I had to reboot windows (XP Pro) because of a software update to another application. After the reboot the core client service (this is a service install) starts but never starts any boinc applications. The MGR can't connect to the client either. I was running 5.10.35. I uninstalled 5.10.35 and reinstalled 5.10.30 but the problem persists. Any suggestions?

What happens if you stop the service and then run BOINC Manager by hand, will it run BOINC?

What software did update?

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Quicktime & iTunes update.

I can't stop the service using the computer management interface (boinc.exe doesn't respond to the request). The only way to stop boinc is to terminate boinc.exe using taskmanager.

With everything stopped if I start boincmgr then boinc starts. Boincmgr reports that it can not connect to boinc and the computer management interface doesn't think the service is started. Both boinc and boincmgr are using 0% cpu. Using TCPVIEW I can see that boinc is not listening on any ports.

As additional information I changed the names of STDOUTDAE, STDOUTGUI & STDERRDAE. The contents of the new files created is as follows:

STDOUTDAE.TXT

16-Jan-2008 09:24:48 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.10.30 for windows_intelx86
16-Jan-2008 09:24:48 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
16-Jan-2008 09:24:48 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.17.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
16-Jan-2008 09:24:48 [---] Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9]
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Memory: 1021.98 MB physical, 4.91 GB virtual
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Disk: 58.59 GB total, 10.67 GB free
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Local time is UTC -5 hours
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [ABC@home] URL: http://abcathome.com/; Computer ID: 34912; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [rosetta@home] URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID: 200670; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [boincsimap] URL: http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/; Computer ID: 18412; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [Leiden Classical] URL: http://boinc.gorlaeus.net/; Computer ID: 3193; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [SHA-1 Collision Search Graz] URL: http://boinc.iaik.tugraz.at/; Computer ID: 16021; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [Riesel Sieve Project] URL: http://boinc.rieselsieve.com/; Computer ID: 7712; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [The Lattice Project] URL: http://boinc.umiacs.umd.edu/; Computer ID: 7452; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [climateprediction.net] URL: http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID: 435247; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [Rectilinear Crossing Numbers] URL: http://dist.ist.tugraz.at/cape5/; Computer ID: 6956; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [Einstein@Home] URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 597388; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [lhcathome] URL: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/; Computer ID: 1494901; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [orbit@home] URL: http://orbit.psi.edu/; Computer ID: 2967; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [Predictor @ Home] URL: http://predictor.scripps.edu/; Computer ID: 238725; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [QMC@HOME] URL: http://qah.uni-muenster.de/; Computer ID: 7224; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [ralph@home] URL: http://ralph.bakerlab.org/; Computer ID: 2398; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [SETI@home] URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 2341497; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [SETI@home Beta Test] URL: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID: 6249; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [Spinhenge@home] URL: http://spin.fh-bielefeld.de/; Computer ID: 4408; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [SZTAKI Desktop Grid] URL: http://szdg.lpds.sztaki.hu/szdg/; Computer ID: 17729; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [malariacontrol.net beta] URL: http://www.malariacontrol.net/; Computer ID: 3020; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [NanoHive@Home] URL: http://www.nanohive-1.org/atHome/; Computer ID: 8712; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [uFluids] URL: http://www.ufluids.net/; Computer ID: 9857; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [World Community Grid] URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 32967; location: work; project prefs: work
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 27-Nov-2007 11:55:48)
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Host location: work
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] General prefs: using separate prefs for work
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Reading preferences override file
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1021.98MB
16-Jan-2008 09:24:49 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1021.98MB
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.10.30 for windows_intelx86
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.17.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] Data directory: C:\Program Files\BOINC
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9]
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] Memory: 1021.98 MB physical, 4.91 GB virtual
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] Disk: 58.59 GB total, 10.67 GB free
16-Jan-2008 09:26:00 [---] Local time is UTC -5 hours
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [ABC@home] URL: http://abcathome.com/; Computer ID: 34912; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [rosetta@home] URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID: 200670; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [boincsimap] URL: http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/; Computer ID: 18412; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [Leiden Classical] URL: http://boinc.gorlaeus.net/; Computer ID: 3193; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [SHA-1 Collision Search Graz] URL: http://boinc.iaik.tugraz.at/; Computer ID: 16021; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [Riesel Sieve Project] URL: http://boinc.rieselsieve.com/; Computer ID: 7712; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [The Lattice Project] URL: http://boinc.umiacs.umd.edu/; Computer ID: 7452; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [climateprediction.net] URL: http://climateprediction.net/; Computer ID: 435247; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [Rectilinear Crossing Numbers] URL: http://dist.ist.tugraz.at/cape5/; Computer ID: 6956; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [Einstein@Home] URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 597388; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [lhcathome] URL: http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/; Computer ID: 1494901; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [orbit@home] URL: http://orbit.psi.edu/; Computer ID: 2967; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [Predictor @ Home] URL: http://predictor.scripps.edu/; Computer ID: 238725; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [QMC@HOME] URL: http://qah.uni-muenster.de/; Computer ID: 7224; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [ralph@home] URL: http://ralph.bakerlab.org/; Computer ID: 2398; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [SETI@home] URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 2341497; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [SETI@home Beta Test] URL: http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/beta/; Computer ID: 6249; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [Spinhenge@home] URL: http://spin.fh-bielefeld.de/; Computer ID: 4408; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [SZTAKI Desktop Grid] URL: http://szdg.lpds.sztaki.hu/szdg/; Computer ID: 17729; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [malariacontrol.net beta] URL: http://www.malariacontrol.net/; Computer ID: 3020; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [NanoHive@Home] URL: http://www.nanohive-1.org/atHome/; Computer ID: 8712; location: (none); project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [uFluids] URL: http://www.ufluids.net/; Computer ID: 9857; location: home; project prefs: default
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [World Community Grid] URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 32967; location: work; project prefs: work
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [---] General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 27-Nov-2007 11:55:48)
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [---] Host location: work
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [---] General prefs: using separate prefs for work
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [---] Reading preferences override file
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1021.98MB
16-Jan-2008 09:26:01 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1021.98MB

STDOUTGUI.TXT

[01/16/08 09:24:48] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init boinc_socket returned 516

[01/16/08 09:24:49] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init connect returned -1

[01/16/08 09:24:49] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init attempting connect

[01/16/08 09:24:49] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:49] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:49] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:49] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:50] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:50] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:50] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll attempting connect

[01/16/08 09:24:50] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:50] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:51] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516

[01/16/08 09:24:51] TRACE [2684]: RPC_CLIENT::init_poll sock = 516
.
.
.

STDERRDAE.TXR

empty file.

So now this is getting strange. I left everything set in this "strange" state. After just over an hour later, processes started to run.

1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM|Spinhenge@home|URL: http://spin.fh-bielefeld.de/; Computer ID: 4408; location: (none); project prefs: default
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM|SZTAKI Desktop Grid|URL: http://szdg.lpds.sztaki.hu/szdg/; Computer ID: 17729; location: home; project prefs: default
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM|malariacontrol.net beta|URL: http://www.malariacontrol.net/; Computer ID: 3020; location: home; project prefs: default
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM|NanoHive@Home|URL: http://www.nanohive-1.org/atHome/; Computer ID: 8712; location: (none); project prefs: default
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM|uFluids|URL: http://www.ufluids.net/; Computer ID: 9857; location: home; project prefs: default
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM|World Community Grid|URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: 32967; location: work; project prefs: work
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM||General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 27-Nov-2007 11:55:48)
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM||Host location: work
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM||General prefs: using separate prefs for work
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM||Reading preferences override file
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1021.98MB
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1021.98MB
1/16/2008 9:55:57 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 10.57GB
1/16/2008 11:04:17 AM|The Lattice Project|Starting 48459540.2978495992105522.96_0
1/16/2008 11:04:17 AM|The Lattice Project|Starting task 48459540.2978495992105522.96_0 using hmmpfam version 510

Edit: I was typing this help in the time you posted the above where it started working again... so um... not really necessary to test it. See if you want to.

I can't stop the service using the computer management interface (boinc.exe doesn't respond to the request).

Ah ya, I have that problem when testing BOINC 6, with no solution in sight yet.
Although the inability to stop the service is usually a permission problem, that should be fixed by a reboot.

But OK, let's test a thing or two.
Uninstall BOINC through Add/Remove Programs.
Delete the registry entry for BOINC at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARESpace Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley (delete the whole key).
(You may want to reboot here)
Move your remaining BOINC directory to a new place, like from C:Program FilesBOINC to C:BOINC
Reinstall BOINC pointing the installation to C:BOINC

You can stop the BOINC service through services.msc (Start-.Run, type services.msc and press OK) or through the net stop command (Start->Run, type net stop boinc, press OK. (to restart it, type net start boinc, all small caps)

Has reinstalling BOINC to a different location fixed things?

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Before I saw your post, I uninstalled the 5.10.30 client (which after it "woke up" responded to the stop from service.msc). I installed 5.10.35 which detected the level change and and ran the benchmarks. It didn't then start running tasks. So I am back to where I was this morning.

I force boinc to stop (taskmanager terminate) so that I could change the user that the boinc service runs under and have restarted. It is not sitting doing nothing. I plan on leaving it like this to see if it once again starts running all on its own. This is sounding like some strange timing related problem.

If I get it running I think I will drain out all tasks and then experiment.

Once again there was a long delay where boinc.exe was "asleep". It eventually woke up and tasks are running again.

1/16/2008 11:50:03 AM||General prefs: from World Community Grid (last modified 27-Nov-2007 11:55:48)
1/16/2008 11:50:03 AM||Host location: work
1/16/2008 11:50:03 AM||General prefs: using separate prefs for work
1/16/2008 11:50:03 AM||Reading preferences override file
1/16/2008 11:50:03 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1021.98MB
1/16/2008 11:50:03 AM||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1021.98MB
1/16/2008 11:50:03 AM||Preferences limit disk usage to 10.56GB
1/16/2008 12:35:30 PM|The Lattice Project|Restarting task 48459540.2978495992105522.96_0 using hmmpfam version 510
1/16/2008 12:35:30 PM|boincsimap|Starting 8011102.096416_0
1/16/2008 12:35:31 PM|boincsimap|Starting task 8011102.096416_0 using simap version 510

Have you eventually run Ralph's Rosetta_mini task just prior to the stall? Your computers are hidden over there, so I can't find out self.

Peter

Ralph Rosetta mini is a possibility. There is one waiting to start now. I think I saw something about this on the alpha list last night. I am monitoring now. I also saw a stall of both the client and the manager after it had been up and running for awhile. Installing 5.10.38 is on the list for this morning.

Ralph Rosetta mini is a possibility. There is one waiting to start now. I think I saw something about this on the alpha list last night. I am monitoring now. I also saw a stall of both the client and the manager after it had been up and running for awhile. Installing 5.10.38 is on the list for this morning.

Fast workaround: make all read-only files in the slots folder tree writable. Boinc is then able to delete them when necessary. Boinc 5.10.38 will attempt to do the same if a delete fails.

Peter

Pepo,
Thanks for the suggestion.

Since everything stalled again I took advantage of the stop and went ahead and installed 5.10.38. Everything came up OK after the installation. I will continue to monitor.