i have joined for about 2 months now and i have been waiting for the problems to be sorted out with boinc. so far i keep on trying to get seti running but every time i try there was no joy for downloading. but however i tried this morning and it seemed to download all the nessersary files arpart from the file that is in the work folder, it just says its downloading but nothink is happerning. i have tried resetting project, updateing project and resetting project but nothink works. can anybody shed some light on this problem. thanks

im running amd athlon 2400+, 512mb and i have windows xp sp2.

> i have joined for about 2 months now and i have been waiting for the problems
> to be sorted out with boinc. so far i keep on trying to get seti running but
> every time i try there was no joy for downloading. but however i tried this
> morning and it seemed to download all the nessersary files arpart from the
> file that is in the work folder, it just says its downloading but nothink is
> happerning. i have tried resetting project, updateing project and resetting
> project but nothink works. can anybody shed some light on this problem.
> thanks
>
> im running amd athlon 2400+, 512mb and i have windows xp sp2.
>
>

Maybe you need to upgrade the BOINC client to at least 4.05. Everyone switched about a week ago. You can get it here.

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/download.php

Other than that I can't think of why it is not working. Maybe if you can be more specific.

> > i have joined for about 2 months now and i have been waiting for the
> problems
> > to be sorted out with boinc. so far i keep on trying to get seti running
> but
> > every time i try there was no joy for downloading. but however i tried
> this
> > morning and it seemed to download all the nessersary files arpart from
> the
> > file that is in the work folder, it just says its downloading but nothink
> is
> > happerning. i have tried resetting project, updateing project and
> resetting
> > project but nothink works. can anybody shed some light on this problem.
> > thanks
> >
> > im running amd athlon 2400+, 512mb and i have windows xp sp2.
> >
> >
>
> Maybe you need to upgrade the BOINC client to at least 4.05. Everyone switched
> about a week ago. You can get it here.
>
> http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/download.php
>
> Other than that I can't think of why it is not working. Maybe if you can be
> more specific.
>
thank you for replying and i have got 4.05 but i just tried it on another pc and it worked first time, the thing i can think of is that my proseccor is coming up as unknow cpu could this be the problem, it use to run seti classic ok.
>

I am having a similar problem. BOINC has been working fine, but now it just says it is downloading the work and it just sits there; no messages after "General Prefs: Using Your Defaults". Usually I receive an error message if it is unable to connect to the server, or unable to download work, but it just isn't doing anything (at least, not visibly). I have tried updating the project, restarting Boinc, rebooting the computer, all to no avail. I'm running 4.05.

> I am having a similar problem. BOINC has been working fine, but now it just
> says it is downloading the work and it just sits there; no messages after
> "General Prefs: Using Your Defaults". Usually I receive an error message if
> it is unable to connect to the server, or unable to download work, but it just
> isn't doing anything (at least, not visibly). I have tried updating the
> project, restarting Boinc, rebooting the computer, all to no avail. I'm
> running 4.05.
>
>
hi mate that is what mine is doing, what cpu have you got and does you system reconise it or does it come up as unknow.

As i read you are using SP2 on XP.
Have you enabled web access to boinc_gui in the new SP2 firewall? Maybe it's the firewall isolating BOINC from the web.




greetz, Uli

> As i read you are using SP2 on XP.
> Have you enabled web access to boinc_gui in the new SP2 firewall? Maybe it's
> the firewall isolating BOINC from the web.
>
>
>
>
> greetz, Uli
>

i have just tried turning off the firewall but no change

> > As i read you are using SP2 on XP.
> > Have you enabled web access to boinc_gui in the new SP2 firewall? Maybe
> it's
> > the firewall isolating BOINC from the web.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > greetz, Uli
> >
>
> i have just tried turning off the firewall but no change
>
>and this is what i get when i start boinc

--- - 2004-09-08 13:03:01 - Starting BOINC client version 4.05 for windows_intelx86
SETI@home - 2004-09-08 13:03:01 - Project prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
SETI@home - 2004-09-08 13:03:01 - Host ID is 167074
--- - 2004-09-08 13:03:01 - General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 2004-09-08 11:01:19)
--- - 2004-09-08 13:03:01 - General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults

Have you set your boinc preferences to work while the computer is in use?
You can try to select "Run always" from the file menu in the gui.




greetz, Uli

> Have you set your boinc preferences to work while the computer is in use?
> You can try to select "Run always" from the file menu in the gui.
>
>
>
>
> greetz, Uli
>

yep done that

Looks like you got everything except SETI application.
Detach, uninstal boinc, restart, reinstall boinc, attach
SETI, connect and merge computer when done.

> Looks like you got everything except SETI application.
> Detach, uninstal boinc, restart, reinstall boinc, attach
> SETI, connect and merge computer when done.
>

thank you all for trying to help, but unfortunately to no luck i have uninstalled and reinstalled and still no joy. any other thing i can try

let me ask you this first, did you successfully download the seti program when you reattach?

> let me ask you this first, did you successfully download the seti program when
> you reattach?
>
>yes

You have to download seti*.exe and seti*.pdb files! Both! If not, then it doesn't work. I happed once to me that I did not downloaded .pdb and it was not working.



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> You have to download seti*.exe and seti*.pdb files! Both! If not, then it
> doesn't work. I happed once to me that I did not downloaded .pdb and it was
> not working.

Exactly. Be sure those two files been downloaded OK.
Check in your message tab first to see.

> > You have to download seti*.exe and seti*.pdb files! Both! If not, then
> it
> > doesn't work. I happed once to me that I did not downloaded .pdb and it
> was
> > not working.
>
> Exactly. Be sure those two files been downloaded OK.
> Check in your message tab first to see.
>
ok just done it again and it downloaded the seti*.pbd file (only one)
but did see the seti*.file being downloaded by boinc

any reason.