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Simply said, preempted (BOINC v5.8.0 and earlier) or waiting (BOINC v5.8.1 or later) means '''paused.'''
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Possible messages you can come across:
  
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When you have multiple projects attached to BOINC and at least 2 of those projects have work, you will see that BOINC switches its crunching between those two projects. The tasks BOINC is currently working on show as Running, while the ones it was working on before show as preempted or waiting.  
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* Waiting for memory.
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* Waiting for GPU memory.
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* Waiting to run.
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* Waiting to run (Scheduler wait: Waiting to acquire lock)
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* Postponed: waiting to acquire lock.
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* Postponed: please upgrade BOINC to the latest version.
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* Suspended: on batteries.
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* Suspended: computer is in use.
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* Suspended: user request.
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* Suspended: time of day.
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* Suspended: CPU benchmarks in progress.
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* Suspended: need disk space - check preferences.
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* Suspended: computer is not in use.
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* Suspended: starting up.
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* Suspended: an exclusive app is running.
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* Suspended: CPU is busy.
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* Suspended: network bandwidth limit exceeded.
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* Suspended: requested by operating system.  
  
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It is done this way to give equal CPU time to all projects, set in accordance with your resources (set through the project's preferences) and with the amount of time until your tasks reach their deadline.  
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Essentially, all these mean that BOINC is paused, or has paused any running work.  
  
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Revision as of 14:51, 2 September 2016

Possible messages you can come across:

  • Waiting for memory.
  • Waiting for GPU memory.
  • Waiting to run.
  • Waiting to run (Scheduler wait: Waiting to acquire lock)
  • Postponed: waiting to acquire lock.
  • Postponed: please upgrade BOINC to the latest version.
  • Suspended: on batteries.
  • Suspended: computer is in use.
  • Suspended: user request.
  • Suspended: time of day.
  • Suspended: CPU benchmarks in progress.
  • Suspended: need disk space - check preferences.
  • Suspended: computer is not in use.
  • Suspended: starting up.
  • Suspended: an exclusive app is running.
  • Suspended: CPU is busy.
  • Suspended: network bandwidth limit exceeded.
  • Suspended: requested by operating system.

Essentially, all these mean that BOINC is paused, or has paused any running work.

.. needs further explanation per message.

Original writer Original FAQ Date
Jorden 46 07-01-2007
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