I have a boinc server running a few projects. For some reason, my client, after requesting work, spit this out:

"[work_fetch_debug] work fetch: project not contactable; skipping"

It doesn't say _why_ the project is not contactable, though. I need to know this so I know where to find the problem. Can anyone tell me how I can find out why the project is not contactable?

Thanks for any help!

it means no contact was made, no reply from server or anything. idk much about the system but that what it means to me, a real obvious point of mine.

Telling us what the project is would help.
And you could try going to their website. Perhaps they're having problems.

it means no contact was made, no reply from server or anything. idk much about the system but that what it means to me, a real obvious point of mine.

No, the system didn't even try to contact the server (skipped it), that's how it sounds to me. But why, I don't know either.

[edit]@ryeterrell: What other debug logging options did you enable?[/edit]

Gruß,
Gundolf
[edit2]@Les Bayliss: (S)He is running the project![/edit2]

I can enable anything you want and post it.

Telling us what the project is would help.
And you could try going to their website. Perhaps they're having problems.

Well, it's my own project, and I haven't secured it which is why I am not posting it. :P

it means no contact was made, no reply from server or anything. idk much about the system but that what it means to me, a real obvious point of mine.

It's funny, I can attach to the project, see the project webpage, and I can see the downloads directory from my web browser.

OK, your own project, sorry.
Being able to "see" the server with a browser helps, (the server is "there"),but BOINC is a different matter.

I'd guess that you'll have to look at the client code, find the message, and then find those areas that call that error message.

OK, your own project, sorry.
Being able to "see" the server with a browser helps, (the server is "there"),but BOINC is a different matter.

I'd guess that you'll have to look at the client code, find the message, and then find those areas that call that error message.

I did a superficial examination already, but found only p.contactable (where p is a project class of some sort). I was hoping there would be less work involved. :)

The code is constantly changing, as you can see from reading the change logs that Ageless posts, and only you know which versions of everything you've downloaded.

Also, the message only means whatever the programmer had in mind at the time.
That message may have been reused, by subsequently being called from other places as well, and the meaning then may be less accurate.
Also, it says it's a debug message, so perhaps it only shows up in a debug compile.

You could be waiting for days for someone who is familiar with that part of the code to show up. Perhaps it would help to post a short message in Questions and problems asking for help from anyone who knows the code to have a look at this thread.

Do you run the client on the same server as you run the project from? For as far as I know, that's not possible. (Was it due to DNS or IP trouble?)

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I have found this message:

"603 http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/foobar/ 2.000000 Error in request message: no start tag foobar"

when I use my browser to access "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/foobar_cgi/cgi"

Could this be my problem, and do you have any idea what it might result from?

Thanks for any help!

-Rye

Do you run the client on the same server as you run the project from? For as far as I know, that's not possible. (Was it due to DNS or IP trouble?)

I do run the client on the same server the project is run on, but this has worked before with another project of mine.

BOINC was intended to have the project part on a server in some institute/university, and the client part on computers in peoples homes around the world.
It's most likely kept to this idea over the years, and whether or not it works when both parts are on the same computer may be up to chance.

I have found this message:

"603 http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/foobar/ 2.000000 Error in request message: no start tag foobar"

when I use my browser to access "http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/foobar_cgi/cgi"

Could this be my problem, and do you have any idea what it might result from?

That "error" is normal. It's because your web browser obviously doesn't send the same thing as the BOINC client would :)

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