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Setting get reset after restarting client. #1696

Open Sandman192 opened 1 year ago

Sandman192 commented 1 year ago
I change settings in the Folding client (which I deleted a GPU slot) and check to see if the client saved the settings (which it did). As soon as I restarted the client the settings get reset and start grabbing GPU work. This wasn't that way in earlier clients. I here this is some sort of feature that users wanted in the client. Well, the feature is resetting settings without anyone's knowledge. I didn't find out for months after my last restart. I only found out about this later because I decided to check out my client and there's the GPU that I just got rid of. I did a workaround and workaround should be temporally. Resetting settings is NOT a feature. Your issue may already be reported! Please search on the [issue tracker](./) before creating one. ## Your Environment

Expected Behavior

Keep your settings. Removing a slot for GPU or CPU should stay removed and not get WU for it. ---- ## Current Behavior Restart your computer adds the GPU or CPU slot back to the setting when you restart the computer or just the client. ---- ## Possible Solution (Optional)

Steps To Reproduce

  1. Remover all CPU or GPU slots.
  2. Restart client or computer.
  3. Slot will be re added.

Context

Loss of work WU finishing. ----
Trekcaj commented 1 year ago

I have the same problem.

Impact on my system: Running Folding@home with the GPU slot results in my system overheating (day or so). Currently a restart (maybe from auto-updating) starts Folding@home with the GPU slot no longer removed which results in either (1) my pausing and removing the GPU slot and never completing the WU running on the GPU or (2) overheating and not completing two WU and loss of potentially days of work time till I am available to handle the situation. My GPU is slow and a WU often takes days on it, so overheating is a real issue even if I attempt to use "pause" to attempt to save the GPU WU.

Folding@home version 7.6.21. Windows version Windows 11 Pro, 22H2. Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Radeon Graphics