Hi guys ...

Im running 10.10.1 on this machine with V7.4.26 without issue. Certainly not crashing. Only problem I have is with our silly proxy server here which is why I havent gone to .36 - well I did for a day - but couldnt connect probably because of said proxy ! so reverted to previous version.

Im running WCG, SETI and POGS at the moment.

Dev guys - Are there any special additional requirements that I might have on my MacPro that the others might not ?

Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro5,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 2
Total Number of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per Processor): 12 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 5.86 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MP51.007F.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.39f11
SMC Version (processor tray): 1.39f11
Graphics - ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024 MB

Mitch

Lots of things changed between 7.4.27 and 7.4.36, amongst which libCurl and OpenSSL to make sure that HTTPS and proxy connections couldn't be hit by things as the Heartbleed problem.

Can you at least tell what kind of proxy you use?
Have you tried to force the proxy use through the cc_config.xml file?

<force_auth>auth_method</force_auth>
When authenticating against a proxy server use a specific authentication method. 
Valid parameters are: basic, digest, gss-negotiate, ntlm (Setting of particular importance for World Community Grid to facilitate SSL/HTTPS communications) 

Or set all the proxy information manually?

<proxy_info>
    Specify proxy settings. The element has the following form: 

<proxy_info>
    [ <http_server_name></http_server_name> ]
    [ <http_server_port>80</http_server_port> ]
    [ <http_user_name></http_user_name> ]
    [ <http_user_passwd></http_user_passwd> ]
    [ <socks_version>5</socks_version> ]
    [ <socks_server_name></socks_server_name> ]
    [ <socks_server_port>80</socks_server_port> ]
    [ <socks5_user_name></socks5_user_name> ]
    [ <socks5_user_passwd></socks5_user_passwd> ]
    [ <no_proxy>list of hostnames for which proxy not used</no_proxy> ]
</proxy_info>

(Lines between square brackets are optional)

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Apologies for adding to someone else's issue by mistake, I should have known better, but was trying to illustrate that it was not a widespread problem.

I only added my issue as an aside seeing I have a work around for internet connectivity.

When on the internal work network, I just set the http proxy manually in Boinc Manager / Options and our proxy requires username and password for authentication.

I have reinstalled V7.4.36 to check something out and find I can receive and I believe send jobs from World Community Grid but not pogs or SETI - I think seti might be down anyway ... ?

heres a partial log of activity -

Wed 7 Jan 09:28:13 2015 | SETI@home | Started upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:28:14 2015 | SETI@home | Temporarily failed upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0: transient HTTP error
Wed 7 Jan 09:28:14 2015 | SETI@home | Backing off 00:03:33 on upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:35:07 2015 | pogs | Started upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:35:08 2015 | pogs | Temporarily failed upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0: transient HTTP error
Wed 7 Jan 09:35:08 2015 | pogs | Backing off 00:02:26 on upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:13 2015 | SETI@home | Started upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:15 2015 | pogs | Started upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:15 2015 | SETI@home | Temporarily failed upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0: transient HTTP error
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:15 2015 | SETI@home | Backing off 00:02:48 on upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:16 2015 | pogs | Temporarily failed upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0: transient HTTP error
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:16 2015 | pogs | Backing off 00:03:06 on upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:22 2015 | World Community Grid | update requested by user
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:23 2015 | World Community Grid | Sending scheduler request: Requested by user.
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:23 2015 | World Community Grid | Requesting new tasks for CPU
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:27 2015 | World Community Grid | Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:27 2015 | World Community Grid | No tasks are available for the applications you have selected
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:27 2015 | World Community Grid | No tasks are available for The Clean Energy Project - Phase 2
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:27 2015 | World Community Grid | Your preferences allow tasks from applications other than those selected
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:27 2015 | World Community Grid | Sending tasks from other applications
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:29 2015 | World Community Grid | Started download of MCM1_0010501_6653_MCM1_0010501_6653.txt
Wed 7 Jan 09:37:31 2015 | World Community Grid | Finished download of MCM1_0010501_6653_MCM1_0010501_6653.txt
Wed 7 Jan 09:40:03 2015 | SETI@home | Started upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:40:05 2015 | | Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
Wed 7 Jan 09:40:05 2015 | SETI@home | Temporarily failed upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0: transient HTTP error
Wed 7 Jan 09:40:05 2015 | SETI@home | Backing off 00:05:54 on upload of ap_18my10aa_B6_P1_00264_20150106_06128.wu_0_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:40:07 2015 | | BOINC can't access Internet - check network connection or proxy configuration.
Wed 7 Jan 09:40:23 2015 | pogs | Started upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0
Wed 7 Jan 09:40:24 2015 | pogs | Temporarily failed upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0: transient HTTP error
Wed 7 Jan 09:40:24 2015 | pogs | Backing off 00:03:28 on upload of PGC2344857_area17715863_1_0

Ill go back to .26 for the moment ...

Thanks for your help.

I have reinstalled V7.4.36 to check something out and find I can receive and I believe send jobs from World Community Grid but not pogs or SETI - I think seti might be down anyway ... ?

Seti may have maintenance, but that only means you cannot download new work and report uploaded work. Uploading should be possible.

The thing here is though, WCG uses HTTPS for its communications, Seti and POGS use HTTP. So something in that that doesn't seem to work in your proxy, as if the connection is dropped.

You could run with the Event Log Diagnostic Flags (BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced menu->ELDF), check <http_debug>, click OK. Post the output (CTRL+SHIFT+E) of a connect to Seti or POGS. Mind, if you do not want to reveal the address of your proxy, I think it's showing in that log so you may want to proof read and take it out before posting. After a round of contacts, take out the check mark on <http_debug> to revert back to normal logging.

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