BOINC
Manager gets stuck on "Communicating with boinc client"
Describe the bug Boinc manager got stuck on "Communicating with boinc client" if system lags during communication because of memory exhaustion.
Boinctasks can connect just fine. Steps To Reproduce 1. 2.
Expected behavior A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
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System Information
- OS: 10.0.22631.3007
- BOINC Version: 7.24.1
Additional context It seems as if response to a request gets lost, and boinc manager remains content to wait for a response infinitely, without timing out.
There is no easy way to do a simple timeout from this situation, as the lost RPC can potentially cause significant problems for the BOINC Manager. But if you click on the Cancel button, the Manager will reset its communications and try to recover.
What happens if you click on the Cancel button?
@CharlieFenton
I experience these same symptoms on and off. Pressing the cancel button opens a prompt with a '"boincmgr" is not responding.' message. If I choose the wait options, the prompt reappears moments later, so "Force Quit" is the only way forward. Opening the application again brings me back to the start.
The machine in question is a Dell OptiPlex 755 running Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
The issue is not reliably solved with a computer restart. It just occasionally starts acting responsive again days or weeks later.
@wyzwon That is a Windows PC. I only work with Macs. But I can tell you that the communicating with client message is only a symptom indicating that the client is stuck and not responding to RPCs from the manager. I am not the right person to diagnose that actual problem.
The Manager makes periodic RPCs to the client (once/minute, more in some cases). If the client is unresponsive (e.g. because of out-of-memory issues) the Manager will show a 'Client not responding' error (modal dialog) for each one.
This behavior isn't as user-friendly as it could be, but it's been this way forever and it's not clear what to do instead.
