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BOINC for TC
thane:
Got it. Thanks. Will let you know how it works.
thane:
OK, took a first shot at running a BOINC extension on TCL.
Untarred the BOINC extension files and moved them into /tce/optional OK. After that:
Initially ran tce-load -i boinc in a default terminal (home/tc). This created several files in the home/tc folder. Then ran boinc_client. Client appeared to initialize correctly, however it says no projects assigned to BOINC. This is to be expected. Client message said to go the BOINC website for instructions on attaching projects.
In the past I've used boincmgr, so I terminated the client (CTRL-C) and tried boincmgr. boincmgr started but terminal showed messages "execvp(/home/tc/boinc, --redirectio, --launched_by_manager) failed with error 13!". Manager panel showed "Unable to connect to core client".
Thought there might be a folder issue, so created a boinc directory under home/tc and moved BOINC files there. Re-ran boincmgr and got the same results.
I'll do some research and see if I can resolve this. I think the extension is probably OK but there's something wrong with how I'm trying to run it.
AmatCoder:
As far I understand, boinc_client and boincmgr must be run sequentially...Open a terminal and type:
--- Code: ---tc@box:~$ boinc_client
--- End code ---
Do not close. Open another terminal and type:
--- Code: ---tc@box:~$ boincmgr
--- End code ---
Then you can see that it connect to client and it works...
thane:
I was just going to post that when I saw yours. Yup, had to start the client first and then the manager in a separate terminal. Onward!
edit: Was able to connect to my seti@home account and add it to BOINC as a project. The project info is stored in a subdirectory from where you run the boinc_client and boincmgr (in my case under home/tc/boinc/). Since I'm not running persistent home and would rather not have all the BOINC stuff in the mydata.tgz I'll try backing the boinc directory up separately like I was before. Will let it run for a while first though.
edit #2: Getting error message in the client terminal 'Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0".'. Other users in various Linux distros have reported this too. It looks like data is being processed anyway though.
AmatCoder:
--- Quote from: thane on October 27, 2012, 07:20:32 PM ---Getting error message in the client terminal 'Xlib: extension "MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" missing on display ":0.0".'. Other users in various Linux distros have reported this too. It looks like data is being processed anyway though.
--- End quote ---
Are you running Xvesa? Because this would need Xorg running... (and presumably xscreensaver-base.tcz as well)
Anyway that's just to run a screensaver which displays BOINC's general information, status, etc...
As stated here: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/BOINC_screensaver:
--- Quote ---NOTE: BOINC runs even if you don't use the screensaver.
--- End quote ---
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