Posts by Brian Westrupp

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Connection Problems (Message 1773)
Posted 10 Dec 2005 by Brian Westrupp
Post:
Bill,

I have isolated when the client connection problem occurs.

I have a broadband modem connection for the internet which I normally leave powered on after shutting down the PC for the night.

I have experienced the the client problem over the last week starting on 5.2.8 and again after upgrading to 5.2.13. I noticed in the DOS window a message that the listening port is in use using alternate. Having been a software tester for 15 yrs I then starting exeprimenting. If I leave the modem powered off during startup Boinc manager starts and connect to the client spot on. If I have the modem powered on during startup Boinc Manager fails every time. I then run it manually first starting boinc.exe using 'run' then fire up boinc manager.

Looks like a conflict with ports during startup. Hope this helps you guys who are doing a great job.

Brian


V5.2.14 went into testing a few days ago with yet another fix for this problem. It didn't pass... hopefully a new version will be available soon.

This is one of those that will drive you crazy. You "find it" and fix it and 1/2 the people are okay - but the other half still have the problem. So you "find another spot" and fix it... and again, 1/2 of the people left still have the problem... repeat... and sometimes the fix for _one_ group, breaks it for a _different_ group...

I have one computer on which every version from 4.45 on (including several 'betas' that never saw daylight) has been fine. Until 5.2.13, where on boot I get the "not connected to localhost" message. Clicking on "OK", doing nothing else, fixes it for me. Yet 5.2.13 has all the _fixes_ for the problem that was plagueing some other users since 5.2.5 or so.

And you wonder why so many developers crack up! :-)

2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Connection Problems (Message 1672)
Posted 8 Dec 2005 by Brian Westrupp
Post:
I am having the identical problem and the same workaround. Start boinc.exe via run then start boinc manager and it connects to the client OK.



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