Most important when reporting problems is posting sections of the main message logs to include parts that went on before and after the lines that showed the problem. The real-time log entries show in the Messages tab of the BOINC Manager. They can be copied to the Clipboard for support forum posting by selecting the entries of interest and operating the "Copy Selection" button. For general system diagnostics we'd like to see the complete start up portion of the client log all through to where a job starts running. An example: Sample 'error' log of a Nutritious Rice task: