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Getting an error trying to attach, I suspect it's because I'm behind a proxy.
(although I can manually wget the page)

The gethostbyname thing also worries me?



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ror% ./boinc/boinc_4.09_i686-pc-linux-gnu
2004-11-01 14:29:33 [---] Starting BOINC client version 4.09 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
Enter the URL of the project: http://lhcathome.cern.ch
You should have already registered with the project
and received an account key by email.
Paste the account key here: [account key]
2004-11-01 14:30:07 [http://lhcathome.cern.ch/] Project prefs: using your defaults
2004-11-01 14:30:07 [http://lhcathome.cern.ch/] Host ID not assigned yet
2004-11-01 14:30:07 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
2004-11-01 14:30:07 [---] get_local_network_info(): gethostbyname failed
2004-11-01 14:30:07 [---] get_local_network_info(): gethostbyname failed
2004-11-01 14:30:07 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more
2004-11-01 14:33:16 [http://lhcathome.cern.ch/] Master file fetch failed
2004-11-01 14:33:16 [http://lhcathome.cern.ch/] Master file fetch failed
BOINC couldn't get main page for http://lhcathome.cern.ch/.
Please check the URL and try again.
2004-11-01 14:33:16 [http://lhcathome.cern.ch/] Resetting project
2004-11-01 14:33:16 [http://lhcathome.cern.ch/] Detaching from project
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Yes, this seems like a network problem on your end.

Maybe there is a problem with DNS settings, but on the other hand, if you were able to connect the web site then that shouldn't be the case.

gethostbyname("localhost") can also fail if /etc/hosts file is not correctly set.

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Markku Degerholm
LHC@home admin