Folks;
I upgraded one of my machines (or tried to) this morning and ran into the following problem. After upgrading BoincManager and restarting (iMac, 2.66 core 2 duo, 10.6.8); I got an error that BoincManager couldn't connect to a client .. restart the daemon. So I started it from the command line and got the message 'can't find cc_config.xml'. I removed everything I could think of, and re-installed and still got that message. removed everything again, restarted and tried to down grade, it said I still had a newer version installed; did I want to install anyway, I did; and STILL got the same message.
WHAT do I need to do to COMPLETELY uninstall, so I can re-install a working version ??

Russell

Did you have a cc_config.xml file before? If you didn't, it's nothing to worry about. BOINC doesn't come with a core client configuration file as that's normally used for debugging and giving extra commands to the client. BOINC runs perfectly fine without one.

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no I didn't have one before. But it WON'T run. And that's the error it gives me. :(

BOINC Manager not being able to connect to the client is usually because of:
- permission problems.
- a firewall that doesn't allow the BOINC binary and the BOINCMGR binary to communicate with each other on TCP port 31416.
- another anti-malware or anti-virus program that doesn't allow the above.
- the BOINC client not running. Check with the activity monitor if it is.

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Jord;
No AV or Firewall. SHOULDN'T; re-install take care of permission issues?

Here is what BoincManager displays on Launch after re-install:
BOINC Manager - Daemon Start Failed
BOINC Manager is unable to start a BOINC client.
Please start the daemon and try again.

and this is what I get if I try to run the client from the Command line [Terminal]
$ /Applications/BOINCManager.app/Contents/Resources/boinc
13-May-2014 16:13:25 [---] cc_config.xml not found - using defaults
File ownership or permissions are set in a way that
does not allow sandboxed execution of BOINC applications.
To use BOINC anyway, use the -insecure command line option.
To change ownership/permission, reinstall BOINC or run
the shell script Mac_SA_Secure.sh. (Error code -1022)

Please run the Uninstall BOINC utility in the Extras folder that came with the 7.2.42 installer, then try installing again.

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Charlie Fenton
BOINC / SETI@home Macintosh & Windows Programmer

Ok; .... Did that, Get the SAME messages.
WISH I'd never upgrade this machine!!! [was working fine before the upgrade]
BUT; out of 6 machines, this is the only one that gave me troubles.

Russell