Hi uplinger

Correct. The unit in question is trying to upload itself every couple of hours or so, whilst other units are being downloaded, crunched and returned with no problem.

I have just manually tried to send the failing one again.

Here are the message entries

10/02/06 17:15:07|World Community Grid|Started upload of ek076_01_0_0
10/02/06 17:15:08||Couldn't resolve hostname [§|]
10/02/06 17:15:09|World Community Grid|Temporarily failed upload of ek076_01_0_0: can't resolve hostname
10/02/06 17:15:09|World Community Grid|Backing off 46 minutes and 58 seconds on upload of file ek076_01_0_0

Morning uplinger

Here is the info you requested

======== Results ========
1) -----------
name: ek076_01_0
WU name: ek076_01
project URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
report deadline: Tue Feb 21 09:01:45 2006
ready to report: no
got server ack: no
final CPU time: 34485.484375
state: 4
scheduler state: 0
exit_status: 0
signal: 0
suspended via GUI: no
aborted via GUI: no
active_task_state: 0
stderr_out:
app version num: 0
checkpoint CPU time: 0.000000
current CPU time: 0.000000
fraction done: 0.000000
VM usage: 0.000000
resident set size: 0.000000
estimated CPU time remaining: 0.000000
supports graphics: no

It appears that in the client_state.xml file and client_state_prev.xml there was a corrupt URL field for that workunit. What I would recommend you doing is shut down boinc, this is so we're not changing something in the middle of BOINC writing something. You will need to do this however your system is setup.

Then, you'll want to open up client_state.xml file using a text editor.
Search for "<name>ek076_01_0_0</name>". A few lines under this, you'll see a <url> </url> field with some bogus characters. Change this to look like this...
<url>https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/w...pload_handler</url>

Now you will need to open up client_state_prev.xml file using a text editor. Search for "<name>ek076_01_0_0</name>". A few lines under this, you'll see a <url> </url> field with some bogus characters. Change this to look like this...
<url>https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/w...pload_handler</url>

Once this is done restart BOINC and update the World Community Grid. I
assume that you are using the gui for this client, if not I can give you
command line help on how todo this.

Again, thank you for your patience and assistance in solving this bug.

NOTE: These instructions are meant for this particular workunit but may be used if someone has a similar problem on another workunit just change the value between <name></name>

Yesterday I changed two computers from UD to Boinc. Now I experiences the same problem as Lazy Slug on one of the machines. But the solution provided by Uplinger doesn't seem to be the right for my problem.

Plz help!


The info requested by Uplinger in february is pasted in here:

Messages:
01-11-2007 05:30:29|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Started upload of file zb467_00018_8_0
01-11-2007 05:30:30|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Temporarily failed upload of zb467_00018_8_0: can't resolve hostname
01-11-2007 05:30:30|World Community Grid|Backing off 10 min 17 sec on upload of file zb467_00018_8_0
01-11-2007 05:40:48|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Started upload of file zb467_00018_8_0
01-11-2007 05:40:49|World Community Grid|[file_xfer] Temporarily failed upload of zb467_00018_8_0: can't resolve hostname
01-11-2007 05:40:49|World Community Grid|Backing off 1 hr 39 min 7 sec on upload of file zb467_00018_8_0

Boinccmd.exe --get_state:
======== Results ========
1) -----------
name: zb467_00018_8
WU name: zb467_00018
project URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
report deadline: Sun Nov 11 22:07:51 2007
ready to report: no
got server ack: no
final CPU time: 24930.859375
state: 4
scheduler state: 0
exit_status: 0
signal: 0
suspended via GUI: no
active_task_state: 0
stderr_out:
app version num: 0
checkpoint CPU time: 0.000000
current CPU time: 0.000000
fraction done: 0.000000
swap size: 0.000000
working set size: 0.000000
estimated CPU time remaining: 0.000000
supports graphics: no
2) -----------
name: zb467_00029_3
WU name: zb467_00029
project URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
report deadline: Sun Nov 11 22:09:57 2007
ready to report: no
got server ack: no
final CPU time: 26725.468750
state: 4
scheduler state: 0
exit_status: 0
signal: 0
suspended via GUI: no
active_task_state: 0
stderr_out:
app version num: 0
checkpoint CPU time: 0.000000
current CPU time: 0.000000
fraction done: 0.000000
swap size: 0.000000
working set size: 0.000000
estimated CPU time remaining: 0.000000
supports graphics: no

client_state.xml:
<file_info>
<name>zb467_00018_8_0</name>
<nbytes>140733.000000</nbytes>
<max_nbytes>10000000.000000</max_nbytes>
<md5_cksum>7ff180d9a5dfd23b87ef4f76fdaf6370</md5_cksum>
<generated_locally/>
<status>1</status>
<upload_when_present/>
<url>https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/w...pload_handler</url>
<persistent_file_xfer>
<num_retries>22</num_retries>
<first_request_time>1193890115.859375</first_request_time>
<next_request_time>1193956674.330896</next_request_time>
<time_so_far>42.484375</time_so_far>
<last_bytes_xferred>0.000000</last_bytes_xferred>
</persistent_file_xfer>
<signed_xml>
<name>zb467_00018_8_0</name>
<generated_locally/>
<upload_when_present/>
<max_nbytes>10000000</max_nbytes>
<url>https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/boinc/w...pload_handler</url>
</signed_xml>
<xml_signature>
795ac93bf84a01471fa976354358ab1ba858fa3a2887d46675a0224a4974a245
ff2b6001731e249ec6dfef4e65b71ba7dd1df5c0f3afc86e6f3d7c4b6ac97042
c1a9d50071ece6d61c1fb9007fcf6dd13f5b4eb2fa2cdeeb8d9451534787af0b
21331f46fc943e7b61cbeda68567e53d1817fb9786b869a169048a6e779324e5
.
</xml_signature>
</file_info>