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Message 1504663 - Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 8:59:07 UTC

OK, I have a first-seen situation here... I set up BOINC with SETI on a new host of mine that's connected through a 3G WiFi hotspot. The host has not been able to download any work, have a look at its link above.

All tasks fail download with error <error_code>-200 (wrong size)</error_code>, but that error is on ap_601.jpg image file and I've set the BOINC client to skip image file verification. Have a look at any unit result Stderr output.

I know the internet provider is compressing images, but why would it not work with image verification set to off? Any hints?
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Message 1504665 - Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 9:25:49 UTC - in response to Message 1504663.  
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You mean you set locally 'Skip image file verification'?:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Local_preferences#Network_usage

Check in global_prefs_override.xml for this line:
<dont_verify_images>1</dont_verify_images>

I don't know "why would it not work with image verification set to off" if the above is set at 1


You can (temporarily) avoid you ISP for re-compressing images by using VPN
(you ISP will not be able to see or change anything of your communication)
You only need one Download to happen for a task type.

Get SecurityKISS (free for 300 MB/day, >10 servers to choose, work OK with SETI@home servers):
http://www.securitykiss.com/resources/download/windows/

(I use it from time to time, it do not install always-running services like e.g. Hotspot Shield)

 


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Message 1504675 - Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 10:49:40 UTC
Last modified: 16 Apr 2014, 10:52:31 UTC

I will check later the xml file for the <dont_verify_images> flag, the host is a bit remote.

However, I don't get it; Just wiped BOINC and reinstalled from scratch. I personally observed the download of three 8-MB astropulse work units, there was real incoming traffic. BEFORE the downloads completed (while still active on BOINC Manager's "transfers" tab), ALL THREE were deemed as "error while downloading" under Manager's "tasks" tab. Why's that? Just because a project image failed to download correctly? I really don't get this behavior, never seen it before.

Here's the log file of the transfer I am referring to:

16/04/2014 12:21:40 |  | cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Starting BOINC client version 7.2.42 for windows_intelx86
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Libraries: libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1 zlib/1.2.6
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Running as a daemon
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Data directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Application Data\BOINC
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Running under account boinc_master
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | No usable GPUs found
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Host name: green
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Processor: 2 GenuineIntel               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz [Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9]
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss htt tm pbe
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Memory: 2.00 GB physical, 2.60 GB virtual
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Disk: 149.04 GB total, 20.32 GB free
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Local time is UTC +3 hours
16/04/2014 12:21:42 | SETI@home | URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 7263206; resource share 100
16/04/2014 12:21:42 | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 18-Mar-2014 10:48:03)
16/04/2014 12:21:42 | SETI@home | Computer location: home
16/04/2014 12:21:42 | SETI@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Reading preferences override file
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Preferences:
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | max memory usage when active: 1023.74MB
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | max memory usage when idle: 1842.74MB
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | max disk usage: 0.30GB
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | don't use GPU while active
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25%
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Resetting file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/seti_700.jpg: wrong size
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Resetting file projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/ap_601.jpg: wrong size
16/04/2014 12:21:42 |  | Not using a proxy
16/04/2014 12:21:42 | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
16/04/2014 12:21:42 | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
16/04/2014 12:21:43 | SETI@home | Started download of seti_700.jpg
16/04/2014 12:21:43 | SETI@home | Started download of ap_601.jpg
16/04/2014 12:21:45 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks
16/04/2014 12:21:46 | SETI@home | Incomplete read of 2382.000000 < 5KB for ap_601.jpg - truncating
16/04/2014 12:21:46 | SETI@home | Finished download of ap_601.jpg
16/04/2014 12:21:46 | SETI@home | [error] File ap_601.jpg has wrong size: expected 7653, got 0
16/04/2014 12:21:46 | SETI@home | [error] Checksum or signature error for ap_601.jpg
16/04/2014 12:21:47 | SETI@home | Started download of ap_06ap09ad_B4_P0_00337_20140416_16503.wu
16/04/2014 12:21:54 | SETI@home | General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 18-Mar-2014 10:48:03)
16/04/2014 12:21:54 | SETI@home | Computer location: home
16/04/2014 12:21:54 | SETI@home | General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
16/04/2014 12:21:54 | SETI@home | Incomplete read of 4250.000000 < 5KB for seti_700.jpg - truncating
16/04/2014 12:21:54 | SETI@home | Finished download of seti_700.jpg
16/04/2014 12:21:54 | SETI@home | Started download of ap_06ap09ad_B4_P1_00265_20140416_18257.wu
16/04/2014 12:21:54 | SETI@home | [error] File seti_700.jpg has wrong size: expected 9068, got 0
16/04/2014 12:21:54 | SETI@home | [error] Checksum or signature error for seti_700.jpg
16/04/2014 12:23:20 | SETI@home | Finished download of ap_06ap09ad_B4_P0_00337_20140416_16503.wu
16/04/2014 12:23:20 | SETI@home | Started download of ap_06ap09ad_B3_P1_00318_20140416_16250.wu
16/04/2014 12:23:22 | SETI@home | Finished download of ap_06ap09ad_B4_P1_00265_20140416_18257.wu
16/04/2014 12:24:06 | SETI@home | Finished download of ap_06ap09ad_B3_P1_00318_20140416_16250.wu
16/04/2014 12:26:50 | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
16/04/2014 12:26:50 | SETI@home | Reporting 3 completed tasks
16/04/2014 12:26:50 | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
16/04/2014 12:26:56 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 3 new tasks
16/04/2014 12:26:59 | SETI@home | Started download of ap_601.jpg
16/04/2014 12:26:59 | SETI@home | Started download of ap_06dc08af_B2_P1_00310_20140416_09563.wu
16/04/2014 12:27:01 | SETI@home | Incomplete read of 2382.000000 < 5KB for ap_601.jpg - truncating
16/04/2014 12:27:01 | SETI@home | Finished download of ap_601.jpg
16/04/2014 12:27:01 | SETI@home | Started download of ap_06ap09ad_B3_P1_00357_20140416_16250.wu
16/04/2014 12:27:01 | SETI@home | [error] File ap_601.jpg has wrong size: expected 7653, got 0
16/04/2014 12:27:01 | SETI@home | [error] Checksum or signature error for ap_601.jpg
16/04/2014 12:28:15 | SETI@home | Finished download of ap_06ap09ad_B3_P1_00357_20140416_16250.wu
16/04/2014 12:28:15 | SETI@home | Started download of ap_06ap09ad_B4_P0_00379_20140416_16503.wu
16/04/2014 12:28:24 |  | Contacting account manager at http://www.gridrepublic.org/
16/04/2014 12:28:26 |  | Account manager contact succeeded
16/04/2014 12:28:27 | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: Requested by account manager.
16/04/2014 12:28:27 | SETI@home | Reporting 3 completed tasks
16/04/2014 12:28:27 | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
16/04/2014 12:28:31 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
16/04/2014 12:28:31 | SETI@home | Not sending work - last request too recent: 94 sec
16/04/2014 12:33:36 | SETI@home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
16/04/2014 12:33:36 | SETI@home | Requesting new tasks for CPU
16/04/2014 12:33:43 | SETI@home | Scheduler request completed: got 0 new tasks
16/04/2014 12:33:43 | SETI@home | No tasks sent
16/04/2014 12:33:43 | SETI@home | This computer has finished a daily quota of 1 tasks

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Message 1504746 - Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 15:21:58 UTC

Tried resetting the project a second time... This time made sure that the <dont_verify_images> flag was set. Same results. What I noticed was though, that all downloads started as expected (work units, clients, extra files, images) and nothing was failing until a .jpg was downloaded. At the same time the .jpg download failed, all work units downloads failed as well. The rest downloads completed successfully. Looks like this is a BOINC issue, I will move my thread over there, as well...
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