Hello everybody.

I'm running 6.12.34 (x86) version on Vista (x86) and I can't connect to my BAM account manager because the line :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

is not input at the beginning of the

acct_mgr_request.xml

file, and so the reply is

 <error>acct_mgr_request empty or corrupt!</error>
 <error><![CDATA[Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding !
Bytes: 0xE9 0x66 0x61 0x75
. 
]]></error>

The solutions to this problem could be one of :

- Have boinc write this line in the connection request to BAM.
- Have boinc not write the wrong word "défault" but "default" for the default venue in the french version request (acct_mgr_request.xml)


<acct_mgr_request>
[...]
<global_preferences>
<source_project>http://bam.boincstats.com/</source_project>
[...]
<venue name="Défault">
[...]
</venue>
</global_preferences>
<host_info>
[...]


- Explain me how to install boinc in english

Thank you for your help !
Alexpc1

- Have boinc not write the wrong word "défault" but "default" for the default venue in the french version request (acct_mgr_request.xml)

As far as I know, BOINC doesn't do this. It will always use the Default or ---, Home, School, Work venues, no matter what language you use. If you have a Défault venue, you must've made it through BAM yourself, since BAM allows for the making of personal venues.

- Explain me how to install boinc in english

BOINC Manager Advanced view->Tools->Display and network options->Set language to English (US)->OK->Exit and restart BOINC completely (both client and GUI).

But that won't fix the venue, since, as I said, the standard venue names don't change under other languages, and even if they did then this was a browser thing, not that of the client. The browser shows you in your language all about the project, the exports to the client will happen in one standard language.

By the way, BOINC 6.12 still uses its own non XML compliant XML. You can open and write all the XML files in Notepad, if you so wish. No need for a special XML writer. That XML was specially developed for BOINC and has nothing to do with the real XML.

BOINC 7.0 has some adjustments in this area. BOINC 6.12 is also no longer being developed, there will be no updates coming out for it.

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Thank you very much, I was able to change the language and the default venue on BAM. (which solved the UTF8 error and allowed me to connect to BAM)

Right now I'm trying to understand why I still can't get any work from WCG, but it's not the same thread...

Have a nice day :))

PS: Could you tell me how to activate debug in stdoutae.txt please ?

PS: Could you tell me how to activate debug in stdoutae.txt please ?

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration

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