BOINC won't start up ... !!!

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STE\/E Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 1137 Credit: 5,334,063 RAC: 0	Message 170463 - Posted: 21 Sep 2005, 22:00:51 UTC One of my Computers is having problems with BOINC Starting up properly. The BOINC Manager Window Pops up but nothing shows up in any of the Tabs. The Task Manager shows the boinc.exe & boincmgr.exe starting but no WU .exe's. After a minute or so I just get an error message says Failed to Connect. It's not an issue with my Internet connection because I can get online with the computer. I have ZoneAlarm installed but I don't think it's an issue with that either because it doesn't matter if ZoneAlarm is on or off I get the same results with the BOINC Manager ... I've un-installed BOINC & re-installed it to no avail also ... Any ideas will be helpful ... :) ID: 170463 ·

[B^S] Spydermb Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Jul 99 Posts: 496 Credit: 10,860,148 RAC: 0	Message 170464 - Posted: 21 Sep 2005, 22:03:38 UTC - in response to Message 170463. Last modified: 21 Sep 2005, 22:04:57 UTC One of my Computers is having problems with BOINC Starting up properly. The BOINC Manager Window Pops up but nothing shows up in any of the Tabs. The Task Manager shows the boinc.exe & boincmgr.exe starting but no WU .exe's. After a minute or so I just get an error message says Failed to Connect. It's not an issue with my Internet connection because I can get online with the computer. I have ZoneAlarm installed but I don't think it's an issue with that either because it doesn't matter if ZoneAlarm is on or off I get the same results with the BOINC Manager ... I've un-installed BOINC & re-installed it to no avail also ... Any ideas will be helpful ... :) from Boinc Manager go file connect select computer and type in localhost (for host computer) no password BOINC SYNERGY is an International Team and We Welcome All BOINC Participants! BOINC Synergy Click to Join BOINC Synergy ID: 170464 ·

STE\/E Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 1137 Credit: 5,334,063 RAC: 0	Message 170472 - Posted: 21 Sep 2005, 22:35:45 UTC from Boinc Manager go file connect select computer and type in localhost (for host computer) no password ========= Nope, that didn't work either ... Thanks anyway for the idea ... ID: 170472 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 170474 - Posted: 21 Sep 2005, 22:43:31 UTC PB, when Boinc isn't running, check in Task Manager if there is something still running. Maybe boinc.exe .. kill that process. Then start Boinc up again. ID: 170474 ·

STE\/E Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 1137 Credit: 5,334,063 RAC: 0	Message 170477 - Posted: 21 Sep 2005, 22:55:03 UTC Last modified: 21 Sep 2005, 23:49:37 UTC I've already done that quite a few times Ageless, usually the boinc.exe & boincmgr.exe are still running when I shut BOINC off so I just end the Process before trying something else to get it running. As a side note I have got it running but at the cost of a slew of WU's from PrimeGrid & another Project. If need be I guess I'll just go with that but I'm trying to save the WU's for now ... PS: Hey Hey Hey ... I did manage to save the WU's I already had by fiddling around a little ... :) ID: 170477 ·

FZB Send message Joined: 16 Nov 01 Posts: 11 Credit: 1,943,154 RAC: 7	Message 170595 - Posted: 22 Sep 2005, 6:08:55 UTC try to kill the processes, then start boinc.exe before starting boincmgr.exe and see if this makes a difference ID: 170595 ·

SURVEYOR Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Oct 02 Posts: 375 Credit: 608,422 RAC: 0	Message 170599 - Posted: 22 Sep 2005, 6:24:40 UTC What version of Boinc are you using, need more info, computer info, etc, Fred BOINC Alpha, BOINC Beta, LHC Alpha, Einstein Alpha ID: 170599 ·

MikeSW17 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1603 Credit: 2,700,523 RAC: 0	Message 170611 - Posted: 22 Sep 2005, 7:43:16 UTC I recon this is ZoneAlarm. I doesn't just stop programs communicating on the LAN/WAN but between each other on the same CPU. BOINC.EXE (BOINC Client) needs to have server rights, BOINCMgr.Exe (BOINC Manager) needs (at least) trusted network access. ID: 170611 ·

Blade2005 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8 Credit: 26,365,253 RAC: 0	Message 170612 - Posted: 22 Sep 2005, 7:50:30 UTC - in response to Message 170463. I've encountered something similar except that I didn't check for boinc.exe and boincmgr.exe in the task manager. I believe it has got to do with the listening ports of the Boinc/Boincmgr. You can obtain further information from Paul's excellent documentation. The exact port number escapes me, it might have been port 1043. One quick way I solve this is by disabling my network interface (3Com Ethernet card), fire up Boincmgr again (which runs boinc.exe in the background), and re-enabling my network interface. Hope this quick 'n' dirty way assists you. Cheers. ID: 170612 ·

STE\/E Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 1137 Credit: 5,334,063 RAC: 0	Message 170622 - Posted: 22 Sep 2005, 9:37:57 UTC - in response to Message 170477. I've already done that quite a few times Ageless, usually the boinc.exe & boincmgr.exe are still running when I shut BOINC off so I just end the Process before trying something else to get it running. As a side note I have got it running but at the cost of a slew of WU's from PrimeGrid & another Project. If need be I guess I'll just go with that but I'm trying to save the WU's for now ... PS: Hey Hey Hey ... I did manage to save the WU's I already had by fiddling around a little ... :) ========== Ummmmmm Errrrrrr ... Did any of you guys read this post of mine, I already had it running again on that Computer, and even managed to save the WU's after they were lost by playing around with the files I saved before you guys posted ... Thanks anyway for replying ... :) ID: 170622 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 170627 - Posted: 22 Sep 2005, 9:52:13 UTC PB, want to try this (?): Copy the account_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml file from any of your working (same OS) computers to this one, then start up Boinc. Let's see if that jogs its memory. ID: 170627 ·

STE\/E Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 1137 Credit: 5,334,063 RAC: 0	Message 170630 - Posted: 22 Sep 2005, 10:14:19 UTC - in response to Message 170627. Last modified: 22 Sep 2005, 10:19:35 UTC PB, want to try this (?): Copy the account_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml file from any of your working (same OS) computers to this one, then start up Boinc. Let's see if that jogs its memory. ========== I give up, I HAVE THE COMPUTER RUNNING BOINC AGAIN GUYS SINCE LAST NIGHT, don't need anymore Ideas ... hehe ... I did another complete un-install & re-install of BOINC & then copied the .xml files from the folder I saved to the new Directory and it started up right and picked up all the WU's that I had & started running them ... Thanks again ID: 170630 ·

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