Hello,
BOINC runnning fine for months...today I have this popup message on starting BOINC manager, stuck forever.

tried 6.10.58, 6.10.56, again 6.10.58 and now back to 6.6.38, always the same problem.

here's the output from txt files (6.6.38):

==> ./stdoutdae.txt <==
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.6.38 for windows_inte
lx86
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Data directory: C:\ProgramData\BOINC
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Running under account Admin
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU
    T7500  @ 2.20GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11]
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Processor features: fpu tsc pae sse sse2 pni mmx
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] OS: Microsoft Windows 7: x86 Edition, (06.01.7600.00)

16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Memory: 3.94 GB physical, 4.94 GB virtual
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Disk: 21.52 GB total, 570.00 MB free
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Local time is UTC +2 hours
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] NVIDIA GPU 0: Quadro FX 570M (driver version 25721, c
ompute capability 1.1, 242MB, est. 11GFLOPS)
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Using HTTP proxy xxxxxxxx
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Version change (6.10.58 -> 6.6.38)
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [rosetta@home] URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Com
puter ID: xxxxxx; location: work; project prefs: default
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [rosetta@home] General prefs: from rosetta@home (last modif
ied 24-Jun-2009 04:12:15)
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [rosetta@home] Computer location: work
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [rosetta@home] General prefs: no separate prefs for work; u
sing your defaults
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Reading preferences override file
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 2015.65
MB
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 3628.17MB


==> ./stdoutgui.txt <==
14.17.49: Error: can't open file 'C:\Program Files\BOINC\\RebootPending.txt' (er
ror 2: the system cannot find the file specified.)

==> ./stdoutdae.txt <==
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 0.66GB
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
16-Sep-2010 14:17:50 [---] Suspending computation - running CPU benchmarks
16-Sep-2010 14:18:21 [---] Benchmark results:
16-Sep-2010 14:18:21 [---]    Number of CPUs: 2
16-Sep-2010 14:18:21 [---]    772 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
16-Sep-2010 14:18:21 [---]    1725 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU

==> ./slots/0/stderr.txt <==
[2010- 9-16 14:18:24:] :: BOINC:: Initializing ... ok.

==> ./slots/1/stderr.txt <==
[2010- 9-16 14:18:24:] :: BOINC:: Initializing ... ok.
[2010- 9-16 14:18:24:] :: BOINC :: boinc_init()
BOINC:: Setting up shared resources ... ok.
BOINC:: Setting up semaphores ... ok.
BOINC:: Updating status ... ok.
BOINC:: Registering timer callback... ok.
BOINC:: Worker initialized successfully.
Registering options..
Registered extra options.
Initializing broker options ...
Registered extra options.
Initializing core...
Initializing options.... ok
Options::initialize()
Options::adding_options()
Options::initialize() Check specs.
Options::initialize()  End reached

==> ./slots/1/stdout.txt <==
Created shared memory segment
Created semaphore

==> ./stdoutdae.txt <==
16-Sep-2010 14:18:23 [rosetta@home] Restarting task rb_09_15_372_1029_t000__casp
9_IGNORE_THE_REST_03_18_21982_49_0 using minirosetta version 214
16-Sep-2010 14:18:24 [rosetta@home] Restarting task rb_09_15_297_1026_h009__casp
9_IGNORE_THE_REST_06_08_21980_67_0 using minirosetta version 214

==> ./slots/1/stderr.txt <==
Loaded options.... ok
Processed options.... ok
Initializing random generators... ok
Initialization complete.
Initializing options.... ok
Options::initialize()
Options::adding_options()
Options::initialize() Check specs.
Options::initialize()  End reached
Loaded options.... ok
Processed options.... ok
Initializing random generators... ok
Initialization complete.
Setting WU description ...
Unpacking zip data: ../../projects/boinc.bakerlab.org_rosetta/minirosetta_databa
se_rev36507.zip

==> ./slots/0/stderr.txt <==
[2010- 9-16 14:18:24:] :: BOINC :: boinc_init()
BOINC:: Setting up shared resources ... ok.
BOINC:: Setting up semaphores ... ok.
BOINC:: Updating status ... ok.
BOINC:: Registering timer callback... ok.
BOINC:: Worker initialized successfully.
Registering options..
Registered extra options.
Initializing broker options ...
Registered extra options.
Initializing core...
Initializing options.... ok
Options::initialize()
Options::adding_options()

==> ./slots/0/stdout.txt <==
Created shared memory segment
Created semaphore

==> ./slots/0/stderr.txt <==
Options::initialize() Check specs.
Options::initialize()  End reached
Loaded options.... ok
Processed options.... ok
Initializing random generators... ok
Initialization complete.
Initializing options.... ok
Options::initialize()
Options::adding_options()
Options::initialize() Check specs.
Options::initialize()  End reached
Loaded options.... ok
Processed options.... ok
Initializing random generators... ok
Initialization complete.
Setting WU description ...
Unpacking zip data: ../../projects/boinc.bakerlab.org_rosetta/minirosetta_databa
se_rev36507.zip

==> ./slots/1/stderr.txt <==
Setting database description ...
Setting up checkpointing ...
Setting up graphics native ...
Setting up folding (abrelax) ...

==> ./slots/0/stderr.txt <==
Setting database description ...
Setting up checkpointing ...
Setting up graphics native ...
Setting up folding (abrelax) ...

==> ./slots/1/stderr.txt <==
Beginning folding (abrelax) ...
BOINC:: Worker startup.
Starting watchdog...
Watchdog active.
# cpu_run_time_pref: 86400
Starting work on structure: _00009
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_1
... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_2
... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_1 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_2 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_3 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_4 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_5 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_6 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_7 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_8 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_9 ... success!

==> ./slots/0/stderr.txt <==
Beginning folding (abrelax) ...
BOINC:: Worker startup.
Starting watchdog...
Watchdog active.

==> ./slots/1/stderr.txt <==
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage_3_
iter1_10 ... success!
Continuing computation from checkpoint: chk_S_00000009_ClassicAbinitio__stage4_k
k_1 ... success!

==> ./slots/0/stderr.txt <==
# cpu_run_time_pref: 86400
Starting work on structure: _00008

==> ./slots/1/stderr.txt <==
Starting work on structure: _00010

reboot did not help

WUs are started by boinc and run OK, port 31416 is tied to boinc.exe, OS is win7 x32, firewall on or off makes no difference.

help please

Hello,
BOINC runnning fine for months...today I have this popup message on starting BOINC manager, stuck forever.
tried 6.10.58, 6.10.56, again 6.10.58 and now back to 6.6.38, always the same problem.

here's the output from txt files (6.6.38):

==> ./stdoutgui.txt <==
14.17.49: Error: can't open file 'C:\Program Files\BOINC\\RebootPending.txt' (er
ror 2: the system cannot find the file specified.)

reboot did not help

Did you try to (re)install any version once more after the reboot?

If you launch one more BOINC Manager, is it able to attach to the local client, or does it complain too?

Peter

Ok, reinstalled 6.10.58 and after a couple of reboots and windows update now it looks fine. Thanks.

oh, it happens now on my home pc running win7 x64 with 6.10.58

uninstalled, re-installed (default options), reboot, re-installed (->repair)...still stuck with the popup message.

I can see boinc.exe and boincmgr.exe are connected:



stdoutgui.txt contains:

[09/17/10 05:25:45] TRACE [2952]: init_asynch() boinc_socket: 472

[09/17/10 05:25:45] TRACE [2952]: init_asynch() connect: -1

[09/17/10 05:25:45] TRACE [2952]: init_poll(): sock = 472

[09/17/10 05:25:45] TRACE [2952]: init_poll(): connected to port 31416

[09/17/10 05:25:50] TRACE [2952]: init_asynch() boinc_socket: 472

[09/17/10 05:25:50] TRACE [2952]: init_asynch() connect: -1

05:27:59: Error: can't open file 'C:\Program Files\BOINC\\RebootPending.txt' (error 2: the system cannot find the file specified.)

launching another boinc.exe in a cmd window:

C:\Program Files\BOINC>boinc.exe
Another instance of BOINC is running.
GLE: Another instance of BOINC is running.
GLE: Another instanc

C:\Program Files\BOINC>

no luck launching boincmgr.exe as administrator

How many tasks are downloaded on that machine?

BOINC used to get problems when that number reached several thousand.

Gruß,
Gundolf

Vanex wrote:

I can see boinc.exe and boincmgr.exe are connected:
[...]

launching another boinc.exe in a cmd window:

C:\Program Files\BOINC>boinc.exe
Another instance of BOINC is running.
GLE: Another instance of BOINC is running.

Not another BOINC client (the client in standard configuration is preventing other instances to be run in parallel), another BOINC Manager...

Vanex wrote:

no luck launching boincmgr.exe as administrator

...and not explicitly as an admin, but as the usual controlling user (i.e. Vanex I suppose).

Gundolf Jahn wrote:

How many tasks are downloaded on that machine?

BOINC used to get problems when that number reached several thousand.

He seems to be running Rosetta exclusively. I do not expect that many tasks from Rosetta...

Peter

Hello, running Rosetta only (one task per cpu core)

..another reboot on this laptop (win7 x32) and the problem is back :(

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7665/communicatingclient.png

launching another BOINC manager results in two hanging BOINC managers..

update: clicking exit button on one of the two popup windows makes all tasks and boinc.exe to exit, leaving the other manager with "cannot connec to host, retry?" message

Could you please try out the 6.11.7 Development version?

Peter

installed 6.11.7:

manager waiting on connection, manager and boinc connection estabilished (according to netstat), nothing happens in std*.txt files in ProgramData\BOINC, two tasks running as configured...let's reboot

reboot: everything looks fine, problem disappeared
second reboot: everything looks fine, problem disappeared

looks like it's fixed now, later on I'll check on my win7 x64.

Thanks.

Anyway, I'd very like to know what and why...

Peter

Now I've right-clicked the tray icon->exit, then restarted boinc manager...hanging again!

noticed that exiting from the tray does not kill all the processes
killing boinc.exe and the two tasks then restarting boincmgr = same problem

going to reboot again

after reboot boincmgr starts ok, exiting from tray icon does not kill boinctray.exe
I killed boincray.exe then restarted boincmgr.exe....problem!
guess I'll reboot and not touch boinc...

Despite its name, boinctray.exe has nothing to do with the system tray. It is the BOINC idle detection program, checking for mouse movements and keyboard taps. It won't be stopped when you exit BOINC Manager, as you may need it again in the future. It's also not started by BOINC Manager or any other part of BOINC. It only runs from the registry, once you start up the computer. Although you can start it manually from the BOINC programs directory; once (double)clicked, it won't show any notification that it's running, other than in Windows Task Manager.

As for the "communicating with BOINC client" message, see this FAQ for more information on this message.

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