Odysseus <odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.ca> wrote:

In article <vdm665hu22e7qs9l2bjlgd71ph8dn40eqa@4ax.com>,
DaveT <svirtftcyt@yahoo.com> wrote:

<snip>

"By any chance", do you happen to know how to get it to request work 
when there are a bunch of failed uploads standing in the way?

Sorry, no. Those who do know can probably be found in the BOINC forums at

<http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_forum.php?id=10> (Qs & Problems)
<http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_forum.php?id=1> (BOINC Manager), or
<http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_forum.php?id=2> (BOINC core client)

OK. I found it. Only I can't get it to work. 
At http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=4064

I found:

"That depends on how many tasks are waiting to upload. 
By default, BOINC will allow for 8 simultaneous uploads and downloads per project. If you have more
than that waiting to upload, then yes, it'll wait with downloading new work for that project. If the
computer was allowed to continue downloading work, after some time all work downloaded would miss
the deadline, and most likely be useless for the project, and won't give any credit to users."

"You can set a higher maximum amount of simultaneous downloads through cc_config.xml, by adding
<max_file_xfers>N</max_file_xfers> to the <options> section, where N is the amount you want to
allow." 

"But it's really better to leave it be and attach to a second or third project."

OK. So I found a "cc_config.xml" at http://boincfaq.mundayweb.com/index.php?language=1&view=91
and
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration .

I tried adding the whole file and it seemed to screw up Boinc, so I created a cc_config.xml in 

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\BOINC

with just the following lines:

<cc_config> 
   
  <options> 
        
        <max_file_xfers>20</max_file_xfers> 

        
  </options> 
</cc_config> 

Then I saved it and went to "Advanced => Read config file".
Then I did an update.

Nothing. I still got "7/19/2009 4:57:10 PM	SETI@home	Not reporting or requesting tasks"

Any suggestions? Did I put it in the wrong place? Must I include the whole file? Perhaps I should
light some candles and burn some incense? I'll try anything.