Hi there,

I recently formatted my entertainment pc for a tidy up. Everything works fine but boinc will not connect to the server. I have enabled boinc in the fire wall.

I was hoping to find a trouble shooting connections/settings page but haven't managed to find one yet.

In the options the is no default connection in connections and Http proxy and socks are unticked. I'm guessing herein lies my problem.

Any help would be great, must crunch more numbers!

Cheers
-J

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Hi there,

I recently formatted my entertainment pc for a tidy up. Everything works fine but boinc will not connect to the server. I have enabled boinc in the fire wall.

I was hoping to find a trouble shooting connections/settings page but haven't managed to find one yet.

In the options the is no default connection in connections and Http proxy and socks are unticked. I'm guessing herein lies my problem.

Any help would be great, must crunch more numbers!

Cheers
-J

Could we see the messages from the messages tab?

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BOINC WIKI

From the thread title I would conclude that you have to select "Run always" and "Network activity always available" from the Activity menu of BOINC manager (advanced view).

Gruß,
Gundolf

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Thanks for the replies. There are quite a few messages, how many would suffice?

I just tried changing the 2 settings in activity but when I clicked to update the project I got the connection deffered message in the status. I also notice in transfers the block of data status retry.

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...There are quite a few messages, how many would suffice?

It will be best to restart the BOINC client or to reboot. Then post the startup messages here, including those of one upload/download attempt.

Gruß,
Gundolf

Here is the log as requested.

9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Starting BOINC client version 6.6.36 for windows_intelx86
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8j zlib/1.2.3
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Running under account James
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ [x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 2]
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 3dnow mmx
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Home x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Memory: 1022.48 MB physical, 2.40 GB virtual
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Disk: 48.83 GB total, 37.87 GB free
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Local time is UTC +12 hours
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM No CUDA devices found
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM No coprocessors
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Using HTTP proxy :80
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM SETI@home URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 5053782; location: home; project prefs: default
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM SETI@home General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 23-Sep-2005 17:59:17)
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM SETI@home Computer location: home
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM SETI@home General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Reading preferences override file
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.24MB
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.24MB
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Preferences limit disk usage to 0.25GB
9/10/2009 10:04:51 AM SETI@home Restarting task ap_26mr08ai_B5_P0_00324_20090906_22909.wu_0 using astropulse_v505 version 505
9/10/2009 10:06:27 AM SETI@home update requested by user
9/10/2009 10:06:31 AM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
9/10/2009 10:06:31 AM SETI@home Not reporting or requesting tasks
9/10/2009 10:07:36 AM SETI@home Scheduler request completed
9/10/2009 11:05:31 AM SETI@home update requested by user
9/10/2009 11:05:34 AM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
9/10/2009 11:05:34 AM SETI@home Not reporting or requesting tasks
9/10/2009 11:05:44 AM SETI@home Scheduler request completed

Thanks for the help!

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Here is the log as requested.

9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Starting BOINC client version 6.6.36 for windows_intelx86
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8j zlib/1.2.3
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Running under account James
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ [x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 2]
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Processor features: fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 3dnow mmx
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Home x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Memory: 1022.48 MB physical, 2.40 GB virtual
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Disk: 48.83 GB total, 37.87 GB free
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Local time is UTC +12 hours
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM No CUDA devices found
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM No coprocessors
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Using HTTP proxy :80
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM SETI@home URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 5053782; location: home; project prefs: default
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM SETI@home General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 23-Sep-2005 17:59:17)
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM SETI@home Computer location: home
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM SETI@home General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Reading preferences override file
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Preferences limit memory usage when active to 511.24MB
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 920.24MB
9/10/2009 10:04:50 AM Preferences limit disk usage to 0.25GB
9/10/2009 10:04:51 AM SETI@home Restarting task ap_26mr08ai_B5_P0_00324_20090906_22909.wu_0 using astropulse_v505 version 505
9/10/2009 10:06:27 AM SETI@home update requested by user
9/10/2009 10:06:31 AM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
9/10/2009 10:06:31 AM SETI@home Not reporting or requesting tasks
9/10/2009 10:07:36 AM SETI@home Scheduler request completed
9/10/2009 11:05:31 AM SETI@home update requested by user
9/10/2009 11:05:34 AM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
9/10/2009 11:05:34 AM SETI@home Not reporting or requesting tasks
9/10/2009 11:05:44 AM SETI@home Scheduler request completed

Thanks for the help!

I don't see the problem here. It apparently started processing a task. I don't know how much work you have on hand, or what your timestats look like, but the scheduler has determined that you have enough work on hand to keep your computer busy for the time that is specified for the queue (sum of connect every X and extra work).

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BOINC WIKI

Since your computers are hidden, we can't see the kind and number of tasks your machine has downloaded. The task currently running is an AstroPulse one, which take rather long to complete (three weeks on my laptop, running exclusively).

Do you still have a task stuck in uploading? If so, you should copy the messages of an upload attempt here also.

Gruß,
Gundolf

The task currently running is an AstroPulse one, which take rather long to complete (three weeks on my laptop, running exclusively).

It's an AP 5.05, which are a tad quicker. ;-)

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The astropulse one has uploaded. I'm thinking that was the problem as things seem to be going fine now. Seems bizarre, perhaps the amount of times you swear at something really does make a difference...

Thanks to John and Gundolf for your assistance, I'd shout you a beer if you were closer!

-J

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