I have tried quite a few times to locate a listing of BOINC error codes, to no avail.

Does anyone have, or know where to get, a list of at least the 10-20 most common error codes? I am certain that many on here would like to have such a list.

Thanks in advance!

There's a reasonably comprehensive list maintained by the BOINC FAQ Service.

Thanks Richard,

The errors I see occasionally are '1' and '-12' and I still don't know what the represent. Someone said that such errors are mostly caused by bad data and not by my machine.

My RAC has recently gone from ~6,200 to ~12,000 so I see a few more errors, but not enough to be of concern. Just curious...

It seems you're looking for a list of error code for the SETI science app, which is separate from BOINC error codes.

It seems you're looking for a list of error code for the SETI science app, which is separate from BOINC error codes.

There's another FAQ section for project application errors - some, though maybe not all, of the SETI errors come into that category.

Have the guys at Lunatics published a list of error/exit codes as well?

I guess the source from Berkeley would need to have notes as to what the error/exit codes actually meant.

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anyone know what a -5 exit error is? I am getting a bunch of these lately

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anyone know what a -5 exit error is? I am getting a bunch of these lately

The link Richard posted lists a description for -5

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there's also no need to ask the same question on multiple threads

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anyone know what a -5 exit error is? I am getting a bunch of these lately

The link Richard posted lists a description for -5

Or you could just read the description in the workunit output:

SETI@home error -5 Can't open file
(work_unit.sah) in read_wu_state() errno=2

File: ..\worker.cpp
Line: 131

Thanks Richard,
I did see that. just checking, you never know for sure until you ask.

Andy

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so is it a problem at my end or corrupt work unit?

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so is it a problem at my end or corrupt work unit?

It is not a corrupt work unit. Both the -5 exit error and the errno=2 indicate that the file couldn't be opened. Either the file was totally missing, the translation from work_unit.sah to the actual WU name failed, or something else interfered with opening the file. A corrupted work unit could produce one of a few errors, but not that one.

It is almost certain there's a problem at your end, time to do any deferred maintenance and hope that's enough.

                                                                Joe