Hello !

Ulysse Keller wrote:

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 01:36:10 GMT, "uray" <remove-uray@att.net> wrote:
(...)
15.12.2005 00:48:35|SETI@home|Sending scheduler request to

http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi
15.12.2005 00:48:35|SETI@home|Reason: Requested by user
15.12.2005 00:48:35|SETI@home|Requesting 86400 seconds of new work
%% 15.12.2005 00:48:36||Couldn't resolve hostname
%%              [setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu]
%% 15.12.2005 00:48:36|SETI@home|Scheduler request to
%%             http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi
%%               failed with a return value of -113
%% 15.12.2005 00:48:36|SETI@home|No schedulers responded
15.12.2005 00:48:39||Suspending computation and network activity
                - user is active
(... end of this messages quoting)

I don't understand why 'setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu' is not found ...

Look like a problem with the nameresoulution. You can test it with a "nslookup setiathome.berkeley.edu"

BTW, am I right guessing that the first thing that should be loaded
via the grid is the SETI software (in its most recent version for
BOINC) ? I think so because I found no more any place to download
this software in the usual manner and because what is written on some
BOINC project website(s) suggests that it happens this way.

The boinc client downloads the setiathome app automaticly, after you have attached to the project.

BTW it's not me or my PC that needs SETI and other grid projects,
so if 'they' want 'us' to run their projects (which in fact are really
interesting things) they should find time to help - or to publish for
all usual OSes and system config. a working 'way to start it'. If
this is not possible for so many users, I suggest that a small group
of (say a few thousand) users be first formed with which BOINC
could be thouroughly tested and brought to work.

You can post your problems to the help desk forums, too.
Also a good source for documentation is the boinc wiki.

Regards

Lars