Famous Scheduler request failed: Error 417, but...
28 Oct 2010 16:39:17 UTC
Topic 195414
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I found a 2-3 Intel Q8300 PCs to add to the project and add 10k+ points every day. But unfortunately I've got a "Scheduler request failed: Error 417" problem.
First of all, the solution:
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doesn't work.
Here is some interesting facts:
- proxy works only with HTTP 1.0
- several other PCs in the same network run BOINC fine after setting the option 1
- PCs with 417 problem have internet connection (Chrome and Skype are just fine), have cc_config.xml created in proper location and with proper access rights, Boinc manager configured for correct proxy IP and port.
I really wonder what could be wrong?
Famous Scheduler request failed: Error 417, but...
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Hi!
Hmm...looks a problem with the proxy to me. It's unusual that you need to downgrade to HTTP 1.0 to make BOINC work over a proxy.
Is it possible that those PCs in the network that CAN use BOINC have an earlier version of BOINC running? Needless to say, downgrading BOINC would then be an option.
CU
HBE
I need to downgrade to HTTP
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I need to downgrade to HTTP 1.0 because of Squid (this is a fully-featured HTTP/1.0 proxy which is almost ;) HTTP/1.1 compliant)
> Is it possible that those PCs in the network that CAN use BOINC have an earlier version of BOINC running?
PCs in the network that CAN use BOINC have BOINC versions 6.10.58, 6.10.17 and 6.4.7. PCs that CAN NOT get tasks have default version suggested on download page (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php). All PCs working and nonworking never had any other BOINC installations before.
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Made it working :) I'm not
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Made it working :)
I'm not sure what was a problem but now it works. Here is what was changed:
- Uninstalled BOINC 6.10.58 (i686) and deleted all directories (data dir and program dir) Since I didn't have any tasks on that PC so it was ok.
- Installed boinc_6.12.4_windows_x86_64.exe (64bit version because PC is under WinXP 64 bit) By default the download page suggest boinc_6.10.57_windows_intelx86.exe 32bit - which is probably wrong for WinXP 64 (I'm not sure is it possible to detect if system is 32bit or 64bit)
- During installation option "secure mode" was selected, control given only to installing user, instead of default to All Users. BTW data directory was suggested as "Documents and Setting\App Data\All Users" anyway which is probably feature (not a bug ;) I agreed with that directory.
- cc-config.xml (i need option) was created with old Notepad (NOT with Notepad++) which affected file encoding and end-of-lines. Notepad suggested ANSI encoding, I agreed. (Notepad++ uses UTF8 by default)
Previous attempt was (on tha same PC) with following:
- boinc_6.10.57_windows_intelx86.exe
- non secure mode (by default)
- controllable by all users (by default)
- cc-config.xml (with option) created with Notepad++ (had UNIX like end of lines and UTF8 encoding)
result was 417 error after every attempt to update project
this is all.
RE: Previous attempt was
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That was likely the problem. I'm not sure about the line feed/carriage return endings (should be no problem for BOINC), but UTF8 encoding embeds some special characters in the file, which make it unreadable for BOINC.
To check in future attempts if the cc_config.xml file is accepted, include some logging flags (like , or , they give useful output without overly bloating the log), because then you can see in the Messages tab if the reading was successful:
Gruß,
Gundolf
Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)
