Hello,

Currently running BOINC v 6.10.17 and have received 'Computation error' for SETI@Home and Rosetta@Home. Error is displayed between 2 - 4 seconds for SETI and @ 52 seconds for Rosetta. CPU - GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4] (1 processors) and OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00). I have had no problem in uploading or downloading work.

Ideas or suggestions?

Thank you.

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Hmmm your errors aren't showing up on the BOINC FAQ. Do you run the boinc/seti screensaver? I see what looks like a memory error as well. Try restarting and a memory test.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Hello,

Currently running BOINC v 6.10.17 and have received 'Computation error' for SETI@Home and Rosetta@Home. Error is displayed between 2 - 4 seconds for SETI and @ 52 seconds for Rosetta. CPU - GenuineIntel, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4] (1 processors) and OS Microsoft Windows XP Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00). I have had no problem in uploading or downloading work.

Ideas or suggestions?

Thank you.

Is this with a GPU or a CPU?

Have your overclocked your computer?

Have you recently blown the dust bunnies out of the computer?

Have your checked to make certain it is not overheating?

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BOINC WIKI

Hello skildude and John,

skildude

Yes, I am running the Seti/Boinc screeensaver and I have restarted the computer. The error message seems to appear sporadically. I am waiting for a:

11/2/2009 1:46:49 PM rosetta@home Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
11/2/2009 1:46:49 PM rosetta@home Reporting 1 completed tasks, not requesting new tasks
11/2/2009 1:46:54 PM rosetta@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/2/2009 1:46:59 PM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/2/2009 1:46:59 PM SETI@home Reporting 3 completed tasks, requesting new tasks
11/2/2009 1:47:04 PM SETI@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/2/2009 1:47:44 PM Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/2/2009 1:47:44 PM Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks
11/2/2009 1:47:50 PM Milkyway@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server

to correct itself to see if the errors appear with new work.

John

Is this with a GPU or a CPU? CPU

Have your overclocked your computer? Nope, still factory specs with the exception of larger HD and added more RAM.

Have you recently blown the dust bunnies out of the computer? Most dust is out with the exception of what adheres to the boards.

Have your checked to make certain it is not overheating? I don't feel any heat and the CPU is in a well ventilated location.

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11/2/2009 1:46:54 PM rosetta@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server

11/2/2009 1:47:04 PM SETI@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server

11/2/2009 1:47:50 PM Milkyway@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server

You get these errors if BOINC is not allowed to connect to the internet (it no longer is allowed to pass through the firewall, or there's a proxy in the way all of a sudden).

"Illegal Instruction (0xc000001d) at address 0x00402818" means that you are trying to run an application built with instruction sets that are newer than the ones build into the CPU. For example, an optimized Seti application with SSE3, while the maximum the CPU can do is SSE2.

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Hello Jord,

While I have a firewall, BOINC has permission to access the web at anytime, hence the work currently running.

No "Illegal Instruction (0xc000001d) at address 0x00402818" as you referenced is displayed in the BOINC Manager. There is a 'computation error' under Status on the Tasks tab, and this is only for those jobs completed in 2 - 4 sec (Seti) and 52 seconds (for rosetta@home).

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No "Illegal Instruction (0xc000001d) at address 0x00402818" as you referenced is displayed in the BOINC Manager. There is a 'computation error' under Status on the Tasks tab, and this is only for those jobs completed in 2 - 4 sec (Seti) and 52 seconds (for rosetta@home).

I look at your Seti tasks list. When you click on the blue links for the Task ID you can see what I see: the stderr text that your computer sent back with the tasks.

You are using "Anonymous platform" as the application version, meaning that you must at some time have installed one of the Optimized Seti applications. You just installed the wrong one. A P4 2.4GHz CPU can at maximum probably do SSE, at best SSE2. But you can check that with CPU-Z. Download CPU-Z and run it, it'll tell you which Instructions your CPU can do. MMX, SSE etc.

You will then have to use the correct optimized Seti application. The Lunatics Unified Installer v0.2 will show which it can install, you just have to choose the correct applications.

So do not choose the SSE2 application if the maximum instructions your CPU can do is SSE. These applications are NOT backward compatible.

As for Rosetta@Home, your computer doesn't show it's doing any errors there.

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Hi Jord,

I ran CPU-Z and the Instructions listed are: MMX, SSE and SSE2.

CPU-Z TXT Report
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Binaries
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU-Z version 1.52.2

Processors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of processors 1
Number of threads 1

APICs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0

Processors Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 1 (max 1)
Number of threads 1 (max 1)
Name Intel Pentium 4
Codename Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 478 mPGA (0x2)
CPUID F.2.4
Extended CPUID F.2
Brand ID 9
Core Stepping B0
Technology 0.13 um
Core Speed 2386.7 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 18.0 x 132.6 MHz
Rated Bus speed 530.4 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
L1 Data cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache 512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control no

Should I proceed with the correct optimized Seti application - in this case for the SSE?

Thank you.[/img]

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Hi Jord,

I ran CPU-Z and the Instructions listed are: MMX, SSE and SSE2.

CPU-Z TXT Report
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Binaries
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU-Z version 1.52.2

Processors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of processors 1
Number of threads 1

APICs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0

Processors Information
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 1 (max 1)
Number of threads 1 (max 1)
Name Intel Pentium 4
Codename Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 478 mPGA (0x2)
CPUID F.2.4
Extended CPUID F.2
Brand ID 9
Core Stepping B0
Technology 0.13 um
Core Speed 2386.7 MHz
Multiplier x FSB 18.0 x 132.6 MHz
Rated Bus speed 530.4 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
L1 Data cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache 512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control no

Should I proceed with the correct optimized Seti application - in this case for the SSE?

Thank you.[/img]

You can use MMX, SSE or SSE2, but no higher. If you have installed an optimized application for some other OP set, you need to back that down to SSE or SSE2.

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BOINC WIKI

I downloaded and installed SSE and I am still experiencing the same problems.

Next step?

Thank you.

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Did you exit BOINC, install the new optimized application and then restart BOINC?
Did you make sure BOINC was completely exited at the time (checked through Windows Task Manager)?

With the latest BOINC versions, just click BOINC Manager->File->Exit, the whole client and science applications will only stop when you check the option "Stop running science applications when exiting the manager" on the exit dialog. Else BOINC will continue to run and any changes you make at that time to the science application will be ignored.

If you didn't see the exit dialog, reopen BOINC Manager->Advanced view->Advanced->Options, check "Enable Manager exit dialog?" and click OK, then go BOINC Manager->File->Exit.

In the Lunatics Unified Installer, you should at least check this option:

Click Next and let the software install the correct app_info.xml file and optimized executable.

Only then restart BOINC. If that still doesn't seem to fix it, try a reboot first. And if that doesn't fix it, your CPU may be damaged. You can then still run Seti on it, but not the optimized version.

To get rid of the optimized application, exit BOINC as I explained above.
Navigate to the Seti directory inside your BOINC Data directory with Windows Explorer.

If you installed BOINC in the default places, this directory will be at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC\projects\setiathome.berkeley.edu\

Delete the app_info.xml file.
Restart BOINC (Start->Programs->BOINC->BOINC Manager).
Projects tab->Select Seti@Home->Click Reset->Click Yes.

The last step needs to be done to get rid of remnants of the Seti optimized application in the client_state.xml file, else BOINC will try to download the optimized app from Seti (and fail and fail and fail and fail and...)

Run some work (for as far as you can get it) through the normal Seti application. If that runs without problems, at least you're back in business.

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Well I don't know what did or didn't happened but here is the latest log file:

11/3/2009 7:25:06 AM Starting BOINC client version 6.10.17 for windows_intelx86
11/3/2009 7:25:06 AM log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
11/3/2009 7:25:06 AM Libraries: libcurl/7.19.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3
11/3/2009 7:25:06 AM Data directory: F:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC
11/3/2009 7:25:06 AM Running under account Administrator
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz [x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 4]
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Processor features: fpu tsc sse sse2 mmx
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM OS: Microsoft Windows XP: Professional x86 Edition, Service Pack 3, (05.01.2600.00)
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Memory: 1.50 GB physical, 3.35 GB virtual
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Disk: 127.99 GB total, 100.28 GB free
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Local time is UTC -5 hours
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM No usable GPUs found
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM SETI@home [error] State file error: missing application file AK_v8b_win_SSE2.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM SETI@home [error] No application found for task: windows_intelx86 603 ; discarding
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM SETI@home [error] No application found for task: windows_intelx86 603 ; discarding
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM SETI@home [error] No application found for task: windows_intelx86 603 ; discarding
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Not using a proxy
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM rosetta@home URL http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID 1128680; resource share 100
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Milkyway@home URL http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/; Computer ID 114662; resource share 100
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM SETI@home URL http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID 4955687; resource share 100
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM SETI@home General prefs: from SETI@home (last modified 13-Jul-2005 07:57:01)
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM SETI@home Computer location: home
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM SETI@home General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Preferences limit memory usage when active to 767.65MB
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1381.77MB
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM Preferences limit disk usage to 63.99GB
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM rosetta@home Started upload of rossmann2x3_f043_002_15363_347_0_0
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM rosetta@home Started upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1shfA_SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_802_0_0
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM rosetta@home Restarting task abinitio_withrelax_nohomfrag_129_B_1ughI_SAVE_ALL_OUT_15340_588_0 using minirosetta version 198
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM rosetta@home Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
11/3/2009 7:25:07 AM rosetta@home Reporting 1 completed tasks, not requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:25:08 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:08 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed upload of rossmann2x3_f043_002_15363_347_0_0: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:08 AM rosetta@home Backing off 2 min 4 sec on upload of rossmann2x3_f043_002_15363_347_0_0
11/3/2009 7:25:08 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1shfA_SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_802_0_0: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:08 AM rosetta@home Backing off 1 min 42 sec on upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1shfA_SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_802_0_0
11/3/2009 7:25:08 AM rosetta@home Started upload of Rossmann2X3_079_008_15353_1178_0_0
11/3/2009 7:25:08 AM rosetta@home Started upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1h75A_SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_775_0_0
11/3/2009 7:25:10 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:10 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed upload of Rossmann2X3_079_008_15353_1178_0_0: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:10 AM rosetta@home Backing off 1 min 25 sec on upload of Rossmann2X3_079_008_15353_1178_0_0
11/3/2009 7:25:10 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1h75A_SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_775_0_0: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:10 AM rosetta@home Backing off 1 min 38 sec on upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1h75A_SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_775_0_0
11/3/2009 7:25:11 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:12 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:12 AM rosetta@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/3/2009 7:25:13 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:14 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:15 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:17 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:17 AM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/3/2009 7:25:17 AM SETI@home Requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:25:20 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:22 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:23 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:23 AM SETI@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/3/2009 7:25:24 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:25 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:26 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:27 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:28 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:28 AM Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/3/2009 7:25:28 AM Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:25:29 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:30 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:32 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:25:32 AM rosetta@home Backing off 1 min 0 sec on download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:25:34 AM Milkyway@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/3/2009 7:25:35 AM SETI@home Resetting project
11/3/2009 7:25:37 AM Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
11/3/2009 7:25:38 AM BOINC can't access Internet - check network connection or proxy configuration.
11/3/2009 7:25:39 AM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/3/2009 7:25:39 AM SETI@home Requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:25:44 AM SETI@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/3/2009 7:26:10 AM rosetta@home Started upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1acf__SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_775_0_0
11/3/2009 7:26:10 AM rosetta@home Started upload of Rossmann2X3_076_006_15347_1712_0_0
11/3/2009 7:26:11 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1acf__SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_775_0_0: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:11 AM rosetta@home Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of abinitio_withrelax_nodisulf_nohomfrag_129_B_1acf__SAVE_ALL_OUT_15341_775_0_0
11/3/2009 7:26:11 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed upload of Rossmann2X3_076_006_15347_1712_0_0: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:11 AM rosetta@home Backing off 1 min 0 sec on upload of Rossmann2X3_076_006_15347_1712_0_0
11/3/2009 7:26:33 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:34 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:35 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:35 AM Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/3/2009 7:26:35 AM Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:26:36 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:37 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:38 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:39 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:40 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:40 AM Milkyway@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/3/2009 7:26:42 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:43 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:44 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:45 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:46 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:47 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:48 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:49 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:51 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:52 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:53 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:26:54 AM rosetta@home Temporarily failed download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe: connect() failed
11/3/2009 7:26:54 AM rosetta@home Backing off 1 min 0 sec on download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:27:07 AM rosetta@home Sending scheduler request: To report completed tasks.
11/3/2009 7:27:07 AM rosetta@home Reporting 1 completed tasks, not requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:27:12 AM rosetta@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/3/2009 7:27:22 AM SETI@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/3/2009 7:27:22 AM SETI@home Requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:27:27 AM SETI@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/3/2009 7:27:42 AM Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/3/2009 7:27:42 AM Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:27:47 AM Milkyway@home Scheduler request failed: Couldn't connect to server
11/3/2009 7:27:55 AM rosetta@home Started download of rosetta_beta_5.98_windows_intelx86.exe
11/3/2009 7:28:48 AM Milkyway@home Sending scheduler request: To fetch work.
11/3/2009 7:28:48 AM Milkyway@home Requesting new tasks
11/3/2009 7:28:53 AM Milkyway@home Scheduler request completed: got 5 new tasks
11/3/2009 7:28:56 AM Milkyway@home Started download of p-12-1s-boinc-const.txt
11/3/2009 7:28:56 AM Milkyway@home Started download of ps_12_1s_const_1_search_parameters_206243_1257251266
11/3/2009 7:28:58 AM Milkyway@home Finished download of p-12-1s-boinc-const.txt
11/3/2009 7:28:58 AM Milkyway@home Finished download of ps_12_1s_const_1_search_parameters_206243_1257251266

Almost as if there are gremlins in the computer. I ensure I feed the hamsters running in the wheel but what does one feed gremlins?

It appears that this problem is fixed at this time and I want to thank everyone for their time and assistance.

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it looks like your applications were install in a different file than what the BOINC project expected. I can only assume the files were moved. If it were only your Seti I could understand the app install not working but you are getting it from Rosetta as well.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope