Hello,

I\'ve installed boinc running as an task but all climateprediction WU are ending with an error and when the error occurs I have graphical error on my pc and it has problems to write information from other applications to the hard disk when I\'m closing them (e.g. to shut down the sytem).
Can anyone help me why these errors occure?

What is the error? You can copy and paste information from the \"Messages\" tab of the BOINC GUI to help us know what error it is. Also, your PCs set to \"hidden\" so we can\'t see your results and determine the error ourselves.

Hello,

this is the content of my stderrdae.txt-file:
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2005-12-04 17:08:29 [---] Can\'t open temp state file: client_state_next.xml
2005-12-04 17:08:29 [---] Couldn\'t write state file: system fopen
2005-12-04 17:09:31 [climateprediction.net] Unrecoverable error for result sulphur_djqs_000632116_0 (<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_djqs_000632116_0_1.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_djqs_000632116_0_2.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_djqs_000632116_0_3.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_djqs_000632116_0_4.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_djqs_000632116_0_5.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
)
2005-12-04 17:13:35 [climateprediction.net] Unrecoverable error for result sulphur_e8pk_000664472_0 (<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e8pk_000664472_0_1.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e8pk_000664472_0_2.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e8pk_000664472_0_3.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e8pk_000664472_0_4.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e8pk_000664472_0_5.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
)
2005-12-04 17:14:49 [climateprediction.net] Unrecoverable error for result sulphur_e92a_000664930_0 (<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e92a_000664930_0_1.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e92a_000664930_0_2.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e92a_000664930_0_3.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e92a_000664930_0_4.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_e92a_000664930_0_5.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-161</error_code>
<error_message></error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
)
2005-12-04 17:15:57 [climateprediction.net] Message from server: No work sent
2005-12-04 17:15:57 [climateprediction.net] Message from server: (reached daily quota of 1 results)
2005-12-04 17:15:57 [climateprediction.net] No work from project
2005-12-06 15:47:33 [climateprediction.net] Unrecoverable error for result sulphur_ehxj_000676423_0 (app_version download error: couldn\'t get input files:
<file_xfer_error>
<file_name>sulphur_data_4.22_windows_intelx86.zip</file_name>
<error_code>-114</error_code>
<error_message>user requested transfer abort</error_message>
</file_xfer_error>
)
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now I\'ve set mit PCs to visible, but it\'ll need a bit of time until they\'re visible.

Duplicated

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"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

2005-12-04 17:08:29 [---] Can\'t open temp state file: client_state_next.xml
2005-12-04 17:08:29 [---] Couldn\'t write state file: system fopen

client_state_next.xml is a transient file that BOINC uses while it updates client_state.xml (writes current data to \'next\', moves existing file to \'prev\', moves \'next\' to new file). Failing to write to it could be a number of things:

• you\'ve lost write access to the BOINC directory.
  
• there\'s a read-only client_state_next.xml file in your BOINC directory.
  
• you\'ve run out of disk space.
  

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"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Hello,

CPDN finished again with an error. Here is the information from the \"massage\" tab
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Computer Projekt Datum Meldung
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 Starting BOINC client version 5.2.12 for windows_intelx86
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 libcurl/7.14.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8 zlib/1.2.3
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 Executing as a daemon
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 Data directory: C:\\Programme\\BOINC
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 Memory: 1023.48 MB physical, 2.90 GB virtual
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 Disk: 25.00 GB total, 19.32 GB free
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 18:22:29 Computer ID: 294372; location: home; project prefs: default
Patrick pc-patrick Einstein@Home 08.12.2005 18:22:29 Computer ID: 466113; location: home; project prefs: default
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 General prefs: from climateprediction.net (last modified 2005-11-22 20:21:47)
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:29 General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:22:30 Remote control allowed
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 18:22:30 Resuming computation for result sulphur_ehkb_000675947_0 using sulphur_cycle version 422
Patrick pc-patrick Einstein@Home 08.12.2005 18:22:30 Deferring computation for result l1_0646.5__0646.6_0.1_T08_S4lD_3
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 18:57:45 request_reschedule_cpus: project op
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 18:57:46 Sending scheduler request to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 18:57:46 Reason: Requested by user
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 18:57:46 Note: not requesting new work or reporting results
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 18:57:51 Scheduler request to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi succeeded
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 19:38:25 request_reschedule_cpus: project op
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 19:38:27 Sending scheduler request to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 19:38:27 Reason: Requested by user
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 19:38:27 Note: not requesting new work or reporting results
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 19:38:32 Scheduler request to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi succeeded
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 20:10:57 Can\'t open temp state file: client_state_next.xml
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 20:10:57 Couldn\'t write state file: system fopen
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:11:57 Unrecoverable error for result sulphur_ehkb_000675947_0 ( - exit code -2 (0xfffffffe))
Patrick pc-patrick --- 08.12.2005 20:11:57 request_reschedule_cpus: process exited
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:11:57 Computation for result sulphur_ehkb_000675947_0 finished
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:12:57 Sending scheduler request to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:12:57 Reason: To fetch work
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:12:57 Requesting 8640 seconds of new work, and reporting 1 results
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:13:07 Scheduler request to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi succeeded
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:13:09 Started download of sulphur_dbk9_000621513.zip
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:13:14 Temporarily failed download of sulphur_dbk9_000621513.zip: error 404
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:13:14 Giving up on download of sulphur_dbk9_000621513.zip: file was not found on server
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:13:14 Checksum or signature error for sulphur_dbk9_000621513.zip
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:13:15 Unrecoverable error for result sulphur_dbk9_000621513_1 (WU download error: couldn\'t get input files:<file_xfer_error> <file_name>sulphur_dbk9_000621513.zip</file_name> <error_code>-163</error_code> <error_message>file was not found on server</error_message></file_xfer_error>)
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:14:17 Sending scheduler request to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:14:17 Reason: To fetch work
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:14:17 Requesting 8640 seconds of new work, and reporting 1 results
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:14:22 Scheduler request to http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc_cgi/cgi succeeded
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:14:22 Message from server: No work sent
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:14:22 Message from server: (reached daily quota of 1 results)
Patrick pc-patrick climateprediction.net 08.12.2005 20:14:22 No work from project
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Greetings

Do you have Antivir installed as virus scanner? Those two (antivir and cpdn) are known to interact badly in certain versions (at least in the two most recent ones).

Switching to another virus scanner might solve your problem. If this is not an option for you, you might consider either downgrading to an earlier version of CPDN (don\'t ask me how to do that) or disabling climateprediction for the time being.

If you want to test whether antivir is causing the problems you\'ll either have to completely uninstall the program or at least terminate every antivir task (either from the task manager or, if you are running XP Professional, from the \"Services\" tool - found in Control Panel - Administration). Just stopping the scanner from the resident utility won\'t help.

For me, changing the AV scanner was not an option, and neither was downgrading the client. So I have disabled CPDN for the time being.

If any of the CPDN people are reading this: Please get the client fixed so it will work with antivir.

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yes, i have installed AntiVir as virus scanner and it\'s running. I have also stopped running cpdn for the time being and I also have to say:
Please get the client fixed so it will work with antivir!

The problem is with the way that Antivir works.
When a program sends a write request, antivir blocks it, and checks the file for a virus.
It\'s a bit like security: OK at a shopping center, but not at an athletics event,
where it\'s like an official suddenly appearing in front of a runner every 10 feet to stop them and check their identity.

If you can\'t use something else, and can\'t exclude the BOINC folder from scanning, then you\'re wasting your time trying to run cpdn.