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Can't connect machine to WCG as new project
Hi,

been trying to register a new machine for the last week or so using boinc (running as service) and keep getting the following error message:

Fetching configuration file from http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/get_project_config.php
The web page at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ contains no BOINC information.It may not be the URL of a BOINC project.Please check the URL and try again.
Resetting project
Rescheduling CPU: exit_tasks
Detaching from project

PC set-up as follows:

    OS: Win2K + SP4 + rollup1
    Boinc client: version 5.4.11
    Firewall: ZoneAlarm version 6.5.737.000 with "server.worldcommunitygrid.org" added as a "trusted" zone
    CPU: AMD 4400+ (dual-core)
    2GB RAM
    200GB SATA-II disk - partition where Boinc is installed: 7.98GB total, 5.74GB free


In addition, I have had no problems at all over last few months running Rosetta@home including upgrade from Boinc version 5.4.9 to 5.4.11.

Any ideas?
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Re: Can't connect machine to WCG as new project
Can you confirm the URL you are using to attach?

Are you using any kind of proxy? Take a look at the actual file BOINC downloaded - it should be in your BOINC folder.
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Re: Can't connect machine to WCG as new project
Can you confirm the URL you are using to attach?

yep - tried both www.worldcommunitygrid.org and http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/

Are you using any kind of proxy?

No

Take a look at the actual file BOINC downloaded - it should be in your BOINC folder.

master_www.worldcommunitygrid.org.xml is the only file in the boinc directory, however there is no corresponding directory in boinc\projects for wcg
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Re: Can't connect machine to WCG as new project
The reason I asked these questions is because there are some ISPs that use proxy software to strip and compress data. This process strips out the BOINC information.

Take a look at master_www.worldcommunitygrid.org.xml and see if it includes

<!-- boinc scheduling server
<scheduler>https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/wcg_cgi/fcgi</scheduler>
-->

near the beginning. If not, then it was stripped out by your ISP. Complain to them! They shouldn't do things like that without asking you.

As for a workaround - the forthcoming version of BOINC will solve this problem. Check back in a couple of months, and hopefully upgrading will solve your problem.
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The reason I asked these questions is because there are some ISPs that use proxy software to strip and compress data. This process strips out the BOINC information.

hmmph!
Take a look at master_www.worldcommunitygrid.org.xml and see if it includes
<!-- boinc scheduling server
<scheduler>https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/wcg_cgi/fcgi</scheduler>
-->
near the beginning. If not, then it was stripped out by your ISP. Complain to them! They shouldn't do things like that without asking you.

Indeed. This very text is missing from the xml file sad.
As for complaining to the ISP, well... I'm using UMTS over a mobile due to the utter dearth of DSL in the area. Even moved flat *twice* having been promised each time - even with line-rating speed tests - that DSL was available. Turned out it wasn't after all but they got some cash out of me anyway... Oh, forgot to say, I'm in Northern Germany ATM where the notion of "customer service" meets with either confused or frowning looks... Still, I can always complain to them even if I know it'll end up heading fast to /dev/null - it's the principle that counts! Well, that's what I keep telling myself... wink

As for a workaround - the forthcoming version of BOINC will solve this problem. Check back in a couple of months, and hopefully upgrading will solve your problem.

Excellent news and also thank you very much for your help, much appreciated.
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Re: Can't connect machine to WCG as new project
Why wait for BOINC devs to solve the problem? Take the <scheduler> http://abcathome.com/abc_cgi/cgi </scheduler> statement out of the comment block and put it in a <DIV> block.

    <div style="display:none">
          <scheduler> http://abcathome.com/abc_cgi/cgi </scheduler>
    </div>

The above code is in use at the ABC project and is known to pass unfiltered through at least 1 UMTS ISP in Germany.

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Re: Can't connect machine to WCG as new project
Thanks for reporting the problem and also for identifying a solution that worked on other projects. We will be updating our website later this week and it will include a change that switches the scheduler tag from residing within a HTML comment and placing it into the div tags.
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