"Temporarily failed download" error
14 Jan 2008 17:36:51 UTC
Topic 193440
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Last week, I installed einstein@home on a new PC and I have yet to start computations due to download errors. I get the multiple occurances of the following errors in my log (repeated several times before "backing off" and then the cycle continues):
1/14/2008 12:22:22 PM|Einstein@Home|Started download of einstein_S5R3_4.15_windows_intelx86.pdb
1/14/2008 12:22:23 PM|Einstein@Home|Temporarily failed download of einstein_S5R3_4.15_windows_intelx86.pdb: http error
I already am using BOINC for SETI@home and climateprediction.net and they are not experiencing any problems.
What could be going on?
FYI: I am using BOINC Manager v5.10.30 on a Windows XP SP2 box.
Another note: I have BOINC running all 3 projects (einstein, seti, climate) on another machine with no errors from einstein.
Thanks.
Signed,
Shawn Scoles
"Temporarily failed download" error
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Copy the einstein_S5R3_4.15_windows_intelx86.pdb from the one machine it does work on to the machine that can't download it. Then restart BOINC on that machine and update Einstein. It should stop retrying to download it then.
You can find the file in \\BOINC\\projects\\einstein.phys.uwm.edu\\
As to why it happens, it could be a local thing. It could also be a problem with a network card/driver on the Einstein server. The latter can only be proven if more people have this problem. What you can also try is keep resetting the project, or keep on retrying to download the file (not abort it, like you already did to one).
Some people have experienced
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Some people have experienced problems in the past with all sorts of programs that can block or filetr your internet traffic, e.g. Web content filters to automatically block ads, or "internet toolbars" or "accelerators" that use sometimes use a proxy like mechanism. If you have anything like this running on your system, try to disable it and test whether this caused the connection problem with Einstein@Home.
Happy Crunching
Bikeman
RE: Copy the
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That sounds like a plan. I'll try it when I get a chance. But for now, that is going to have to wait -- the computer that was successfully running einstein (and others) is experiencing some severe indigestion (it is in an XP Logo-reboot loop and never gets to the XP login screen), but that is for another forum on another web site and I already have some ideas as to what to do to fix it.
Thanks.
Signed,
Shawn Scoles
RE: RE: Copy the
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Okay. I cured the indigestion my "good einstein" computer was having. I copied the einstein_S5R3_4.15_windows_intelx86.pdb file from it to the problem computer. I did a "retry now" from the transfers tab and everything looks good. I now have einstein running on both my machines.
Thanks!
>>> Shawn