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Re: [Condor-users] kbdd not working on windows server 2008



Eric, you may need to check that the "Users" group has write access to the the KBDD log file
(and not just the SYSYEM account).
 
We had some issues with this under Win7. It seemed OK with an MSI install but not
with our own home grown install scripts from the zip file.
 
We have found (again with Win7, we haven't tried with server 2008 yet) that the kbdd
daemon handles/detects keyboard/mouse acivity fine with remote desktop connections.
 
Cheers
 
Greg
 

From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Abel
Sent: Friday, 22 July 2011 3:32 AM
To: Condor-Users Mail List
Subject: Re: [Condor-users] kbdd not working on windows server 2008

It seems condor_kbbd is already in my registry:

 

 

From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John (TJ) Knoeller
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:20 PM
To: Condor-Users Mail List
Subject: Re: [Condor-users] kbdd not working on windows server 2008

 

On Windows Server 2008 the condor_kbdd running as SYSTEM will only see keyboard activity on the background desktop reserved for services (which never has a keyboard installed...).

it will never see the users users keyboard activity.
You need add condor_kbdd to the registry as indicated here
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/3_13Setting_Up.html#SECTION004136000000000000000

On 7/21/2011 2:00 PM, Eric Abel wrote:

I’m using Condor version 7.6.1, and condor_kbbd indeed runs as “system”.

 

Eric

 

From: condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:condor-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John (TJ) Knoeller
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:27 AM
To: condor-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Condor-users] kbdd not working on windows server 2008

 

What version of Condor are you using?
is KBDD in your DAEMON_LIST?
does an instance of KBDD run as the user when the user logs on?

Starting with Windows Vista, (Win7, Server 2008) Microsoft changed the desktop rules so that
the state of the keyboard for the logged on user isn't visible to services.  So a KBDD running as
SYSTEM thinks the keyboard is always idle. 

The MSI installers for Condor 7.4.4 and 7.5.6 (and 7.6.x) will add the KBDD to the Users's Run key
so that whenever a user logs on, a new instance of the KBDD will start.  You can create the key
yourself if you didn't use the MSI installer, but the KBDD for older versions of Condor doesn't work
when run in this mode.

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/3_13Setting_Up.html#SECTION004136000000000000000

-tj

On 7/21/2011 12:09 PM, Eric Abel wrote:

Fellow Condor Users,

 

I have a dual quad running windows server 2008 r2 which will not kill jobs when a user logs on.  I can force preempting and killing of jobs by setting PREEMPT/KILL variables to TRUE in the config file, but the machine status will not switch to OWNER even though I am logged onto the machine.   I am using the default UWCS_START, UWCS_PREEMPT configuration, which works fine on every other machine on the pool, just not this one.  To me this indicates that kbbd isn’t working?  Has anyone encountered this?  If so, was a solution found?  If not, any ideas how to troubleshoot this?  This server is used for other services by many other users, so I would much like to find a solution. 

 

Thanks,

 

Eric

 
 
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