I find that googling on most windows error codes result in suggestions to reinstall Internet Explorer or the .NET framework.
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Eric J Korpela <[email protected]>wrote: > An "error codes" forum where the thread ids are the absolute value of the > error number would probably be easy to implement, use a lot of existing PHP > code, and be easy to populate and respond to. > > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Richard Haselgrove < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The particular problem with 0xc0000135 - "The application failed to >> initialize properly" - is that most references found via Google assert that >> the problem can be solved by installing the Microsoft .NET framework, but I >> think that's highly unlikely to be the platform a BOINC science app is >> built on. >> >> It could be caused by a permissions problem, but under the circumstances >> described my money would be on a missing DLL. I've been trying to look >> through CElliott's 11,600 or thereabouts errored tasks at SETI Beta, but I >> haven't found this error yet (a result ID would help). >> >> I would also draw readers' attention to >> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=9489 - we seem to have >> gone through everything from conflicting OpenCL device drivers, to "a >> problem with the latest BOINC version". A suspiciously high proportion of >> the reported cases have been reported 'solved' after reverting to BOINC >> v6.12.34 (like today's installment, at >> http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=9592) >> >> Going back to the problem of error messages, is there any way we could >> link the numeric code to the one-line text summary, as we do with BOINC's >> own error codes? We could do that on web result pages, even if we don't >> want to bloat the client download with all possible error codes. I'll look >> for a list. >> >> >> *From:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *To:* Eric J Korpela <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* [email protected]; [email protected] >> *Sent:* Thursday, 9 August 2012, 16:43 >> *Subject:* Re: [boinc_dev] Error Messages >> >> OK, an indication that it was a windows error code would go a ways to >> diagnosing it. The meaning of exit codes are defined by the application >> that exited. If we are using OS error codes for the exit codes, we should >> say so. >> >> jm7 >> >> >> |------------> >> | From: | >> |------------> >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |Eric J Korpela <[email protected]> >> >> | >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |------------> >> | To: | >> |------------> >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |<[email protected]> >> >> | >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |------------> >> | Cc: | >> |------------> >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |<[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >> >> | >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |------------> >> | Date: | >> |------------> >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |08/09/2012 11:36 AM >> | >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |------------> >> | Subject: | >> |------------> >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |Re: [boinc_dev] Error Messages >> >> | >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |------------> >> | Sent by: | >> |------------> >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> |<[email protected]> >> >> | >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> >> >> >> >> The problem is that 0xc0000135 implies windows has at least 0x135 (309) >> other error codes that we'd need to build web pages for. Now start >> building web pages for the linux error codes and osx error codes. >> >> The page for 0xc0000135 would say "The application didn't start or failed >> shortly afterward. we can't tell you why because windows didn't tell us >> why. If you've installed your own application binaries there could be a >> problem in your app_info.xml, or you could have a buggy system library, or >> a necessary device driver might not be installed, or you could be trying >> to >> run a binary for an architecture that is unsupported by your version of >> windows. If you're using standard project binaries, reset the project and >> try again." >> >> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 8:25 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Even if there is limited space in the error message itself, a URL could >> be >> > put in the error message so that someone could find a web page >> discussing >> > the message. These could be compressed by tinyurl or similar. >> > >> > jm7 >> > >> > >> > |------------> >> > | From: | >> > |------------> >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |Charles Elliott <[email protected]> >> > >> | >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |------------> >> > | To: | >> > |------------> >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |<[email protected]> >> > >> | >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |------------> >> > | Date: | >> > |------------> >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |08/09/2012 11:09 AM >> > >> | >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |------------> >> > | Subject: | >> > |------------> >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |[boinc_dev] Error Messages >> > >> | >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |------------> >> > | Sent by: | >> > |------------> >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > |<[email protected]> >> > >> | >> > >> > >> >> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On July 9, 2012 Eric Korpela promulgated this edit: >> > >> > >> > >> > " >> > < >> > mailto:SETI@home >> > %20Beta%20Test:%20Stop%20using%20anonymous%20platform%20in% >> > 20Seti@home%20beta.> SETI@home Beta Test: Stop using anonymous platform >> in >> > Seti@home beta." >> > >> > >> > >> > Then on August 8, 2012 he promulgated: >> > >> > >> > >> > "SETI@home Beta Test: You may resume using anonymous platform >> applications >> > is SETI beta." >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > So, returned the app_info.xml file that had been in the >> > .\projects\setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu_beta to that folder, made sure every >> > file mentioned in the app_info.xml file was in the >> > setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu_beta directory, and restarted Boinc. Boinc >> erased >> > all (hundreds) of Astropulse work units and printed this message dozens >> of >> > times in the Event Log: >> > >> > >> > >> > 09-Aug-2012 10:06:42 [SETI@home Beta Test] [sched_op] Reason: >> > Unrecoverable >> > error for task 05oc11al.8626.23417.12.14.170_1 ( - exit code -1073741515 >> > (0xc0000135)) >> > >> > >> > >> > Two questions: >> > >> > >> > >> > 1. Virtually every textbook ever written in Computer Science says >> > that >> > error messages should tell the user exactly what is wrong and how to fix >> > it. >> > All the above error message tells is how to convert -1073741515 decimal >> to >> > hexadecimal. Thanks, but I already knew that. What is the source of >> the >> > error exit code -1073741515 (0xc0000135) is referring to and how do I >> fix >> > it? >> > >> > 2. Where is the documentation for app_info.xml? All a search on >> > "app_info.xml" returns is tens of thousands of questions about the file. >> > >> > >> > >> > Charles Elliott >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > boinc_dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > boinc_dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> boinc_dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev >> To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and >> (near bottom of page) enter your email address. >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
