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Message 1650285 - Posted: 7 Mar 2015, 11:49:38 UTC

Hi team

I am running SETi on a Macbook pro (running Yosemite) with no problems whatsoever. i just got out of the keyboard a mac mini collecting dust and decided to add it to the SETI home Network.

the Mac mini is an intel Core Duo running MAC OS 10.6.8.

i installed BOINC on it again without problem but since march 1st the Boinc manager refuses to add any projects always telling me to try later.

Help much appreciated.
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Message 1650300 - Posted: 7 Mar 2015, 13:12:29 UTC - in response to Message 1650285.  

Making sure we're talking about the same thing here, we call Seti@Home the project, just as there are ClimatePrediction.net, Einstein@Home, Primegrid and World Community Grid. Are you talking about those when you mean project?
If so, which project(s) are you trying to add? Have you checked at those projects their web sites/forums if there is information about their status?

Or do you mean that BOINC can't get work from seti@Home?
We call those tasks, or work units. The project has some problems with its database off late which results in it running out of work at times. Everyone running Seti@Home then has the problem that they can't get (enough) work.
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Message 1650651 - Posted: 8 Mar 2015, 15:18:44 UTC - in response to Message 1650300.  

Hi jord, thank you for replying.
yes indeed I mean BOINC cannot add SETI.

I have SETi running on another machine and tasks are being exchanged with the server with no problem.

On the Mac MINI running mac OS X 10.6.8 on which i just installed BOINC. BOINC does not add SETI. i tried other projects randomly with the same result.

In short
BOINC installed on a Intel mac mini running Mac os x 10.6.8 and i cant add projects as per your email.

i am interested in SETI

thank you
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Message 1650894 - Posted: 9 Mar 2015, 2:27:48 UTC - in response to Message 1650651.  

Do you get an error message when trying to attach SETI to that machine? Anything that can help us troubleshoot the problem to help you better?
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Message 1652255 - Posted: 12 Mar 2015, 23:35:08 UTC - in response to Message 1650894.  

Hi Team. I have an extensive SOHO network comprising several access points all connected to a 4G LTE wireless broadband network. it works well.

I have throughout the network several computers dedicated to BOINC

A makbook pro

2 Lenovo Win laptops

1 Asus laptop running a hackintosh

wherever these computers are on the network they RUN BOINC SETI/Einstein and Milkyway properly with no issues.

As posted previously , i tried to add an INTEL mac MINI running Mac OS X 10.6.8.

BOINC installs properly but i cannot add any projects. Given the topography of the network i believe the issue is with the MAC MINI (i.e. not an access issue, not a firewall issue, etc)

When i try to add a project on the MAC MINI, i get a notice saying that BOINC cannot connect to the INTERNET. I checked the Mac MINI firewall (which is off), the PROXY settings (NONE USED). The Mac Mini has internet access (sites open normally).

the only explicit message i get is in the Event log saying

[Network Status}: need connection


Can it be a host file issue or something related (please note that in the BOINC manager window i do see the message "Connected to localhost")


Any idea is much appreciated, looking forward to a dying more processing power to BOINC

regards to all
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Message 1652267 - Posted: 12 Mar 2015, 23:56:36 UTC - in response to Message 1652255.  

The BOINC binary requires an open port through any firewall on TCP ports 80 and 443 in order to be able to communicate with the projects. Even under Windows when you disable the firewall, it'll still stay on as else the most nastiest nasties can easily creep onto the computer. I'm willing to bet the same thing happens with the Mac. So just re-enable the firewall and instead add BOINC as am exclusion for ports 80 and 443.
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Message 1652271 - Posted: 13 Mar 2015, 0:06:01 UTC - in response to Message 1652267.  

will do that thank you
hereafter an extract from the log file highlighting a HHTP issue.

please note that i can access the HTTP directly in SAFARI by typing its URL directly....

Also, i do not have this issue on other MACS running BOINC (but it could be proper to the old mac version namely 10.6.8 ---- I will check the firewall and let u know)


Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Starting BOINC client version 7.4.36 for x86_64-apple-darwin
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task, network_status_debug
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.39.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1j zlib/1.2.3 c-ares/1.10.0
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | OpenCL CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: Apple, driver version 1.0, device version OpenCL 1.0)
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | No usable GPUs found
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Host name: MacMini.local
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6]
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clfsh ds acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pbe pni dtes64 mon dscpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 tpr pdcm
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Darwin 10.8.0)
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 69.97 GB virtual
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Disk: 111.47 GB total, 69.72 GB free
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Local time is UTC +2 hours
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | No general preferences found - using defaults
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Preferences:
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | max memory usage when active: 1024.00MB
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | max memory usage when idle: 1843.20MB
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | max disk usage: 69.63GB
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | don't use GPU while active
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25%
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Not using a proxy
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | This computer is not attached to any projects
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:05 2015 | | Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:06 2015 | | [network_status] status: don't need connection
Fri 13 Mar 01:49:13 2015 | | Fetching configuration file from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/get_project_config.php
Fri 13 Mar 01:50:08 2015 | | [network_status] got HTTP error - checking ref site
Fri 13 Mar 01:50:09 2015 | | [network_status] need_phys_conn 0; trying http://www.google.com/
Fri 13 Mar 01:50:09 2015 | | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
Fri 13 Mar 01:51:02 2015 | | BOINC can't access Internet - check network connection or proxy configuration.
Fri 13 Mar 01:52:30 2015 | | Fetching configuration file from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/get_project_config.php
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