Host: 1055668 Ubuntu 10.10 (64 bit) , Boinc 6.10.58

Have had a unit trying to upload for a couple of days, but file uploads always fail with:

project file upload handler is missing

Is this server side or client side? Problem persistant across the recent CPDN database server shutdown and also a reboot of the machine.

--Mark

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--miw

OK. More information: It is a hadam3p_pnw workunit, and it seems that posting here has solved the issue because now the files have started to upload, as have the Famous files that were blocked behind it...

--mark

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--miw

Spoke too soon. Hadam3p_pnw files are all failing again with the original error message. Looks like that upload server is down. At least the FAMOUS files all got through. I'll wait a day or so and see what happens....

--mark

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--miw

Please would you have a look at your client_state.xml file to see which server this task is trying to upload to, and exactly what the URL for the file_upload_handler is shown as. It's mentioned in this thread here:

http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=6991&nowrap=true#40640

This will be helpful in tracking down exactly where the problem lies.

I think this is it:

--mark

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<name>hadam3p_pnw_v4d2_1998_1_006723123_0_1.zip</name>
<nbytes>6017245.000000</nbytes>
<max_nbytes>150000000.000000</max_nbytes>
<md5_cksum>f71d66610ab993a15f2d818467f49b3b</md5_cksum>
<generated_locally/>
<status>1</status>
<upload_when_present/>
<url>http://boinc1.coas.oregonstate.edu/cpdn_cgi_main/file_upload_hnndler</url>
<persistent_file_xfer>
<num_retries>134</num_retries>
<first_request_time>1286795614.498710</first_request_time>
<next_request_time>1288783623.952069</next_request_time>
<time_so_far>483.509431</time_so_far>
<last_bytes_xferred>323.000000</last_bytes_xferred>
</persistent_file_xfer>
<signed_xml>
<name>hadam3p_pnw_v4d2_1998_1_006723123_0_1.zip</name>
<generated_locally/>
<upload_when_present/>
<max_nbytes>150000000</max_nbytes>
<url> http://boinc1.coas.oregonstate.edu/cpdn_cgi_main/file_upload_handler </url>
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--miw

As I feared, the annoying mis-spelling of file_upload_handler has made an appearance. The mis-spellings vary and cannot be found in our databases or config files, so their origin is a mystery. In this case you've got "file_upload_hnndler".

You could get the file to upload by a careful edit of the file (make a backup copy first), having first shut down the BOINC client.

/etc/init.d/boinc_client stop
cp client_state.xml client_state.bak
vi client_state.xml
:.,$s/hnndler/handler/
:wq
/etc/init.d/boinc_client start

all is well by the looks. The third and fourth of the files are uploading bravely as I type.

if it gives any clue, to convert "a" to "n" you invert the lower-order nybble...

Thanks a bunch!!

cheers,

Mark

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--miw

Thanks for letting me know.
Nice to see someone who appreciates vi. :)

Ha. I am no vi power user, but I am just proficient enough to never have bothered to learn emacs. For my money they are the only general text editors that have enough power.

OK. I sometimes use ed when I'm on a very slow link.

dunno if it gives any clue, to convert "a" to "n" you invert the least significant nybble...

--mark.

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--miw

dunno if it gives any clue, to convert "a" to "n" you invert the least significant nybble…

That is indeed interesting…