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nanoprobe
Master Cruncher Classified Joined: Aug 29, 2008 Post Count: 2998 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Had a mess this afternoon. After getting it cleaned up I can't reattach to WCG. Message says an error has occurred and to look at the event log. The event log says it's fetching config file from WCG (actually says it twice) but nothing happens. I can attach to other projects. I'm stumped.
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In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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Former Member
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 Well . . . Power down / power up router. Suspend all projects. Exit BOINC. Reboot. Exit BOINC. Try to rebuild BOINC. Reboot. try to reconnect to WCG. if that fails, try to disconnect from WCG. Try to reconnect to WCG. If that fails, describe your system to us and tell us what error messages it is giving.  |
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nanoprobe
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Well . . . Power down / power up router. Suspend all projects. Exit BOINC. Reboot. Exit BOINC. Try to rebuild BOINC. Reboot. try to reconnect to WCG. if that fails, try to disconnect from WCG. Try to reconnect to WCG. Done all that umteen times. I can't attach to WCG for some reason. I can attach to other projects. If that fails, describe your system to us and tell us what error messages it is giving. System is i7-860 @ stock. 4GB ddr3 ram. Win XP pro 32 bit. Running BOINC version 7.0.8, which has been running fine for weeks. Tried 6,10.58 too, same problem. Even deleted the hidden BOINC data folder so I could start from scratch. The error message says failed to attach. An error has occurred, see event log. The event log says nothing other than it tried to fetch the config files from the WCG website. Here is part of the stdoutdae.txt if that helps. 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] No config file found - using defaults 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Starting BOINC client version 7.0.15 for windows_intelx86 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.21.6 OpenSSL/1.0.0d zlib/1.2.5 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Running under account dork 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHz [Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5] 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Processor: 256.00 KB cache 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pni ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 nx lm vmx smx tm2 popcnt pbe 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00) 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Memory: 3.46 GB physical, 8.18 GB virtual 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Disk: 93.12 GB total, 47.97 GB free 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Local time is UTC -5 hours 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] ATI GPU 0: ATI Radeon HD 4350/4550 (R710) (CAL version 1.4.1664, 512MB, 496MB available, 192 GFLOPS peak) 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] OpenCL: ATI GPU 0: ATI RV710 (driver version CAL 1.4.1664, device version OpenCL 1.0 AMD-APP (851.4), 256MB, 496MB available) 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] No general preferences found - using defaults 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Preferences: 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] max memory usage when active: 1773.71MB 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] max memory usage when idle: 3192.68MB 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] max disk usage: 10.00GB 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] don't use GPU while active 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 % 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Not using a proxy 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] This computer is not attached to any projects 10-Mar-2012 22:36:32 [---] Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions Initialization completed 10-Mar-2012 22:36:38 [---] Fetching configuration file from http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/get_project_config.php 10-Mar-2012 22:39:31 [---] Fetching configuration file from http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/get_project_config.php 10-Mar-2012 22:40:58 [---] No general preferences found - using defaults 10-Mar-2012 22:40:58 [---] Reading preferences override file 10-Mar-2012 22:40:58 [---] Preferences: 10-Mar-2012 22:40:58 [---] max memory usage when active: 1773.71MB 10-Mar-2012 22:40:58 [---] max memory usage when idle: 3192.68MB 10-Mar-2012 22:40:58 [---] max disk usage: 10.00GB 10-Mar-2012 22:40:58 [---] don't use GPU while active 10-Mar-2012 22:40:58 [---] (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager) 10-Mar-2012 22:41:40 [---] Fetching configuration file from http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/get_project_config.php 10-Mar-2012 22:46:42 [---] Fetching configuration file from http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/get_project_config.php 10-Mar-2012 22:47:56 [---] Fetching configuration file from http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/get_project_config.php 10-Mar-2012 22:48:22 [---] Running CPU benchmarks 10-Mar-2012 22:48:22 [---] Suspending computation - CPU benchmarks in progress 10-Mar-2012 22:48:30 [Milkyway@Home] work fetch suspended by user 10-Mar-2012 22:48:53 [---] Benchmark results: 10-Mar-2012 22:48:53 [---] Number of CPUs: 8 10-Mar-2012 22:48:53 [---] 2791 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU 10-Mar-2012 22:48:53 [---] 6986 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU 10-Mar-2012 22:48:54 [---] Resuming computation Attached to Milkyway with no problem.
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18667 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Have you tried disabling any AV programs and then try to attach?
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X-Files 27
Senior Cruncher Canada Joined: May 21, 2007 Post Count: 391 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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From a working BOINC, grab this file: account_www.worldcommunitygrid.org.xml
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Former Member
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That's an interesting workaround, but still the fundamental difference between WCG and any other BOINC project is that a secure connection needs to be established. If this works, we'll add this to the compendium in the "cannot attach to WCG" part of the FAQ's.
BTW, the log indicated a user level install... the price of wanting GPU computing on Windows. On Linux this cannot even be done... always a service/daemon install, but GPU computing works. --//-- |
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nanoprobe
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From a working BOINC, grab this file: account_www.worldcommunitygrid.org.xml Back to the system where you got issues, paste that file. Make sure BOINC is not running before you paste it. Then run BOINC. It should all be good. This is what I do for my custom made MSI (Windows Installer). That did it. Learned something new. Thanks teamie.  SekeRob, while this worked for me because I have multiple machines and have access to the file what about people who have only 1 cruncher? Is there a place where a copy of this file could be stored for on the website for others to use?
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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Former Member
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Glad the trick worked, though it's puzzling why it happened in the first place.
Plz mark thread as [RESOLVED] and insert "Cannot" at start of title. This will help the next who's got the same issue. --//-- |
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nanoprobe
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Glad the trick worked, though it's puzzling why it happened in the first place. Very puzzling indeed. How my BOINC install on this machine got borked in the first place is also very puzzling. (To me anyway  )Plz mark thread as [RESOLVED] and insert "Cannot" at start of title. This will help the next who's got the same issue. Done.
In 1969 I took an oath to defend and protect the U S Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and Domestic. There was no expiration date.
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Former Member
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SekeRob, while this worked for me because I have multiple machines and have access to the file what about people who have only 1 cruncher? Is there a place where a copy of this file could be stored for on the website for others to use? There's been an FAQ for longer doing it the boinccmd tool way, and I've added X-files27 trick to that: http://bit.ly/a0vCme . At first thought of posting a copy in text form, but the file proofs complex, so not convinced if editing it is a good idea. For sure you could grab any copy from anywhere and insert your authentication code and restart BOINC, but why hack if it can be done as described in the FAQ, roman II. --//-- |
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