WhatPulse 2.1b3

[smitmartijn]

Hi,

You can now download WhatPulse 2.1 beta 3 from here:

- Windows: http://files.whatpulse.org/beta/whatpulse-win-2.1b3.exe
- OSX: http://files.whatpulse.org/beta/whatpulse-mac-2.1b3.dmg
- Linux 32bit: http://files.whatpulse.org/beta/whatpuls...1b3.tar.gz
- Linux 64bit: http://files.whatpulse.org/beta/whatpuls...1b3.tar.gz

This is probably going to be the last 2.1 beta, as I've got good confidence that most issues and random crashes have been resolved. As per usual, changelog is below! Let me know how it runs for you.

Due to database consistency checks, please pulse before updating! It might detect that your database is not consistent, which means it needs to rebuild it.

2.1b3
- Crash Fix: Networking code has been improved. This should stop most random client crashes.
- Crash Fix: Don't use country statistics when GeoIP database is updating
- Improvement: Require SSL libraries instead of just displaying a warning. (without SSL the libraries the account session is not saved)
- Improvement / Crash Fix: Check database integrity when starting and error when both the database and backup are corrupted. In previous versions, the client continued and displayed an unclear Visual Studio error on Windows.
- Improvement: Move all account data to whatpulse.wpw file instead of the SQLite database. So if there's ever anything wrong with the database, the unpulsed stats are not affected.
- Linux: Don't crash if pf_ring (network) is not available
- Linux: Display warning if input device permissions are not set up correctly
- Windows: Reset tray icon after 10 seconds when going to an application that the WhatPulse client cannot read. Otherwise the blink icon gets stuck.
- Windows: Reset the input hook when computer comes back from a sleep/hibernation to make sure Windows keeps sending input events.

2.1b2
- Windows: Update to WinPcap 4.1.3 for Windows 8 support.
- Windows: XP is now better supported for network & input per application stats.
- Windows: Lose some major weight (app&dll sizes) by compressing the client files.
- Input: Add a time period selector for per application stats.
- Network: The GeoIP database (per country stats) is now updated every 6 weeks.
- Network: Add a time period selector for per country stats.
- Generate a file called app.log in the %LOCALAPPDATA% directory for debugging.

2.1b1
- You can now see your keys/clicks on a per application basis.
- The login procedure has been simplified to be a breeze. You can add computers from the wizard and it auto detects your computer name.
- Revamped database control; this means the database is more stable, secure and doesn't interfere with your input. (freezing)
- Network monitoring performance has been improved.
- There is now a client updater included, which will notify you when a new version is released and will show the changes made. On OSX and Windows, it can automatically update the client.
- On Linux, the client will check whether it has the proper permissions for network monitoring and ask you whether it should correct those permissions.
- On Windows, there is a new option to run the client as administrator. This will allow the client to catch keys/clicks in applications that are also running as administrator. (enable this option when not all keys/clicks are counted)
- Many, many, many, many small tweaks and fixes.

[fatsa]

Thanks for the update smitmartijn.

I am afraid I had 2-3 random crashes within the first hour. Here is my app.log.

(Windows 8/64bit)

11-04-2013 03:15:54.293 INFO Starting WhatPulse...
11-04-2013 03:15:54.559 DEBUG Database file: "C:/Users/Dimitris/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/whatpulse.db"
11-04-2013 03:15:54.561 DEBUG Database check: "ok"
11-04-2013 03:15:54.562 DEBUG Opened database in: 3 ms
11-04-2013 03:15:54.566 DEBUG Not running WhatPulse as Administrator! :-(
11-04-2013 03:15:54.566 DEBUG Encrypted file: "C:/Users/Dimitris/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/whatpulse.wpw"
11-04-2013 03:15:54.904 DEBUG Opening GeoIP database: "C:/Users/Dimitris/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/GeoIP.dat"
11-04-2013 03:15:54.910 DEBUG enableInputHook: true
11-04-2013 03:15:54.911 DEBUG LowLevelHookHandler starting
11-04-2013 03:15:54.911 DEBUG Enabling lowlevel input hooks
11-04-2013 03:15:54.911 DEBUG Starting PcapNetworkTrafficMonitor..
11-04-2013 03:15:54.921 DEBUG Found new interface: 12 "{39F7F22C-AC81-4DAB-87F9-C20773F84664}" "90:E6:BA:D4:1A:F2" "Realtek PCIe Gigabit"
11-04-2013 03:15:54.921 DEBUG PcapNetworkTrafficMonitor: Starting interface 12
11-04-2013 03:15:54.940 DEBUG pcap thread started on interface "\Device\NPF_{39F7F22C-AC81-4DAB-87F9-C20773F84664}"
11-04-2013 03:15:54.970 DEBUG WhatPulse has started
11-04-2013 03:16:10.252 WARN QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "", which already has a layout
11-04-2013 03:19:19.217 WARN QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "", which already has a layout
11-04-2013 03:20:54.549 DEBUG Starting backup of database to: "C:/Users/Dimitris/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/whatpulse.db.backup"
11-04-2013 03:20:54.693 DEBUG Created database backup in 144 ms
11-04-2013 03:25:54.548 DEBUG Starting backup of database to: "C:/Users/Dimitris/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/whatpulse.db.backup"
11-04-2013 03:25:54.671 DEBUG Created database backup in 123 ms
11-04-2013 03:30:54.548 DEBUG Starting backup of database to: "C:/Users/Dimitris/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/whatpulse.db.backup"
11-04-2013 03:30:54.670 DEBUG Created database backup in 122 ms
11-04-2013 03:30:54.910 DEBUG Started download of GeoIP Database..
11-04-2013 03:30:55.106 DEBUG Version ' "2.0" ' is ignored, too old or something like that.
11-04-2013 03:30:56.281 DEBUG Writing downloaded GeoIP Database into: "C:/Users/Dimitris/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/GeoIP.dat"
11-04-2013 03:30:56.288 DEBUG Opening GeoIP database: "C:/Users/Dimitris/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/GeoIP.dat"

[smitmartijn]

What happens when you turn off network stats? I have a feeling WinPcap is still unstable on Windows 8.

[Jo0Lz]

Windows 8 64bit, installed the update, and within minutes, first crash...

Whatpulse stopped working...

Code:

26-03-2013 10:01:58.467  INFO Starting WhatPulse...
26-03-2013 10:01:58.897 DEBUG Database file:  "C:/Users/%username%/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/whatpulse.db"
26-03-2013 10:01:58.898 DEBUG Opened database in:  1 ms
26-03-2013 10:01:58.901 DEBUG Running WhatPulse as Administrator! :-)
26-03-2013 10:01:58.901 DEBUG Encrypted file:  "C:/Users/%username%/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/whatpulse.wpw"
26-03-2013 10:01:58.905  WARN libcap not available:
26-03-2013 10:01:59.035 DEBUG enableInputHook:  true
26-03-2013 10:01:59.035 DEBUG LowLevelHookHandler starting
26-03-2013 10:01:59.035 DEBUG Enabling lowlevel input hooks
26-03-2013 10:01:59.035 DEBUG Starting PcapNetworkTrafficMonitor..
26-03-2013 10:01:59.036 DEBUG No pcap found!
26-03-2013 10:01:59.099 DEBUG WhatPulse has started
26-03-2013 10:06:07.854  WARN Unable to find videocard in our database with vendor  "8086" , device  "0126"  and subsys  "21CF17AA"
26-03-2013 10:06:07.861  WARN QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "", which already has a layout
26-03-2013 10:06:08.057  WARN QPropertyAnimation: you're trying to animate a non-existing property opacity of your QObject
26-03-2013 10:06:39.419 DEBUG Version ' "2.0" ' is ignored, too old or something like that.  
26-03-2013 10:06:58.895 DEBUG Starting backup of database to:  "C:/Users/%username%/AppData/Local/WhatPulse/whatpulse.db.backup"
26-03-2013 10:07:01.026 DEBUG Created database backup in  2131 ms

Any suggestions?

[smitmartijn]

(04-11-2013 08:11 AM)Jo0Lz Wrote:  Any suggestions?

Same for you, what happens when you turn off networking?

[Electrosa]

It works nicely. No crashes at the moment.

[fatsa]

I have some really good news!

My client stopped crashing after disabling only "Per country" & "Per application" statistics. Per interface stats are enabled and working fine.

Windows 8/64bit

(04-11-2013 05:26 AM)smitmartijn Wrote:  What happens when you turn off network stats? I have a feeling WinPcap is still unstable on Windows 8.

[Jo0Lz]

(04-11-2013 08:24 AM)smitmartijn Wrote:  

(04-11-2013 08:11 AM)Jo0Lz Wrote:  Any suggestions?

Same for you, what happens when you turn off networking?

Has been running for about an hour and a half now, without crashing...

[smitmartijn]

(04-11-2013 11:55 AM)fatsa Wrote:  My client stopped crashing after disabling only "Per country" & "Per application" statistics. Per interface stats are enabled and working fine.

That sounds plausible, I don't think we've looked at the per country stats..Windows 8 seems to have issues with the lookup method. Gonna dive into that part!

What about you Jo0Lz - could you only disable country stats and see how that behaves?

[ollysharp]

I am testing with per country and per application switched off.

Looking at those logs, one is running as admin and the other isn't. Which should it be and why aren't they the same?

Cheers!