I'm running BOINC on my Mac Laptop, it works fine. I just got a new desktop, installed Fedora on it, and have had no luck. The OS is Fedora 15, BOINC installed properly, but it will not connect to any project, and it doesn't give me any error codes.

I select "Tools", and then "Attach to Project or Account Manager" and nothing happens. Exactly nothing. If it gave me an error report of some sort at least I'd have some sort of idea what to do, but I don't get anything.

Suggestions?

Wayne

From the Fedora repositories - BOINC Manager 6.10.58 on Fedora 15.

Wayne

/usr/bin/boinc isn't a directory, it's a file, as are

/usr/bin/boinc_client
/usr/bin/boinccmd
/usr/bin/boincmgr
/usr/bin/boinc_gui

So I took a guess at what I think you meant and tried this:

boinccmd --project_attach http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ password

The response I got was:

can't connect to local host

I've had the boinc running on Fedora for some time, but have not ever used the repo version. I was running it long before it was a repo option.

The 6.10.58 shell script is run in the home directory of the user, and creates the BOINC directory under the home user, and then running ./boincmgr to get it started.

I've recently gotten the 6.13.0 boinc and boincmgr to work on both Fedora 14, and Fedora 15. This is from the SVN version, and required a manual change to the Makefile in the client directory to fix a missing library issue. The boincmgr compiled with no problems, unlike the 6.12.28 and 6.12.33, but it does have an issue with the top menu showing up, but then being blanked out somehow after the Fi of the File menu. You can use Alt and the letters F, V, T A, D and H to bring up the menus, so it is probable a minor issue, but does compile and seem to run. Had to also copy a libboinc set of files, but that was minor.

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ps aux | grep boinc
wayne 2427 0.0 0.0 113584 1248 ? S Jul15 0:00 /bin/bash /usr/bin/boincmgr
wayne 2433 0.6 0.2 426324 19628 ? Sl Jul15 10:46 boinc_gui
root 12494 0.0 0.0 108648 824 pts/0 S+ 19:15 0:00 grep --color=auto boinc

This is what I got. I haven't rebooted yet, I've got something running that I can't stop unless I want to loose a lot of time. It should be finished in about two hours.

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Installing_BOINC_on_Fedora


Has info on setting up the boinc installed via the repo.

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OK, I think I've got it down to one thing. From the setup page http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Installing_BOINC_on_Fedora

It mentions going to Advanced in the BOINC Manager, and then Select Computer, filling in local host under Host Name and the text in the gui_rpc_auth.cfg as the password. I've done these several times, using copy and paste to make sure it was correct, and it still can't connect to localhost.

Which is really getting to be a pain in the neck.

Wayne

Still having problems, but it's bed time, I'll fight with it more tomorrow.

Wayne

OK, just woke up, rebooted, ran terminal, and then this:

ps aux | grep boinc
boinc 1270 0.1 0.0 90548 3072 ? SN 13:50 0:03 /usr/bin/boinc_client --dir /var/lib/boinc
root 2508 0.0 0.0 108648 824 pts/0 S+ 14:22 0:00 grep --color=auto boinc

haven't touched anything else related to BOINC.

Wayne
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ARgh. Problems with forum software.

Damn. Let's try this again.

This time I started the manager using the Gnome instructions, and it gave me on start up the option to add a project.

Wayne

So getting BOINC up and running as a daemon is the issue. Something needs to be done to the install to fix this. It should be automatic, so that Joe Average user doesn't have to drop to the command line.

Wayne

This needs to be reported to the Fedora devs, as they are the ones who have created the package from the boinc source code. Users on this forum may be able to assist you to get up and running but ultimately it needs to be reported back to fedora so that more of their users don't have this problem.

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Happens I know a Fedora Ambassador, I'll send him this thread.

Wayne

I have had the same problem as Wayne in relation to attaching to a project. I followed the advice given in this thread with only partial luck in that the client starts and then crashes as soon as I try to attach to a project.

Found the last bit out by doing before and after ps aux | grep boinc and the restarting the service.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to proceed further??

Many thanks

James

PS: Wayne if you read this you mentioned that you used the "Gnome instructions." Guess what? I cannot find them. Please could you drop me a line to put me out of my misery????

Greetings Dagorath!

Thank you for replying.


Flavour of linux - Fedora 15

I have just installed the os and boinc and was trying to attach to Seti and Einstein so no running tasks.

Steps 1 and 2 as you wrote
Step 3 no running tasks and not connected to localhost

Step 4: click on tools and attach to....

In lower r/h corner see connected to localhost very briefly then nothing.

Step 5: repeat step 4

Nothing happens at all and NOT connected to localhost shows

Step 6: ps aux | grep boinc

client is not running.

Observation 1: I have installed Boinc on various flavours of Windows, Debian and two different versions of Ubuntu and in all cases the first time firing up the GUI always comes up with a connect to project dialogue.

Observation 2: Fedora 15 does not behave in the same way but runs. With the noted behaviour I am wondering if there is not a permissions issue somewhere along the line that is causing the client to crash and not faulty code.

PS: I know you live in Canada are you on MST or PST?

Thanks Dagorath.

Am going to try that a bit later but for now have to cook the dinner as it is my turn!!!! My other half is sitting outside consuming a Magnum while I slave in the kitchen.

James

PS: Will also try chkconfig --list boinc-client too.

Both Fedora 15 x86_64 and i386 work for me with fedora repositories, i have several machines running..

I do have a different problem, but its only in Fedora 15 x86_64, the password for localhost is not recalled from boot to boot.. Works fine in i386..

Eric

Greetings Dagorath!

Got the problem solved by the simple expedient of adding myself to the Boinc group as the client was working fine. Also thank you for all your help and advice.

Cheers

James

PS: Putting the user into the Boinc group should also sove Eric's problem too!

Are there any other suggestions for this problem, as I believe I have tried all of the suggestions, and the manager still crashes every time I try and connect to a project.

[root@waldronFedora2 boinc]# ps aux | grep boinc
boinc 1051 0.1 0.3 21204 3812 ? SN 17:09 0:03 /usr/bin/boinc_client --dir /var/lib/boinc
root 2687 0.0 0.0 4436 768 pts/0 S+ 17:42 0:00 grep --color=auto boinc
[root@waldronFedora2 boinc]#

...I tried adding myself to the boinc user group, which then does immediately bring up the connection information to the client (which is nice), and asks if I want to attach to a project.

But I click "next", and the manager self-terminates.

root@waldronFedora2 boinc]# /sbin/chkconfig --list boinc-client

Note: This output shows SysV services only and does not include native
systemd services. SysV configuration data might be overridden by native
systemd configuration.

boinc-client 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off
[root@waldronFedora2 boinc]#

Fedora 15
2.6.40.3-0 (i686)
Manager/Client: 6.10.58

...was installed by running "yum install boinc-client boinc-manager"

Thanks.

David