Posts by Tel29767

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Unable to connect remotely - 'Local control only allowed' (Message 6926)
Posted 12 Dec 2006 by Tel29767
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How stupid do I now feel?

I took your advice and checked the file extensions - only then did I realise that I hadn't set the option to display known extensions. Renamed the files, restarted the GUI and all is now working as it should.

Thanks very much for your help - I was about to start tearing my hair out as, as far as I could see, I was doing everything right (which I was - nearly).
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Unable to connect remotely - 'Local control only allowed' (Message 6924)
Posted 11 Dec 2006 by Tel29767
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BTw - in case it makes a difference, I'm using Norton Internet Security 2007 with most (but not all) settings left to default.
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Unable to connect remotely - 'Local control only allowed' (Message 6923)
Posted 11 Dec 2006 by Tel29767
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Thanks for everyone's help so far.

However, still no luck. The controlling PC didn't have a remote_hosts.cfg file, yet there is still one of the two remote PCs that I can access. I've added the file anyway with both remote PCs specified in it, I've checked the firewall but still nothing. I see from later posts that you actually meant each of the remote computers - not the local and remote as I first assumed.

Why does the client issue the 'Local control only allowed' message at startup?

I must admit, I don't really understand firewalls too well. I've set up a rule to allow TCP connections via port 31416 - is TCP the correct protocal to allow?

Strangely, I can access what is supposed to be the controlling PC from the PC I can't access (if you follow me)! So the remote PC can control the mast, but not the other way around.

Also, is selecting 'Exit' from the 'File' menu good enough for a restart? I'm assuming that the client will terminate when BOINC Manager does.

Do I need the -allow_remote_gui_rpc option? If so, how do I pass this to the client from thr manager (the startup is using a shortcut)?
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Unable to connect remotely - 'Local control only allowed' (Message 6913)
Posted 11 Dec 2006 by Tel29767
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Firstly, I have scoured the BOINC message boards for an answer to this, as well as the BOINC Wiki, but with no luck.

My problem is that I have three computers running BOINC. One has access to one of the others to control the client, but I can't get the other to work. I've added the remote_hosts.cfg and giu_rpc_auth.cfg files with the appropriate entries, but when I restart the remote client, I get:

11/12/2006 10:55:27||General prefs: from http://bam.boincstats.com/ (last modified 2006-11-19 18:13:46)
11/12/2006 10:55:27||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
11/12/2006 10:55:27||Local control only allowed
11/12/2006 10:55:27||Listening on port 31416

I must have done something correct to get the working computer to connect remotely, but can't remember what it was.

Can anyone help?
5) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Unix Ubuntu grafic problem: button permanently deactivated (Message 6876)
Posted 9 Dec 2006 by Tel29767
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Rosetta doesn't have graphics on Linux yet. Something yet to be developed.
6) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Graphics do nothing in Linux (Message 6875)
Posted 9 Dec 2006 by Tel29767
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Which application did you try? I notice that you run Rosetta (which is the only application I have running under Linux) and I've seen it mentioned on one of the message boards that the graphics module for Rosetta on Linux hasn't yet been written.
7) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Unable to connect (Message 653)
Posted 2 Oct 2005 by Tel29767
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Don't think this is your problem, but it's something to try.

I've just had the same problem and went through much the same process of blaming the network. However, the unable to connect problem happened immediately following a BSoD casued by the driver for my wireless card. On reboot, I couldn't connect to the localhost but all other Web and LAN connections were fine.

I noticed a message in the Administritive Tools Event Viewer which indicated a problem with some of the NTFS indexes. I got Norton to schedule a disk check and repair and when the system came back up, all was working again.

I had also noticed that a lot of the faulty index entries were BOINC related.

Try scheduling a check of your C: drive, just in case. Crashes aren't the only reason files get corrupted.



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