Re: [Condor-users] return of the KeyboardIdle bug ??

["Smith, Ian" <I.C.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's difficult to try this out as all our jobs are 
submitted from a UNIX server. I've got things locked down
pretty tight so I don't dare fiddle with the authorisation settings
(took me ages to set them up).

regards,

-ian.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg.Hitchen@xxxxxxxx
> Sent: 27 April 2010 02:49
> To: condor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Condor-users] return of the KeyboardIdle bug ??
> 
> 
> On another note/issue:
> 
> Ian, are you able to submit jobs from a windows machine running
> version 7.4.*?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Greg
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Todd Tannenbaum
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:13 AM
> To: Condor-Users Mail List
> Subject: Re: [Condor-users] return of the KeyboardIdle bug ??
> 
> Smith, Ian wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > With eager anticipation I installed Condor 7.4.2 hoping that it would
> >  fix the KeyboardIdle timer bug
> >
> > (see:
> > https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/archive/condor-users/2010-February/msg00147.shtml
> > )
> >
> > but is still seems to be present. I'm using Win XP SP 3. Has anyone
> > else noticed this under Windoze. I've followed the advice in:
> >
> > https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/archive/condor-users/2010-March/msg00053.shtml
> >
> >
> 
> Hi Ian -
> 
> The above recipe should work w/ XP, Vista, and Win7. Or at least it does
> for us.  Something else must be at play, and I am as eager to get to the
> bottom of it as you.
> 
> To confirm
>    1. You are running Condor v7.4.2
>    2. Your condor_config has the line
>          KBDD_LOG = c:\NUL
>       (or d:\NUL ... whatever is a drive that exists)
>    3. Your registry tells Windows to run the condor_kbdd.exe upon login, aka
>       [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
> "CONDOR_KBDD"="c:\\condor\\bin\\condor_kbdd.exe"
> 
> 
> What needs to happen is the condor_kbdd should be running as the logged
> in user, and it will poll the Windows OS every 5 seconds to see if any
> mouse/keyboard activity occured since the last poll.  If activity
> occurred, the kbdd sends a message (via UDP) to the startd.  The startd
> receives this message, confirms that the src IP address on the packet
> originated from the same machine, and then updates KeyboardIdle,
> ConsoleIdle appropriately.
> 
> Troubleshooting questions:
> - When you login, does the task manager show the condor_kbdd running?
> - With STARTD_DEUBG = D_COMMAND, do you see the "command_x_event"
> entries similar to the following in the StartLog when using the console
> of the machine?
> > 04/26 10:06:44 Received UDP command 427 (X_EVENT_NOTIFICATION) from
> > <xx.xx.xx.xx:1392>, access level ALLOW
> 
> 
> regards,
> Todd
> 
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