I'm running 3 computers, all with Linux Ubuntu. All same (latest) version. I installed BOINC on all of them using Ubuntu's "software manager", and two of them "just work" - right after installing, I could connect to BAM! and just work.
On the third though, after installing, I ran BOINC Manager for the first time, and got the usual "Add project or account manager" window... I selected "Use account manager", but on the next window, the list was empty. There was no manager to choose. If I entered manually "www.boincstats.coom" on the url field, it says "The account manager is temporarily unavailable".

If I try to choose "Add project" instead of "use account manager", it's the same: there are no project on the list, just a blank window.

Networking is working on the computer, and there are no differences with the other two computers - i.e. no antivirus or different firewall settings.

I tried uninstalling/purging and reinstalling, with no change.

Does anyone know what's happening and how can I fix it?

Thanks,
Cristian

Here's the complete log for that computer:

Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.33 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Config: GUI RPC allowed from:
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Libraries: libcurl/7.21.6 OpenSSL/1.0.0e zlib/1.2.3.4 libidn/1.22 librtmp/2.3
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Data directory: /var/lib/boinc-client
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz [Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8]
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Processor: 2.00 MB cache
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe nx up bts est tm2
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | OS: Linux: 3.0.0-12-generic
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Memory: 1.46 GB physical, 949.09 MB virtual
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Disk: 12.87 GB total, 7.48 GB free
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Local time is UTC +1 hours
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | No usable GPUs found
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Reading preferences override file
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Preferences:
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | max memory usage when active: 749.49MB
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | max memory usage when idle: 1349.09MB
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | max disk usage: 6.44GB
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | don't use GPU while active
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25 %
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | (to change preferences, visit the web site of an attached project, or select Preferences in the Manager)
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Not using a proxy
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | This computer is not attached to any projects
Tue 01 Nov 2011 08:56:40 AM CET | | Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions

It doesn't show anything wrong that I can see...

Cristian

what's the contents of /var/lib/boinc-client/all_projects_list.xml ? This contains the lookup info. Compare the contents and the properties to your other machines.

The BOINC server is currently down. Maybe that's the reason for the empty lists.


Did you try "http://bam.boincstats.com/" too? (without the quotation marks)

Gruß,
Gundolf

@Trog Dog: that file exists but is blank, totally empty.

@Gundolf: the "coom" was just a typo here ! I just tried with "bam" instead of "www" and I was able to connect. It recognised my account and is now downloading work units, so it seems to work right. I still think it's strange that the lists are blank - even now, if I try to manually add another project, the list is blank. But thanks, at least the computer can do some work now!

Cristian

And I still think it's because the boinc.berkeley.edu sever is down (as I said earlier ). I believe the BOINC client downloads those lists from there.

Gruß,
Gundolf

Ops... Sorry, I had only seen the second part of your message! My fault. At least I got the most important part!

Cristian

Is it still blank now that the berkeley servers are back up?

Hi,
No, everything is normal now. It appears it really was a server problem. I was confused because in the course of a few hours I had installed 3 clients, and the server went offline just when I installed the last one, that's why I suspected a local problem...

Thanks again,
Cristian