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Communication Deferred Error [RESOLVED]

Hi. I've been running BOINC for months now. Just recently, I am getting the dreaded "Communications Deferred" message when trying to update to a new task. I suspect a firewall/proxy issue, but I see in the log that a file has been downloaded successfully. (I bolded the successful download as well as the error.) Thoughts?

Also of note, both of my work PC's have the same error.

Here is the log of the messages:

5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.45 for windows_intelx86
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Libraries: libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3]
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Memory: 3.49 GB physical, 5.33 GB virtual
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Disk: 74.50 GB total, 45.53 GB free
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Local time is UTC -7 hours
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Version change (5.10.30 -> 5.10.45)
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM|World Community Grid|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 423605; location: (none); project prefs: default
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 31-Dec-1969 16:00:01)
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Host location: none
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||General prefs: using your defaults
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Reading preferences override file
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1787.03MB
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 3037.96MB
5/6/2008 4:57:52 PM||Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB
5/6/2008 4:57:53 PM||Running CPU benchmarks
5/6/2008 4:58:03 PM|World Community Grid|Fetching scheduler list
5/6/2008 4:58:09 PM|World Community Grid|Master file download succeeded
5/6/2008 4:58:14 PM|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks
5/6/2008 4:58:19 PM|World Community Grid|Scheduler request failed: Failure when receiving data from the peer5/6/2008 4:58:26 PM||Benchmark results:
5/6/2008 4:58:26 PM|| Number of CPUs: 2
5/6/2008 4:58:26 PM|| 1352 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
5/6/2008 4:58:26 PM|| 2249 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
5/6/2008 4:59:24 PM|World Community Grid|Sending scheduler request: Requested by user. Requesting 0 seconds of work, reporting 0 completed tasks

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[May 7, 2008 12:05:53 AM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

Dreaded? "Communication deferred" a normal message to prevent you from contacting the servers too frequently.

The actual message you highlight is different: "Failure when receiving data from the peer".

We have a help page that should assist with this particular problem: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/help/viewTopic.do?shortName=proxy

Please ask again if you still have problems.

[May 7, 2008 12:15:11 AM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

Hi.

I was able to update the CC_CONFIG.XLM file with an NTLM. However, I still am getting a communication deferred error. Also, I am getting a pop up button. Here is the log now. (This is a snip of a repeating log:)

5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Expire cleared
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Issue another request to this URL: 'http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/'
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #0 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #1 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #2 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #3 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #4 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #5 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #6 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #7 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #8 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connection #9 isn't open enough, can't reuse
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: This connection did not fit in the connection cache
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: About to connect() to proxy internet.visa.com port 80 (#-1)
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Trying 198.241.217.248...
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Connected to internet.visa.com (198.241.217.248) port 80 (#-1)
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Sent header to server: GET http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: BOINC client (windows_intelx86 5.10.30)
Host: www.worldcommunitygrid.org
Pragma: no-cache
Accept: */*
Accept-Encoding: deflate, gzip
Referer: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: HTTP/1.1 407 Proxy Authentication Required5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Proxy-Authenticate: NTLM5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Proxy-Authenticate: BASIC realm="internet"5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Cache-Control: no-cache5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Pragma: no-cache5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-85/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: HTTP/1.1 proxy connection set close!
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Proxy-Connection: close5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Set-Cookie: BCSI-CS-09B86D4CBE53A54D=2; Path=/5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Connection: close5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Content-Length: 10915/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: 5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Expire cleared
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] info: Maximum (50) redirects followed
5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] HTTP error: Number of redirects hit maximum amount

Also, here is the button text:
World Community Grid couldn't do Internet communication, and no default connection is selected. Please connect to the Internet, or select a default connection using Advanced/Options/Connections

Note: When I go to Advanced/Options/Connections, there is no default for me to select.

Thoughts?

M

[May 8, 2008 6:54:47 PM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

"Communication deferred" is not an error.

Please check that you have named cc_config.xml correctly. It is xml, not xlm.

[May 8, 2008 7:15:14 PM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

Hi.

Sorry for stating an error. From my perspective, it is not working correctly...

The file is named correctly:

C:\Program Files\BOINC\cc_config.xml

M

[May 9, 2008 4:27:31 PM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

Mizenson,

Your log says that you have a 'basic' proxy,

Authenticate: BASIC realm="internet"5/8/2008 11:44:13 AM||[http_debug] [ID#2] Received header from server: Cache-Control: no-cache5/8/2008 11:44:13

therefore the flag should be

<force_auth>basic</force_auth>

and not 'nltm'.

If not, let us know.

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[May 9, 2008 5:38:05 PM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

Hi,

I changed the config file to "basic". I went to Advanced/read config, then back to the project tab, and update projects. Same popup error:

Now in the log, I'm getting an interesting log entry:

New log entry
5/9/2008 11:57:19 AM||Unparsed tag in cc_config.xml: <force_auth>

I also still get the following pop up button:
World Community Grid couldn't do Internet communication, and no default connection is selected. Please connect to the Internet, or select a default connection using Advanced/Options/Connections

When closing the button, I go through the cycle of deferred communication...

Here is the current config file:
<cc_config>
<log_flags>
<file_xfer_debug>1</file_xfer_debug>
<http_debug>1</http_debug>
<http_xfer_debug>1</http_xfer_debug>
<proxy_debug>1</proxy_debug>
</log_flags>
<options>
<force_auth>basic</force_auth>
</options>
</cc_config>

Thanks again for the help.

M

[May 9, 2008 7:03:26 PM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

The format seems healthy and i just tried it on mine and it gives no error, BUT, are you still using client 5.10.45, because below 5.10.41 it will give such an error.

You need to set your browser default to not try to dial if on ADSL.

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[May 9, 2008 7:48:20 PM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

That did it. I had an older version. Update and and now am back up and processing...

Thanks for all the help and direction.

M

[May 9, 2008 9:24:53 PM]

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Re: Communication Deferred Error

Mizenson, your original post shows 5.10.45.

If you have problems in the future, please make sure you provide logs from the actual computer having the problem, and tell us if you do anything significant such as installing a different version of BOINC.

Thank you.

[May 9, 2008 10:26:16 PM]

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