Master file fetch failed

wiseguy
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2005.03.21. 14:14:40||Starting BOINC client version 4.25 for windows_intelx86
2005.03.21. 14:14:40||No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
2005.03.21. 14:16:08|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Using your default project prefs
2005.03.21. 14:16:08||Insufficient work; requesting more
2005.03.21. 14:16:09|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Master file fetch failed
2005.03.21. 14:16:09|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Resetting project
2005.03.21. 14:16:09|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Detaching from project
2005.03.21. 15:25:32|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Using your default project prefs
2005.03.21. 15:25:32||Insufficient work; requesting more
2005.03.21. 15:25:33|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Master file fetch failed
2005.03.21. 15:25:33|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Resetting project
2005.03.21. 15:25:33|http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/|Detaching from project

Can anybody help me what this message means?

Ananas
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Master file fetch failed

Could be about the time when they are doing some file system or database backup.

Not sure if the backup is still done that time of the day but you should retry in your evening or morning.

Bernd Machenschalk
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It means that your system

It means that your system could correctly resolve the hostname (einstein.phys.uwm.edu) but couldn't make actual contact with the server. It might be a broken internet connection or a wrong proxy configuration.

BM

BM

Digger
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Hiya, I didn't want to

Hiya,

I didn't want to create a new thread just for this, so i'll borrow one. I've been getting a few 'master file fetch failed' errors on Einstein since this afternoon and was just wondering if possibly there's some minor server-side difficulties today. Anyone else experiencing this error at all?

Thanks :)

Dig

wiseguy
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OK, thx for the replays. But

OK, thx for the replays. But what can I do if my internet connection is broken ? How can I send results back to the server?

John McLeod VII
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> OK, thx for the replays.

Message 8959 in response to message 8958

> OK, thx for the replays. But what can I do if my internet connection is broken
> ? How can I send results back to the server?
>
You fix your internet connection (or get your ISP to fix your internet connection).

That's all folks
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> > OK, thx for the replays.

Message 8960 in response to message 8959

> > OK, thx for the replays. But what can I do if my internet connection is
> broken
> > ? How can I send results back to the server?
> >
> You fix your internet connection (or get your ISP to fix your internet
> connection).

Are you serious about your answer? I thought that an open port 80 should be sufficient to contact the server via http. And if wiseguy could make an entry into this forum, his basic internet connection should be fine. IMHO at least. The only issue might be some closed ports, if the client is communicating through a different port. Then wiseguy should know which ports are involved to instruct his ISP accordingly.

Bernd Machenschalk
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> And if wiseguy could make

Message 8961 in response to message 8960

> And if wiseguy could make an entry into this forum, his basic internet
> connection should be fine. IMHO at least.

He need not post to the forum from the machine, account or connection he is trying to run E@H on.

Anyway - there is no way to upload results if you can't contact the server.

BM

BM

spacespeed-boinc
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This also happens when you

This also happens when you choke out the internet connection for some reason (download managers, upload-hungry file sharing apps, etc).

John McLeod VII
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> > > OK, thx for the

Message 8963 in response to message 8960

> > > OK, thx for the replays. But what can I do if my internet connection
> is
> > broken
> > > ? How can I send results back to the server?
> > >
> > You fix your internet connection (or get your ISP to fix your internet
> > connection).
>
> Are you serious about your answer? I thought that an open port 80 should be
> sufficient to contact the server via http. And if wiseguy could make an entry
> into this forum, his basic internet connection should be fine. IMHO at least.
> The only issue might be some closed ports, if the client is communicating
> through a different port. Then wiseguy should know which ports are involved to
> instruct his ISP accordingly.
>
Yes, I was serious. I had just finished hassling with my ISPs carrier over a broken internet (and phone) connection as the cable company cut the phone line in two while digging in their cable. My internet connection was temporarily broken, I did my best to make certain that it got repaired.

Ben Christy
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> Yes, I was serious. I had

Message 8964 in response to message 8963


> Yes, I was serious. I had just finished hassling with my ISPs carrier over a
> broken internet (and phone) connection as the cable company cut the phone line
> in two while digging in their cable. My internet connection was temporarily
> broken, I did my best to make certain that it got repaired.
>

And the only time I've noticed my CableInternet connection down for more than a minute, there was an unmarked truck in the alley behind the Apartment buliding. When I investigated there were two people on a ladder playing in that big cable box back there.
I don't think they were from Comcast (unmarked truck, no uniform) so be aware of whatever activity occures around whatever connection you use.

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a Chicago user who likes to be usefull

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