Hi,
I can not send and receive SETI data for few last weeks with error 417 returning. Have 3 completed tasks with deadlines on 8, 10 and 11 of Jan'09! The BOINC Messages window tells following:

Thu Jan 8 15:10:16 2009|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 51840 seconds of work, reporting 3 completed tasks
Thu Jan 8 15:10:27 2009|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: Error 417
Thu Jan 8 15:11:35 2009||Fetching configuration file from http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/get_project_config.php
Thu Jan 8 15:12:33 2009|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 51840 seconds of work, reporting 3 completed tasks
Thu Jan 8 15:12:38 2009|SETI@home|Scheduler request failed: Error 417

My spec is G4 DP 450MHz 1GB, Tiger 10.4.11.

I recently read a thread with advice to use http 1.0 for the server communications using custom config file at http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=3034. I made the cc_config.xml file and tried to read it from BOINC Menu/Advanced/Read config file, then Messages window returned

Thu Jan 8 15:53:34 2009||Missing start tag in cc_config.xml

Following is content of the cc_config.xml:

<cc_config>
<log_flags>
     <task>1</task>
     <file_xfer>1</file_xfer>
     <sched_ops>1</sched_ops>
     <state_debug>0</state_debug>
     <task_debug>0</task_debug>
     <file_xfer_debug>0</file_xfer_debug>
     <sched_op_debug>0</sched_op_debug>
     <http_debug>0</http_debug>
     <work_fetch_debug>0</work_fetch_debug>
     <unparsed_xml>0</unparsed_xml>
     <proxy_debug>0</proxy_debug>
     <time_debug>0</time_debug>
     <http_xfer_debug>0</http_xfer_debug>
     <benchmark_debug>0</benchmark_debug>
     <poll_debug>0</poll_debug>
     <guirpc_debug>0</guirpc_debug>
     <scrsave_debug>0</scrsave_debug>
     <rr_simulation>0</rr_simulation>
     <cpu_sched>0</cpu_sched>
     <cpu_sched_debug>0</cpu_sched_debug>
     <app_msg_send>0</app_msg_send>
     <app_msg_receive>0</app_msg_receive>
     <mem_usage_debug>0</mem_usage_debug>
     <network_status_debug>0</network_status_debug>
     <checkpoint_debug>0</checkpoint_debug>
     <coproc_debug>0</coproc_debug>
    </log_flags>
<options>
        <alt_platform>platform_name</alt_platform>
        <data_dir>/path/to/dir</data_dir>
        <disallow_attach>0|1</disallow_attach>
        <dont_contact_ref_site>
        <dont_check_file_sizes>0|1</dont_check_file_sizes>
        <exclusive_app>important.exe</exclusive_app>
        <force_auth>basic | digest | gss-negotiate | ntlm</force_auth>
        <http_1_0>0|1</http_1_0>
        <max_file_xfers>N</max_file_xfers>
        <max_file_xfers_per_project>N</max_file_xfers_per_project>
        <max_stderr_file_size>size_in_bytes</max_stderr_file_size>
        <max_stdout_file_size>size_in_bytes</max_stdout_file_size>
        <ncpus>N</ncpus>
        <no_alt_platform>0|1</no_alt_platform>
        <os_random_only>0|1</os_random_only>
        <report_results_immediately>0|1</report_results_immediately>
        <run_apps_manually>0|1</run_apps_manually>
        <save_stats_days>N</save_stats_days>
        <simple_gui_only>0|1</simple_gui_only>
        <start_apps_manually>0|1</start_apps_manually>
        <start_delay>N</start_delay>
        <suppress_net_info>0|1</suppress_net_info>
        <use_certs>0|1</use_certs>
        <use_certs_only>0|1</use_certs_only>
</options>
</cc_config>

SETI servers looks alive on these days. I tried restarts, repair permissions, fix errors with the Disk Utility, attach to project. Any advice?

You simply copied the help template from the BOINC wiki, not a good idea. Your cc_config.xml file should look like this:

<cc_config>
<options>
<http_1_0>1</http_1_0>
</options>
</cc_config>

There are no lower case 'L' characters in that code, only digits '1'.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

SETI@home classic workunits 3,758
SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours

Your cc_config.xml file should look like this:

<cc_config>
<options>
<http_1_0>1</http_1_0>
</options>
</cc_config>

There are no lower case 'L' characters in that code, only digits '1'.

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Thanx for the reply. Tried this with the same

Fri Jan 9 12:41:51 2009||Missing start tag in cc_config.xml

...Tried this with the same

Fri Jan 9 12:41:51 2009||Missing start tag in cc_config.xml

Are you sure that you edited the correct cc_config.xml file?

Since I'm no Mac user, I can't tell you the folders where you have to look, but what happens when you delete/rename the file? If the error message remains, you are in the wrong folder.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

SETI@home classic workunits 3,758
SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours

Since I'm no Mac user, I can't tell you the folders where you have to look, but what happens when you delete/rename the file? If the error message remains, you are in the wrong folder.

Gruß,
Gundolf

I don't know much about Mac either, but I would think in Mac it would be like Windows, and when you start up Boinc, the data directory is mentioned in the message tab of BOINC manager too.

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"Are you sure that you edited the correct cc_config.xml file?"

Sure for 95% and verified myself. I have put the cc_config.xml to Library/Application Support/BOINC Data. It contains many other .xml files. Also BOINC Messages window tells me that it tried to read the cc_config.xml by writing "Missing start tag in cc_config.xml". If I remove the cc_config.xml from the mentioned folder, BOINC tells nothing after doing Advanced/Read cc_config.xml. That means that the destination folder is correct. While starting BOINC, it mention data directory in Messages window:

Fri Jan 9 12:31:23 2009||Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data

I tried putting the cc_config.xml directly to Applications folder, but BOINC tells nothing again after forced file read. Also reinstalling BOINC from downloaded file did not give positive result.

It looks like I have to deinstall/reinstall after workunits deadline exceeding. One of my workunits has expired yesterday:-(

Sure for 95% and verified myself. I have put the cc_config.xml to Library/Application Support/BOINC Data. It contains many other .xml files. Also BOINC Messages window tells me that it tried to read the cc_config.xml by writing "Missing start tag in cc_config.xml". If I remove the cc_config.xml from the mentioned folder, BOINC tells nothing after doing Advanced/Read cc_config.xml.

That's what I wanted to know :-)
What editor do you use? It most be a simple text editor, not a word processor!

That means that the destination folder is correct. While starting BOINC, it mention data directory in Messages window:

Fri Jan 9 12:31:23 2009||Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data

I tried putting the cc_config.xml directly to Applications folder, but BOINC tells nothing again after forced file read. Also reinstalling BOINC from downloaded file did not give positive result.

It looks like I have to deinstall/reinstall after workunits deadline exceeding. One of my workunits has expired yesterday:-(

Why wait for the deadline? If you stop BOINC completely before uninstalling, nothing should happen with existing tasks if you re-install to the same folder.

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

SETI@home classic workunits 3,758
SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours

"If you stop BOINC completely before uninstalling, nothing should happen with existing tasks if you re-install to the same folder."

I tried to stop and reinstall. I worry about complete uninstallation that is available in the downloaded package. I think it delete my workunits!

...I worry about complete uninstallation that is available in the downloaded package. I think it delete my workunits!

If it is anything like the windows version (which it probably is :-), it won't delete them.

I just tried the same config on my iMac and get the exact same message about the missing start tag.

I also tried it with 6.5.0 and got same message.

Might be a bug in the way the Mac reads the config file.

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I have a C2D MBP, a CD MBP, an iBook G4 and a PowerMac G5. None of them have a config file and none have trouble (over the long haul) connecting to the servers. I do experience an occasional inability, but when I check on the http://fragment1.berkeley.edu:80/newcricket/grapher.cgi?target=/router-interfaces/inr-250/gigabitethernet2_3&ranges=d%3Aw&view=Octets, it's usually hitting the stops at 90MB, so I don't worry about it.

C

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