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Dang nabbit! - It's doing it again! :( Debian Lenny FAH 6.29 Linux client Tried a reboot, but no change. 10 failed attempts so far, 1 with the "bad packet error", 9 without it ... looks the same as before. Same VM faulting (Lenny-2; Lenny-1 has been working without a hiccup). Was about to ...

Deleted folding client directory (and contents), created a fresh folding directory and did the install & configure ... and now it is working.

Strange it broke, but now it is working ... so thanks for the input/assistance.

It uses exactly the same internet connection (and connection setup/config) as the other VM), so I think I'll go ahead with re-doing the F@H client install tomorrow if nothing further surfaces before then.

toTOW wrote:Did you check your settings ? Do you accept Big WUs ? Are flags correctly set ? How much RAM do you report ?

What/which flags are you refering to?
(For answers to your other 3 questions, read my 1st 2 posts in this thread.)

Nup, our ISP blocks nothing ... pointed browser at 130.237.232.140:8080 and received "OK" back.

Think I might "blow away" the fah client directory and set it up fresh ...

Had 2 SMP clients both download A3's from that IP about half an hour ago, so I'd start looking at network/firewall/permission settings or perhaps reinstalling the FAH folder. [05:09:24] - Preparing to get new work unit... [05:09:24] Cleaning up work directory [05:09:24] + Attempting to get work pac...

Nup, still going nowhere.

Hmm... just noticed that my other VM (which is busy folding) has -advmethods in its launch line, but this idle one doesn't ... think I'll add the -advmethods switch to this idle one and see if that makes a difference.

I'm not sure about the bad packet type error. Have you gotten that on each of the 15 download attempts? Do you have a proxy? Attempts 2, 9, & 15 have had the "bad packet type" message; all the others had ended akin to ... [04:25:39] Posted data. [04:25:39] Initial: 0000; - Receiving p...

Trying to download a work packet ... [03:37:24] + Attempting to get work packet [03:37:24] Passkey found [03:37:24] - Will indicate memory of 1879 MB [03:37:24] - Connecting to assignment server [03:37:24] Connecting to htp://assign.stanford.edu:8080/ [03:37:28] Posted data. [03:37:28] Initial: ED82...