Posts by jeff.ligon

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1) Message boards : Questions : Questions on Linux Setup Message 418 Posted 15 Apr 2020 by jeff.ligon	I was able to custom build a newer version of BOINC (7.17) by following a solution posted on the "Problems" message board. https://scienceunited.org/forum_thread.php?id=141
2) Message boards : Problems : Linux Headless installation -- > cant join project Message 417 Posted 15 Apr 2020 by jeff.ligon	Thanks for posting these steps Waldmeisda. In my case, the very last step gives me an error message when trying to use boinccmd, it complains it's not connected. $ boinccmd --acct_mgr info can't connect to local host Any idea how to fix? I verified that the BOINC client service is running. $ sudo systemctl status boinc-client.service ● boinc-client.service - LSB: BOINC core client Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/boinc-client; generated) Active: active (exited) since Wed 2020-04-15 18:00:57 UTC; 24min ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Tasks: 0 (limit: 9830) CGroup: /system.slice/boinc-client.service Apr 15 18:00:57 iotservertwo systemd[1]: Starting LSB: BOINC core client... Apr 15 18:00:57 iotservertwo systemd[1]: Started LSB: BOINC core client. By the way, for reference to others, here were the extra steps I had to do in order to get BOINC 7.17 installed and running. My Ubuntu version. $ cat /etc/os-release NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver)" Missing packages installed to get { ./_autosetup } to run. $ sudo apt-get install pkg-config $ sudo apt-get install autoconf $ sudo apt-get install libtool Missing packages installed to get { ./configure --disable-server --disable-manager } to run. $ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev $ sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev $ sudo apt-get install libsasl2-dev $ sudo apt-get install libwxgtk3.0 libwxgtk3.0-dev $ sudo apt-get install libnotify-dev Service failed to start. $ sudo systemctl start boinc-client.service Failed to start boinc-client.service: Unit boinc-client.service is masked. Fix by doing. sudo rm /lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.service sudo systemctl enable boinc-client.service sudo systemctl start boinc-client.service
3) Message boards : Questions : Questions on Linux Setup Message 416 Posted 15 Apr 2020 by jeff.ligon	Thanks Tullio, interesting result, that's a good clue. When I try to download via a browser on Mac or Windows, I'm prompted to download BOINC version 7.16.6. From the Science United site, the download is BOINC version number 7.14.2. But Ubuntu's apt-get installer installs version 7.9.3 so similar problem, this version is too old. I need to figure out a different way to install a 7.14 or 7.16 version.
4) Message boards : Questions : Questions on Linux Setup Message 410 Posted 15 Apr 2020 by jeff.ligon	So I'm trying to do the same. I already had the command line BOINC client running on Ubuntu 18.04 contributing to SETI@Home. I would now like to switch over to Science United. I get an error that my version is not current but it is? $ boinccmd --join_acct_mgr https://scienceunited.org <e-mail> <password> polling for reply poll status: operation in progress polling for reply poll status: operation in progress polling for reply Messages from account manager: Science United requires a newer version of BOINC. Please install the current version from https://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php $ boinccmd --client_version Client version: 7.9.3 $ boinc --version 7.9.3 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu