Posts by Greenglen

1) Questions and Answers : Windows : What a ridiculously difficult program to operate (Message 277447)
Posted 7 Apr 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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Just came across this posting. I installed BOINC a couple of weeks ago knowing not a thing about it - just seemed like a good idea at the time! The damn thing almost installed and configured itself...I was grateful I was required to do a couple of things myself otherwise I would have been totally redundant. I'm puzzled with someone having problems installing and using the software. I found it embarassingly easy.
2) Questions and Answers : Windows : Switch off? (Message 272606)
Posted 31 Mar 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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Good answers, thanks. I really don't know enough about this stuff to have a moan but it's amusing to see the amount of complaints that are driven by the competitive spirit - not a bad thing but how many of us attach to a project because it's something we believe in rather than looking for the quick turn-round to rack up the points?
p.s. Is the advice - 'Hands off that Update button'?
3) Questions and Answers : Windows : Switch off? (Message 272315)
Posted 30 Mar 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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Maybe SETI@HOME should just switch off for a while. Some people are trying to help, some are trying to gain credits but it's obvious that the system can't cope. 'Communication deferred?' How common is that? Is SETI@HOME suffering from too much popularity?
4) Questions and Answers : Windows : When what's up is down.............. (Message 272298)
Posted 30 Mar 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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My understanding is that error 403 is an access denied or restricted.

A per the Boinc Wiki

The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. Authorization will not help and the request SHOULD NOT be repeated. If the request method was not HEAD and the server wishes to make public why the request has not been fulfilled, it SHOULD describe the reason for the refusal in the entity. If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 404 (Not Found) can be used instead.
Typically due to file access permissions on the server.

In the case of the BOINC System, the Web Server thinks that the HTTP data stream sent by the client (e.g. a Web Browser or the BOINC Daemon) was correct, but access to the resource identified by the URL is forbidden for some reason.

This indicates a fundamental access problem, which may be difficult to resolve because the HTTP protocol allows the Web Server to give this response without providing any reason at all. So the 403 error is equivalent to a blanket 'NO' by the Server - with no further discussion allowed.

By far the most common reason for this error is that directory browsing is forbidden for the Web Site. In the case of a response to a Scheduler Request Message or an Upload/Download action is because of an error on the server-side of BOINC System.


Wha??? What language are you talking in? We're just trying to help with crunching the numbers but keep getting 'Communication Deferred...'Should we all just quit? Can you explain it in layman's terms?
5) Questions and Answers : Windows : Communication Deferred (Message 270746)
Posted 28 Mar 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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Home Page:
March 27, 2006
We need to continue cleaning up after several server issues over the weekend. We won't be sending out any new work until we clear up some disk space.


OK. Thanks guys.
6) Questions and Answers : Windows : Communication Deferred (Message 270639)
Posted 28 Mar 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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I know this one's been asked many times but I haven't seen an answer to it yet - other than 'just leave it, it'll sort itself out. The SETI app on my maching has been stuck on 'Communication deferred'. These are the most recent messages. The last entry says 'scheduler request succeeded' but it's still stuck on 'Communication deferred'. What am I missing?

28/03/2006 16:35:28|boincsimap|Scheduler request to http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap_cgi/cgi succeeded
28/03/2006 16:35:30|boincsimap|Started download of 60301207.008409
28/03/2006 16:35:46|boincsimap|Finished download of 60301207.008409
28/03/2006 16:35:46|boincsimap|Throughput 89975 bytes/sec
28/03/2006 16:35:47||request_reschedule_cpus: files downloaded
28/03/2006 16:44:48||request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
28/03/2006 16:44:48|boincsimap|Computation for result 60301207.011920_1 finished
28/03/2006 16:44:48|boincsimap|Starting result 60301208.024517_1 using simap version 507
28/03/2006 16:44:50|boincsimap|Started upload of 60301207.011920_1_0
28/03/2006 16:45:06|boincsimap|Finished upload of 60301207.011920_1_0
28/03/2006 16:45:06|boincsimap|Throughput 20667 bytes/sec
28/03/2006 16:55:26||request_reschedule_cpus: project op
28/03/2006 16:55:30|boincsimap|Sending scheduler request to http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap_cgi/cgi
28/03/2006 16:55:30|boincsimap|Reason: Requested by user
28/03/2006 16:55:30|boincsimap|Reporting 1 results
28/03/2006 16:55:35|boincsimap|Scheduler request to http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap_cgi/cgi succeeded
28/03/2006 16:56:06||request_reschedule_cpus: result op
28/03/2006 16:56:06|boincsimap|Pausing result 60301208.024517_1 (removed from memory)
28/03/2006 16:56:07|boincsimap|Starting result 60301207.008409_0 using simap version 507
28/03/2006 16:56:08||request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
28/03/2006 16:56:09||request_reschedule_cpus: result op
28/03/2006 16:56:10|Predictor @ Home|Resuming result bprion_8_152134_2 using mfoldB125 version 428
28/03/2006 16:56:10|boincsimap|Pausing result 60301207.008409_0 (removed from memory)
28/03/2006 16:56:15||request_reschedule_cpus: result op
28/03/2006 16:56:39||request_reschedule_cpus: project op
28/03/2006 16:56:41|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi
28/03/2006 16:56:41|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user
28/03/2006 16:56:41|SETI@home|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
28/03/2006 16:57:03||Couldn't connect to hostname [setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu]
28/03/2006 16:57:06|SETI@home|Scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi failed with a return value of -106
28/03/2006 16:57:06|SETI@home|No schedulers responded
28/03/2006 16:58:06|SETI@home|Fetching master file
28/03/2006 16:58:11|SETI@home|Master file download succeeded
28/03/2006 16:58:16|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi
28/03/2006 16:58:16|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user
28/03/2006 16:58:16|SETI@home|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
28/03/2006 16:58:37||Couldn't connect to hostname [setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu]
28/03/2006 16:58:41|SETI@home|Scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi failed with a return value of -106
28/03/2006 16:58:41|SETI@home|No schedulers responded
28/03/2006 16:59:41|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi
28/03/2006 16:59:41|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user
28/03/2006 16:59:41|SETI@home|Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
28/03/2006 17:00:11|SETI@home|Scheduler request to http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded
7) Questions and Answers : Windows : Sorry - no can do! (Message 268860)
Posted 25 Mar 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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OK Jim and others, I respect your arguments and your advice. I'm up and running now and if I do encounter any problems I'll know where to come for help.
8) Questions and Answers : Windows : Sorry - no can do! (Message 267836)
Posted 24 Mar 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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Thanks for your comments people but you see I don't have a problem as such. It's the risk factor I'm thinking about - it might or might not give me problems and it has obviously given a lot of people problems. Not just the postings on these forums but other sources like http://www.download.com/SETI-home/3640-2400_4-10488045.html
9) Questions and Answers : Windows : Sorry - no can do! (Message 267798)
Posted 24 Mar 2006 by Profile Greenglen
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Sorry guys. I read through all I thought I needed to and created an account then downloaded BOINC but haven't yet installed. Thought I'd browse the Questions and Problems and...woops!...there's a lot of problems. Can't see the point of installing if I'm going to have all that hassle. I thought it would be 'set and forget'. I'd like to help but I don't think it's a viable proposition.





 
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