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Message 42134 - Posted: 14 Sep 2010, 22:32:49 UTC

Everytime BOINC tries to DL this app, I get an answer like this:

15-9-2010 0:00:57|Milkyway@home|Backing off 1 hr 25 min 24 sec on download of milkyway_nbody_0.06_windows_x86_64_ss2.exe.

This is my appinfo:

<app_info>
<app>
<name>milkyway</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>astronomy_0.20_SSE3.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>

<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway</app_name>
<version_num>19</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>astronomy_0.20_SSE3.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>

<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway</app_name>
<version_num>20</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>astronomy_0.20_SSE3.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>

<app>
<name>milkyway_nbody</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_nbody_0.06_windows_x86_64_SSE2.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>

<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway_nbody</app_name>
<version_num>6</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_nbody_0.06_windows_x86_64_SSE2.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>

</app_info>

I have tried these versions, but all with the same result:

milkyway_nbody_0.06_windows_x86_64.exe
milkyway_nbody_0.06_windows_x86_64_sse2.exe
milkyway_nbody_0.06_windows_x86_64__sse2.exe

What can be the reason?
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Message 42136 - Posted: 14 Sep 2010, 22:46:35 UTC

Hi, the app has just been updated to v0.07. Please note the two underscores between '64' and 'sse2'.
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Message 42137 - Posted: 14 Sep 2010, 22:48:07 UTC

http://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/download/milkyway_nbody_0.07_windows_x86_64__sse2.exe


<app>
<name>milkyway_nbody</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_nbody_0.07_windows_x86_64__sse2.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>

<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway_nbody</app_name>
<version_num>7</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_nbody_0.07_windows_x86_64__sse2.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>
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Message 42165 - Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 15:51:04 UTC

At first, your tips worked very wel. Thanks.
But I have another strange thing on a 32 bit computer.

In the appinfo file stands this:

<app>
<name>milkyway_nbody</name>
</app>
<file_info>
<name>milkyway_nbody_0.07_windows_intelx86__sse2.exe</name>
<executable/>
</file_info>

<app_version>
<app_name>milkyway_nbody</app_name>
<version_num>7</version_num>
<file_ref>
<file_name>milkyway_nbody_0.07_windows_intelx86__sse2.exe</file_name>
<main_program/>
</file_ref>
</app_version>

BOINC says: at startup,even after several reboots, incl. a complete powerdown:

15-9-2010 17:28:41||[error] No URL for file transfer of milkyway_nbody_0.07_windowsx86__sse2.exe
15-9-2010 17:28:41|Milkyway@home|[error] Can't initialize file transfer for milkyway_nbody_0.07_windowsx86__sse2.exe
15-9-2010 17:28:41||[error] No URL for file transfer of milkyway_nbody_0.07_windows_x86__sse2.exe
15-9-2010 17:28:41|Milkyway@home|[error] Can't initialize file transfer for milkyway_nbody_0.07_windows_x86__sse2.exe
15-9-2010 17:28:41||[error] No URL for file transfer of milkyway_nbody_0.06_windows_x86.exe
15-9-2010 17:28:41|Milkyway@home|[error] Can't initialize file transfer for milkyway_nbody_0.06_windows_x86.exe

And keeps looking for an other file than is downloaded en written in the appinfo file.

How is this possible and more important: how can I resolve this problem?
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Message 42168 - Posted: 15 Sep 2010, 16:52:55 UTC

My guess is that your client_state.xml ist corrupted or something else defining the projects parameters. The app_info content you posted looks allright, if these are all entries for milkyway_nbody. However, BOINC is asking for three files of which none is the right one.

I'd say save the app_info.xml, detach the project, reattach again and throw the app_info.xml into the .../projects/... directory again. You might want to download milkyway_nbody_0.07_windows_intelx86__sse2.exe manually, too.
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Message 42240 - Posted: 19 Sep 2010, 1:43:35 UTC

Detaching and reataching fixed the problem. Thanks.
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