Hello,

because of a system crash I lost two old and a new downloaded WU.

After stabilising the system and testing with prime, I started BOINC again. Boinc started the download of a new WU (Version 5.40), but the download failed. A Checksum error in the application file was notified.

Now I get no WU from climateprediction for more than 24 h. Download time of the failed download is: 3 May 2007 8:03:17 UTC.

What can I do to get a new WU?

Thank you for your answers!

Nowi

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Your error shows your BOINC can\'t download hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip
Are you behind a firewall/proxy that doesn\'t allow ZIP files to be downloaded?

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Jord.

No, my firewall allows me to download every filetype.

In addition I lost also a new WU, which was a WU for the 5.40 version. This WU was totally downloaded without any failure.

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How did you lose that one? Is your system so instable? Or has it gone missing because you can\'t download that one zip file? And is it only that one zip file you cannot download? Can you leave behind part of your messages log, please? The last 20-30 lines or so.

But once you hit the download quota, you can\'t do anything else but wait. Unless an admin resets your quota for you.

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Jord.

I had instabilities with my PSU. So the system crashes. The old WUs crashed, too. After restart boinc uploaded the crashed old WUs and downloaded a new, which crashed from another instability.

My system is, I think, after changing PSU and testing with prime95 for six hours now stable.

The messages from boinc are these:

2007-05-03 10:03:17 [climateprediction.net] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
2007-05-03 10:03:17 [climateprediction.net] Requesting 25146 seconds of new work
2007-05-03 10:03:32 [climateprediction.net] Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 509]
2007-05-03 10:03:34 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3trans_5.40_windows_intelx86.exe
2007-05-03 10:03:34 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3transse_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip
2007-05-03 10:05:13 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3transse_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip
2007-05-03 10:05:13 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 14840 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:05:13 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip
2007-05-03 10:06:41 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip
2007-05-03 10:06:41 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 2336 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:06:41 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3transdata_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip
2007-05-03 10:06:41 [climateprediction.net] [error] Checksum or signature error for hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip
2007-05-03 10:06:42 [climateprediction.net] Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
2007-05-03 10:06:42 [climateprediction.net] Reason: Unrecoverable error for result hadcm3inct_ckx3_1920_160_05877596_2 (app_version download error: couldn\'t get input files:
<file_xfer_error>
  <file_name>hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip</file_name>
  <error_code>-200</error_code>
</file_xfer_error>
)
2007-05-03 10:07:39 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3transdata_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip
2007-05-03 10:07:39 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 15383 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:07:39 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3inct_ckx3_1920_160_05877596.zip
2007-05-03 10:07:43 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3inct_ckx3_1920_160_05877596.zip
2007-05-03 10:07:43 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 1995 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:07:43 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file SULPC_OXIDANTS_19_A2_1990.mod.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:37 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file SULPC_OXIDANTS_19_A2_1990.mod.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:37 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 1301 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:08:37 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file spec3a_lw_3_asol2c_hadcm3.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:37 [climateprediction.net] [error] Checksum or signature error for SULPC_OXIDANTS_19_A2_1990.mod.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:40 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file spec3a_lw_3_asol2c_hadcm3.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:40 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 8670 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:08:40 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file spec3a_sw_3_asol2b_hadcm3.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:41 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file spec3a_sw_3_asol2b_hadcm3.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:41 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 39966 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:08:41 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file solar_v00.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:42 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file solar_v00.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:42 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 172 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:08:42 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file DMSallNH3SO21900.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:58 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file DMSallNH3SO21900.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:58 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 15872 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:08:58 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file NAT_VOLC.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:59 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file NAT_VOLC.gz
2007-05-03 10:08:59 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 11877 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:08:59 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file fnqqhdck_0408_nickfluxcorr.anc.gz
2007-05-03 10:09:42 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file fnqqhdck_0408_nickfluxcorr.anc.gz
2007-05-03 10:09:42 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 11603 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:09:42 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file yafbg.astart.gz
2007-05-03 10:11:40 [---] Project communication failed: attempting access to reference site
2007-05-03 10:11:40 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Temporarily failed download of hadcm3trans_5.40_windows_intelx86.exe: http error
2007-05-03 10:11:40 [climateprediction.net] Backing off 1 min 0 sec on download of file hadcm3trans_5.40_windows_intelx86.exe
2007-05-03 10:11:40 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file ozone_hadcm3_1900.gz
2007-05-03 10:11:41 [---] Access to reference site succeeded - project servers may be temporarily down.
2007-05-03 10:11:48 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file ozone_hadcm3_1900.gz
2007-05-03 10:11:48 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 9381 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:11:48 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file ghg_cntrl.gz
2007-05-03 10:11:49 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file ghg_cntrl.gz
2007-05-03 10:11:49 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 3788 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:11:49 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file SULPC_OXIDANTS_19_A2_1990.gz
2007-05-03 10:12:05 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file SULPC_OXIDANTS_19_A2_1990.gz
2007-05-03 10:12:05 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 3129 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:12:05 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file 1002_flux_corr.anc.gz
2007-05-03 10:12:09 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file yafbg.astart.gz
2007-05-03 10:12:09 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 15708 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:12:09 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file volc_v00.gz
2007-05-03 10:12:10 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file volc_v00.gz
2007-05-03 10:12:10 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 2277 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:12:10 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file 1002_ocean.year.gz
2007-05-03 10:13:13 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file 1002_flux_corr.anc.gz
2007-05-03 10:13:13 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 7133 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:13:13 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3_40.png
2007-05-03 10:13:14 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3_40.png
2007-05-03 10:13:14 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 8367 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:13:14 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3_banner_290.png
2007-05-03 10:13:17 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3_banner_290.png
2007-05-03 10:13:17 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 17484 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:13:17 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3_ss_290_1.png
2007-05-03 10:13:19 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3_ss_290_1.png
2007-05-03 10:13:19 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 36576 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:13:19 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3_ss_290_2.png
2007-05-03 10:13:24 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3_ss_290_2.png
2007-05-03 10:13:24 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 11917 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:13:24 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3_ss_290_3.png
2007-05-03 10:13:26 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3_ss_290_3.png
2007-05-03 10:13:26 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 22009 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:13:27 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Started download of file hadcm3trans_5.40_windows_intelx86.exe
2007-05-03 10:13:38 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file 1002_ocean.year.gz
2007-05-03 10:13:38 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 15688 bytes/sec
2007-05-03 10:17:24 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Finished download of file hadcm3trans_5.40_windows_intelx86.exe
2007-05-03 10:17:24 [climateprediction.net] [file_xfer] Throughput 10748 bytes/sec

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Please navigate to your BOINC directory (default at C:\\Program Files\\BOINC).
Then on to projects\\climateprediction.net
Check if you still have all those files there, and are only missing hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip

If you are, try to download it from me, here.

Save it directly to C:\\Program Files\\BOINC\\projects\\climateprediction.net
Overwrite the old one, Yes.

Make sure you exit BOINC before doing this.
Now there\'s probably something you should still edit in client_state.xml file in C:\\Program Files\\BOINC\\

So hold off on restarting BOINC while I ask around what it is.

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Jord.

I have downloaded and decompressed the file in the mentioned directory. Now I´m waiting...

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Well, it wasn\'t necessary to decompress it, as BOINC will do that for you. ;)
I asked Thyme Lawn to come by and check what may need to be changed in client_state.xml, as I can\'t tell you myself as I am not running CPDN (also due to an instable system, but in my case it was broken chipset drivers ;))

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Jord.

When I look to my result tab in my CPDN account. The client state for this WU is downloading and the time report shows 3 May 2007 11:00:35 UTC.

Has this any influence?

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No, not after we fix your client_state.xml file. Then that entry in Boinc Manager will be gone.

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Jord.

It is not in the BOINC Manager, but on the CPDN Homepage.

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I think the thing to fix this is this:

Open client_state.xml with Notepad.
Use Edit->Find to find hadcm3transum_5.40

It should show something like this:

<file_info>
<name>hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip</name>
<nbytes>1553234.000000</nbytes>
<max_nbytes>0.000000</max_nbytes>
<status>1</status>
<signature_required/>
<file_signature>
13b1fa3bb546429efed52dd5c1e1523fcdd96b5439c761f6b0ce60cf5c303453
40230955e5f524184594052368c4eae58fb5051978db357fb677874da774fe9a
03e4cfb9ac92bd40b2befc17568b7097d7bc9b5fe70c499c24998a1d9795e1b8
58f1a923d2aa089aabf27ce30e20f0e9bab7bc256c01dbabb34b8e54bf90f591
.
</file_signature>
<url>http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/download/hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip</url>
</file_info>

Check if your nbytes number is the same as above, if not edit it to show like that.
And make sure the status is 1. I think yours is still at 0.

Now save client_state.xml, by going File->Save. Then exit it with the X. (Do NOT Save As.. as that will add .txt to the file).

Make sure hadcm3transum_5.40_windows_intelx86.zip is in your c:\\program files\\boinc\\projects\\climateprediction.net folder (as a zip file, not decompressed).

And that should fix it. The Downloading status should fix itself the next time BOINC had contact with Climate.

If you still want to wait for confirmation from a moderator here (or Thyme), then please wait with restarting BOINC.

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Jord.

I´m sorry, but I have no entry with hadcm3transum_5.40 in my client_state.xml. Only a few picture files (*.png)

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Oh well... then whatever we tried here isn\'t of much use either. ;-)

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Jord.

As the model has already reported a downloading error it\'s likely that all record of it has been deleted from client_state.xml and you\'ll have to wait until the website allows you to download another one.

It might be possible to regenerate the hadcm3inct_ckx3_1920_160_0587759.zip file if it\'s been deleted, but if the <file_info> and/or <workunit> section for hadcm3inct_ckx3_1920_160_0587759 are missing from client_state.xml I\'m afraid that result\'s gone for good unless you have a copy of the file with them in :(

One slight consolation is that if the project zip files are still on your disk you won\'t have to download them again.

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

No, there are no project files on my disk. So it seems, that my only opinion is to wait.... :-((

Nevertheless, Thank you very much!

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