Arrggg! I have done everything to try and reset Boinc to work correctly all the way down to uninstalling and reinstalling. I go it to re connect after what seemed to be a Miracle of computer engineering machismo....but to no avail. it still won't download any wu's and now that I have reset the project for what seems to be the hundrenth time I get the error "Master file fetch failed", and it all shuts down. and before some hero of the day says check my firewall been there done that. I am using the same account key on my other computer and it works fine but not on this one. this is the messages I get from Boinc...9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM||Starting BOINC client version 4.45 for windows_intelx86
9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM||Data directory: C:\\Program Files\\BOINC
9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM|SETI@home|Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM|SETI@home|Computer ID: 1306165; location: home; project prefs: default
9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM||General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 2005-06-14 22:11:22)
9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM||General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM||Remote control not allowed; using loopback address
9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM||Insufficient work; requesting more
9/14/2005 8:03:27 PM|SETI@home|Deferring communication with project for 1 weeks, 3 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes, and 22 seconds
9/14/2005 8:03:57 PM|SETI@home|Resetting project
9/14/2005 8:03:57 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks
9/14/2005 8:03:57 PM|SETI@home|Detaching from project
9/14/2005 8:03:57 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: project op
9/14/2005 8:04:24 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Master file fetch failed
9/14/2005 8:04:24 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Resetting project
9/14/2005 8:04:24 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks
9/14/2005 8:04:24 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Detaching from project
9/14/2005 8:10:47 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Master file fetch failed
9/14/2005 8:10:47 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Resetting project
9/14/2005 8:10:47 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks
9/14/2005 8:10:47 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Detaching from project
9/14/2005 8:14:14 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Master file fetch failed
9/14/2005 8:14:14 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Resetting project
9/14/2005 8:14:14 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks
9/14/2005 8:14:14 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Detaching from project
9/14/2005 8:16:08 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Master file fetch failed
9/14/2005 8:16:08 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Resetting project
9/14/2005 8:16:08 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks
9/14/2005 8:16:08 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Detaching from project
9/14/2005 8:36:54 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Master file fetch failed
9/14/2005 8:36:54 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Resetting project
9/14/2005 8:36:54 PM||request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks
9/14/2005 8:36:54 PM|http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/|Detaching from project


If anyone can help please do....

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Check it out here
Master File Fetch

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And the beat goes on
Sonny and Cher

BOINC Wiki

Check it out here
Master File Fetch

There is no solution: BOINC (windows client) ver.4.13 connects to a project without any problem, gets all statstics but says something as "no work from project - load new version, plz". But BOINC ver.4.19 and 4.45 can't get statistics and resetting project with "Master file fetch failed" error.

log:

To pause/resume tasks hit CTRL-C, to exit hit CTRL-BREAK
2005-09-16 11:31:09 [---] Starting BOINC client version 4.45 for windows_intelx86
2005-09-16 11:31:09 [---] Data directory: C:\\Program Files\\BOINC
2005-09-16 11:31:13 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
2005-09-16 11:31:13 [---] Remote control not allowed; using loopback address
2005-09-16 11:31:15 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
2005-09-16 11:32:12 [---] Benchmark results:
2005-09-16 11:32:12 [---]    Number of CPUs: 1
2005-09-16 11:32:12 [---]    1688 double precision MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
2005-09-16 11:32:12 [---]    3113 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
2005-09-16 11:32:12 [---] Finished CPU benchmarks
2005-09-16 11:32:12 [---] Resuming computation and network activity
2005-09-16 11:32:12 [---] request_reschedule_cpus: Resuming activities
2005-09-16 11:32:12 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more
2005-09-16 11:33:56 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Master file fetch failed
BOINC couldn't get main page for http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/.
Please check the URL and try again.
2005-09-16 11:33:56 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Resetting project
2005-09-16 11:33:56 [---] request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks
2005-09-16 11:33:56 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Detaching from project
2005-09-16 11:37:13 [---] Exit requested by user
2005-09-16 11:37:13 [---] request_reschedule_cpus: exit_tasks

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Do not put spaces at the front of rear of the URL or Acct number....


BOINC couldn't get main page for http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/.
Please check the URL and try again.

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And the beat goes on
Sonny and Cher

BOINC Wiki

Check it out here
Master File Fetch

There is no solution: BOINC (windows client) ver.4.13 connects to a project without any problem, gets all statstics but says something as "no work from project - load new version, plz". But BOINC ver.4.19 and 4.45 can't get statistics and resetting project with "Master file fetch failed" error.

log:

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2005-09-16 11:33:56 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Master file fetch failed
BOINC couldn't get main page for http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/.
Please check the URL and try again.
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Please look in your BOINC directory for file "account_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml". Using Notepad, open that file. If there are no blanks within the string on the second line, then copy the second line which has the "http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/" in it and post it here.

Also, in the next line with the "authenticator", confirm that there are no blanks in that string, but do NOT post it here.

Close Notepad WITHOUT saving.

Thanks, and we will try to get to the bottom of your problem.

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Still no solution?

I am having this problem with some of my machines.

I have read and applied every suggestion i can find in this site and internet.

Maybe the cause is somewhere between berkeley and my machines, where i do not have control.

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Still no solution?

I am having this problem with some of my machines.

I have read and applied every suggestion i can find in this site and internet.

Maybe the cause is somewhere between berkeley and my machines, where i do not have control.

Could you let us know which of your machines is experiencing this (the host ID number would do that), and post some entries from your Messages tab on that/those machines, so we can get a better idea of what you're experiencing?

MJ

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Still no solution?

I am having this problem with some of my machines.

I have read and applied every suggestion i can find in this site and internet.

Maybe the cause is somewhere between berkeley and my machines, where i do not have control.

My problem solved : Our network admin has changed the GROUP POLICY.

So, a proxy is now neccessary, which we did not know about.

I configured the proxy option in BOINC manager and all is fine now.

Thank you very much.

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