says Quit, not Exit. I also made sure nothing was running. Is everything of importance kept in the Application Support folder? ID: 20739 · Reply Quote

IanC Send message Joined: 30 Jan 06 Posts: 21 Credit: 309,474 RAC: 0	Message 20766 - Posted: 26 Feb 2006, 11:44:02 UTC - in response to Message 20739. When you say: I just quit out of Boinc, I hope you mean that you clicked Exit in the menu, rather than the X at the top right. It\'s a bit like unbolting the engine from a car without first turning off the ignition; NOT a good idea. Your two models seem to be still running, but perhaps the server software just hasn\'t updated yet. The only way to recover a crashed model, is from a backup of the BOINC folder made before the crash. And if I had even 1 cent for each time I\'ve told people this, I\'d be quite well off by now. Correct, except being a Mac it says Quit, not Exit. I also made sure nothing was running. Is everything of importance kept in the Application Support folder? Anyone? ID: 20766 · Reply Quote