Thread 'Frequent "Download failed" (checksum errors)'

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Jazzop Send message Joined: 19 Dec 06 Posts: 90	Message 31905 - Posted: 2 Apr 2010, 4:04:50 UTC I have three computers on the same network that all experience very frequent (>80% rate) failures when downloading WUs (on all projects). The reason for the failure is a checksum error. All three machines are Windows XP (x86), running various versions of BOINC >= 6.10.18. I suspect the problem has something to do with the network. This is an office network that has a filter called St. Bernard iPrism that restricts certain websites. Is it possible that the filter is interfering with the download? If so, why do some WUs get through okay? If not, is there something I can do to determine the cause of these errors? ID: 31905 ·

Les Bayliss Help desk expert Send message Joined: 25 Nov 05 Posts: 1654	Message 31906 - Posted: 2 Apr 2010, 4:45:17 UTC - in response to Message 31905. It would be best if you talk to the IP people about it to get help with finding/fixing the problem. ID: 31906 ·

Jazzop Send message Joined: 19 Dec 06 Posts: 90	Message 31907 - Posted: 2 Apr 2010, 5:29:31 UTC - in response to Message 31906. Last modified: 2 Apr 2010, 5:29:42 UTC I'd like to do some differential diagnosis first. Are there any other explanations for this checksum problem? ID: 31907 ·

Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 20 Dec 07 Posts: 1069	Message 31908 - Posted: 2 Apr 2010, 7:54:27 UTC - in response to Message 31907. What kind of files (suffix) gets the errors? Gruß, Gundolf ID: 31908 ·

Jazzop Send message Joined: 19 Dec 06 Posts: 90	Message 32028 - Posted: 8 Apr 2010, 0:09:18 UTC - in response to Message 31908. Last modified: 8 Apr 2010, 0:09:32 UTC Here are some typical error messages: 07-Apr-10 20:04:20 boincsimap Started download of 10040104.042304 07-Apr-10 20:04:23 boincsimap Incomplete read of 271.000000 < 5KB for 10040104.042304 - truncating 07-Apr-10 20:04:23 boincsimap Finished download of 10040104.042304 07-Apr-10 20:04:23 boincsimap [error] Checksum or signature error for 10040104.042304 07-Apr-10 20:04:50 Docking Started download of 1hps1ajx_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_8705_70064.inp 07-Apr-10 20:04:50 Docking Started download of lpdb_amino.rtf 07-Apr-10 20:04:51 Docking Incomplete read of 299.000000 < 5KB for 1hps1ajx_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_8705_70064.inp - truncating 07-Apr-10 20:04:51 Docking Incomplete read of 247.000000 < 5KB for lpdb_amino.rtf - truncating 07-Apr-10 20:04:51 Docking Finished download of 1hps1ajx_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_8705_70064.inp 07-Apr-10 20:04:51 Docking Finished download of lpdb_amino.rtf 07-Apr-10 20:04:51 Docking [error] File 1hps1ajx_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_8705_70064.inp has wrong size: expected 1198911, got 0 07-Apr-10 20:04:51 Docking [error] Checksum or signature error for 1hps1ajx_mod0014crossdockinghiv1_8705_70064.inp 07-Apr-10 20:04:51 Docking [error] File lpdb_amino.rtf has wrong size: expected 236662, got 0 07-Apr-10 20:04:51 Docking [error] Checksum or signature error for lpdb_amino.rtf ID: 32028 ·

Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 20 Dec 07 Posts: 1069	Message 32033 - Posted: 8 Apr 2010, 8:25:35 UTC - in response to Message 32028. Okay, so much for my theory that picture files might be involved ;-) In that case I would have suggested to enable the "Skip image file verification" preference. But perhaps it's worth a try anyway. Gruß, Gundolf ID: 32033 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 29 Aug 05 Posts: 15585	Message 32039 - Posted: 8 Apr 2010, 10:30:32 UTC Please put <http_debug>1</http_debug> and <http_xfer_debug>1</http_xfer_debug> in your cc_config.xml file. <proxy_debug>1</proxy_debug> as well, when you use a proxy. ID: 32039 ·

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