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calicoman Apprentice
Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 171
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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:38 am Post subject: BOINC - it shouldn't be this hard-edited |
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I have not been able to get boinc to run. (I already have it running on a win computer so I have an account.) The first time I emerged it I changed the password to a blank and then tried to attach using the command line and my account number, but had no luck. So I unmerged it, then re-emereged it and tried the Boinc manager, but there was no gui_rpc_auth.cfg file in /var/lib/boinc - the only file there was the .keep file. I unmerged and re-emerged several more times and tried both versions 6.10.18 and 6.10.36 with the same results.
I tried creating the file using a blank line, but I still could not connect to the localhost. When I do ps x | grep boinc it does not show the boinc-client running.
I really don't want to have to go the the Berkely version, but I also would like to get it to work - I obviously am missing somethinghere.
EDIT: After cleaning the /root/.local/share/Trash/files/ I was able to re-emerge boinc and it wrote the gui_rpc_auth.cfg file as it was supposed to do. I can start the boinc_client, but when I start the Boinc Manager I cannot get it to connect to the localhost (I have a full-time connection to the net via DSL). This is the same problem I had the first time when I used the command line. |
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earthy Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 147
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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I have the same problem on x86 and amd64. |
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forrestfunk81 Guru
Joined: 07 Feb 2006 Posts: 565 Location: münchen.de
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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Have you restarted boinc_client after changing gui_rpc_auth.cfg?
Do you get any errors in /var/log/boinc.log?
For me, boinc (6.10.36) is working on amd64 and x86 without problems. _________________ # cd /pub/
# more beer |
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DaggyStyle Watchman
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5909
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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check the settings of /etc/conf.d/boinc to see if the user and group are set right
also, check the permissions and owner of /var/lib/boinc.
these two are the main reasons for boinc problems. _________________ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein |
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calicoman Apprentice
Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 171
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the replies.
In answer to your questions, I have (according to the BOINC wiki):
Put myself into the boinc group
ln -s /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg /home/frank/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
chown boinc:boinc /home/frank/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
chown boinc:boinc /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
chmod -R g+r /var/lib/boinc
The boinc error log says that another instance of boinc is running even though I stop and restart boinc daemon before I try anything.
When I stop and restart tjhe daemon and do a ps aux | grep boinc it shows the boinc client as running.
When I first tried to get this working I tried to attach via the command line, but I kept getting an error message so I unmerged everything and started again. I have 6.10.36 , and even tried the earlier version to no avail. |
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wlchase Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 81 Location: Texas
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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Did you try Code: | /etc/init.d/boinc zap | to clear the lockfile?
Bill |
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calicoman Apprentice
Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 171
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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To wlchase, I tried this with no luck. Don't have a lot of time these days to mess around with this, but the next rainy day I think I will wipe out everything and try again from scratch.
I had been running folding@home on this computer (which is only 2 ghz) for years, but recently they would just leave completed units on and would not upload them so I thought I would give boinc a try.
Thanks for the reply |
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wlchase Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 04 Jul 2003 Posts: 81 Location: Texas
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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FWIW, I eventually had to go to the Berkeley version to get it to run.
Bill |
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DaggyStyle Watchman
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 5909
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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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never had much problems in running boinc compiled, in fact, after the departure of the last boinc maintainer, the official ebuilds in the tree have been gone to frozen again, I use the script made by the last boinc maintainer to get the src from svn and modify the ebuild.
I currently use 6.10.56 _________________ Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former - Albert Einstein |
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