Posts by The_Bad_Penguin

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19906)
Posted 1 Sep 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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thanx for replies. i will attempt and report.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19869)
Posted 31 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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was at the east coast boinc meeting, u delaware. david's presentation was interesting.

25 days later, i am still down.

uninstall / reinstall all fail...
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19245)
Posted 6 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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still down... :(
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19227)
Posted 6 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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"Boinc manager is not able to start a Boinc client" ... "Please... start the Boinc service"


Subsequent question from me, what happens if you set the BOINC service to start manually and then start BOINC Manager? In my case the service will start, what does it do on your system?

5) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19226)
Posted 6 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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Originally, Boinc icon with red covering it is visible is systray. Right click and close it.

Go to Windows Explorer and launch boinc.exe.

Dos shell appears and disappears.

TaskManager under "Applications" shows Boinc status as "Running".

TaskManager under "Processes" shows boinctray.exe

TaskManager under "Services" shows Boinc as "Stopped", "Group" is "N/A"/


What happens if you launch boinc.exe from Windows Explorer?





"Boinc manager is not able to start a Boinc client" ... "Please... start the Boinc service"

If boinc.exe continues to run, is BOINC Manager able to connect to it?

6) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19221)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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"Yes", C:\ProgramData was hidden.

"Yes", there is a Boinc directory.

Many files, and two subdirectories, "projects" and "slots".
7) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19218)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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done.
8) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19216)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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Completed as instructed.

EDIT-->

Reporting-MTA: dns;blu0-omc2-s11.blu0.hotmail.com
Received-From-MTA: dns;BLU115-W50
Arrival-Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:39:21 -0700

Final-Recipient: rfc822;romw@ssl.berkeley.edu
Action: failed
Status: 5.5.0
Diagnostic-Code: smtp;550 cuda_nsu 5.1.1 <romw@ssl.berkeley.edu>... User unknown
9) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19214)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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there is no directrory called "programdata" on either my c:\ or d:\ drive.

the Boinc installer was left to defaults.

it appears this directory and any additional subdirectories are not being created.

"Yes", UAC is active.
10) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19211)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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vista 32 on an acer 4620z plain-vanilla-nothing-special laptop.

not certain may have something to do with admin privliges under vista?

seems unusual that the Boinc installer could not create the directory c:\programdata\BOINC Data\

and whatever else is going on between "localhost" versus ".\boinc_master"

this really should have been a 2-3 minute install, lol...

11) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19205)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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rebooted.

apparently not starting as a service.

still not in "blocked startup programs" as it used to be when it was working.

going to control panel / admin tools / services shows that "status" is blank (i assume that means not started)

startup type = automatic

log on as = .\boinc_master

when attempting to manually start the service, "Windows could not start the Boinc service on local computer. Error 183: Cannot create a file when that file already exists." OK button.

I then go to Boinc, Advanced, Select Computer, Hostname (dropdown menu), select "localhost", and this automatically populates the password field. OK button.

"Boinc manager is currently not connected to a Boinc client"
12) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19204)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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reinstalling, yet again...


Use Boinc Screensaver [NOT CHECKED]

Protected Application Execution [CHECKED]

Allow All Users On This Computer To Control Boinc [CHECKED]

c:\program files\BOINC\ [CREATED / EXISTS]

c:\programdata\BOINC Data\ [NOT CREATED / DOESN'T EXIST, though it was requested to create via the installer]

will reboot now, and let you know more
13) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19198)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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1. Yes, did the reboot after install.
2. Both .exe's are in the same directory.
3. I used to get MS's UAC "blocked startup programs", but Boinc is no longer listed here.

When I went through the fresh (re)install process, I didn't see an explicit option to install as a service (which is what i want), that i remember seeing in previous installs on other computers.

Also, the "slots" subdirectory in my Boinc directory is empty. For a dual core, thought there should be two sub-directories, slot_0 and slot_1, or something like that.
14) Message boards : Questions and problems : Not connected to a client (Message 19194)
Posted 5 Aug 2008 by The_Bad_Penguin
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Had Boinc working on a Windows dual core laptop, as a service.

Something went wrong, and I uninstalled and reinstalled latest version from website.

Now all I get is "Not connected to a client"

or when I attempt to attach to a project "Please use advanced / select computer..."

I do so, and dropdown = localhost, and nothing happens.

Icon is systray just says "Reconnecting to client", and nothing more happens.

Pls adv, Boinc was working, but after uninstall/reinstall isn't.

Don't understand why a fresh install is failing.
15) Message boards : BOINC client : ? detaching from project / are wu's pending upload "lost" (Message 12390)
Posted 10 Sep 2007 by The_Bad_Penguin
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With all of Rosetta's problems, my laptop had about 40 three-hour wu's completed.

Since the lappy is slow AMD, and not Rosetta friendly, I "detached" from Rosetta and added other projects.

I "thought" i checked to see if the wu's were uploading to Rosie first, but apparently I didn't.

Assuming i goofed in detaching before the wu's uploaded, is there any way to get back the results of ~120 hours of crunching?

If in fact (only my "assumption" at this point in time) BOINC Manager does delete any completed wu's which are pending upload when a project is detached, would it not be a good idea to issue a warning dialog box to this effect?



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