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Armand Karlsen
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 Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:53 am Post subject: BOINC on Gentoo howto? |
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| Are there good howtos/idiot's guides around for running BOINC on Gentoo? The last time I emerged it, I couldn't work out how to get it set up and which of the executables to run when. I'd be greatful for a post here or a link. |
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Armand Karlsen
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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PS: there's an /etc/init.d/boinc file, does that mean the boinc client will be started automatically on boot, or do I have to attach it to a runlevel? |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| Armand Karlsen wrote: | ;¬¬
PS: there's an /etc/init.d/boinc file, does that mean the boinc client will be started automatically on boot, or do I have to attach it to a runlevel? |
You need to attach it some runlevel via
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Redeeman
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:23 am Post subject: |
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| i run boinc perfectly with setiathome here.. |
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srain315
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:04 am Post subject: hopefully helpful information |
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Installing BOINC is easy on Gentoo:
| Code: | | host # emerge boinc |
But configuration on Gentoo is poorly documented. I had hoped this thread would help, but "RTFM  " wasn't what I needed.
If you want BOINC to start at boot time, you need to configure and add the BOINC rc-script to a runlevel (typically "default"). First edit /etc/conf.d/boinc and then run rc-update.
| Code: | # Config file for /etc/init.d/boinc
# Owner of BOINC process (must be existing)
USER="<username>"
GROUP="<a group the user belongs to - I used 'users' and it works fine>"
# Directory with runtime data: Work units, project binaries, user info etc.
RUNTIMEDIR="<Gentoo uses a /var/ folder here but I put it in my /home/>"
# Location of the boinc command line binary
BOINCBIN="/usr/bin/boinc_client"
# Logfile (/dev/null for nowhere)
LOGFILE="/var/log/boinc.log"
# Allow remote gui RPC yes or no
ALLOW_REMOTE_RPC="no"
# nice level
NICELEVEL="19"
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Then you can | Code: | | host # /etc/init.d/boinc start |
and | Code: | | host # rc-update add boinc default |
I've seen it suggested that the rc-script can be used to add projects, but I never used that. | Code: | | host # /etc/init.d/boinc attach (?) |
Attaching is easiest with boinc_gui - use "Projects->Attach to project". There's a wizard to walk through registration, and it now uses your e-mail/pass in lieu of the umpteen-digit Auth Code.
For boinc_cmd, use | Code: | | host $ boinc_cmd --project_attach <URL> <AUTH> |
Note that boinc_cmd and boinc_gui will return authorization errors unless a copy of the gui_rpc_auth.cfg file is present. It would be nice if that could be fixed.
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Armand Karlsen
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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Right... I did eventually get BOINC to work, but recently the BOINC Manager gui app has been throwing up error messages:
BOINC Manager - Connection Error
"The password you have provided is incorrect, please try again."
I have no idea what password it means. I've tried my user password, the root password for the computer, and my BOINC account passwords/keys; no dice.
Though BOINC continues to crunch away happily, this leaves the manager app is now totally useless for managing what BOINC does on my box. I can't attach/detach/adjust any project I have installed. Un-merging the re-emerging BOINC did nothing to help this. What could be the problem, what should I look at to troubleshoot this? |
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srain315
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| Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Note that boinc_cmd and boinc_gui will return authorization errors unless a copy of the gui_rpc_auth.cfg file is present. |
Unless you run boinc_gui or boinc_cmd from a folder containing gui_rpc_auth.cfg (it can be a copy or symlink), you will get authentication errors.
I found a post on the BOINC message board which covers this issue: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=505.
Basically, if you replace the contents of gui_rpc_auth.cfg with a single newline character, it will disable authentication. In the working directory:
| Code: | | host $ echo > gui_rpc_auth.cfg |
Good luck!
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srain315
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| Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:31 am Post subject: Work-Around |
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Well, I couldn't get any of the no-password suggestions to work, so I settled for a work-around. I wrote a shell script "boinc_gui_start": | Code: | #!/bin/bash
cd ~<home>/boinc
boinc_gui |
It works fine.
Cheers!
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FormerSlacker
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| Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 4:28 am Post subject: Re: Work-Around |
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| srain315 wrote: | Well, I couldn't get any of the no-password suggestions to work, so I settled for a work-around. I wrote a shell script "boinc_gui_start": | Code: | #!/bin/bash
cd ~<home>/boinc
boinc_gui |
It works fine.
Cheers!
-J |
Gentoo seems to setup a boinc password at boinc users home at /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg which seems to be a random ~30 character hex string. I suppose if you blank the file, no password will be needed. I just use the password in that file to connect via boinc_gui to localhost and it seems to work fine. |
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karpi
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject: boinc in 5 points |
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1) gvim /etc/conf.d/boinc #-change-> ALLOW_REMOTE_RPC="yes"
2)/etc/init.d/boinc start
3)cat /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg #-this-is-"-required-password-"-
as user:
1) echo "-requrired-password-"> ~/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
2) boinc_gui
it works for me.. |
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sasq
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| Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:47 am Post subject: |
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And what if the "Attach to new project" doesn't work? 
I click that button, enter URL and passcode, OK, and nothing is happened
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DrWilken
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Use the Command Line 
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# echo > /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
# boinc_cmd --project_attach http://setiathome.berkeley.edu <account-key>
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sasq
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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I know the command line and use it when I have to. But what is the GUI for, and what is it worht, if it don't allow to do the basic things?  Bad GUI, baaad
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