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Questions and problems :
Ubuntu Help
(Message 44416)
Posted 6 Jun 2012 by Ex Post: Please try using this PPA instead:(It is maintained by Ubuntu's Boinc team and contains a working 7.0.27) ppa:pkg-boinc/ppa First:(for Ubuntu 12.04) sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/costamagnagianfranco-boinc-precise.list sudo apt-get update Then:(for ubuntu 12.04) sudo apt-get remove boinc sudo apt-get autoremove sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pkg-boinc/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install boinc Best wishes. Feedback appreciated. Thanks -Dave |
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Questions and problems :
Ubuntu Help
(Message 44413)
Posted 6 Jun 2012 by Ex Post: Ok here's my last post on this issue. Some people with certain circumstances are still having issues with Boinc working for Seti@home. If the PPA does not work for you, your only option is to install boinc manually from the Boinc website here. Click "all versions" and download Linux 64, or 32, (preferably version 7.0.28) depending on your machine Before doing any manual install I'd advise removing your existing Boinc installation with your package manager, and remove the PPA as well, and update your package manager. I can do no more to help on this issue. The PPA works for some, not for others. It's going to be up to the Debian/Ubuntu people to figure that out, and I can't promise that will be anytime soon. Best of luck to those unlucky ones. I apologize for the inconvenience. Please be aware that this is a Debian/Ubuntu issue, not Boinc. (If you feel strongly about the issue, you can complain over at launchpad here) -Dave |
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Projects :
seti@home down again?
(Message 44362)
Posted 30 May 2012 by Ex Post: Thanks Jord. I looked quickly but apparently I missed that one. |
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Projects :
seti@home down again?
(Message 44360)
Posted 30 May 2012 by Ex Post: what gives? No seti@home? No website, and my Boinc hasn't had contact with the server in at least a few hours, maybe more. |
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Questions and problems :
Ubuntu Help
(Message 44341)
Posted 29 May 2012 by Ex Post: They updated ALL packages for Boinc in that PPA repository earlier this evening. if you still have the PPA installed, a quick: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade should do the trick If you are not sure if the PPA is installed, or if the above doesn't work, just try the commands below again: Recap on removing broken boinc, installing the PPA, and installing this boinc (for Ubuntu 12.04 desktop) Using a terminal: [Also: once you get your Boinc running and not reporting errors, and getting some validations: It's probably a good idea to remove the ppa to avoid further breakages by continuing updates from the PPA. You can remove the ppa (from ubuntu 12.04 only) by: sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/costamagnagianfranco-boinc-precise.list sudo apt-get update ] |
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Questions and problems :
BOINC indicator on Ubuntu 12.04
(Message 44328)
Posted 28 May 2012 by Ex Post: I can second this; When Boinc is installed via command line (apt), I get no systray icon or indicator in Unity. (ubuntu 12.04) I just add the boincmgr launcher to the launcher panel. But this doesn't give the functionality of an indicator icon... I see talk here about Gnome and KDE desktops, however standard Ubuntu 12.04 has neither... It has Unity. (EDIT: OP uses Gnome3, however I'm still curious about this and will keep my eyes open) -Dave |
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Questions and problems :
Ubuntu Help
(Message 44327)
Posted 28 May 2012 by Ex Post: Hi Justin, I just did (yet another) install of this PPA's Boinc, on a clean install of Ubuntu 12.04, and it installed without broken dependencies, and is running a seti unit right now. I can see by the version that is trying to be installed, that you may not have done a "sudo apt-get upgrade", the PPA package is currently ...840... the one showing in your error is ...837, which is a few weeks old and has been re-built several times since I have been unable to re-create a couple issues some people have been having. I can offer this, just try again, if it doesn't work I'm kind of out of ideas as I cannot re-create the issue. sudo apt-get remove boinc sudo apt-get autoremove sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costamagnagianfranco/boinc sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install boinc If this won't work for you, the last (and perhaps best) option is to install Boinc manually from the Berkley website download -Dave |
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BOINC Manager :
Newb questions
(Message 43149)
Posted 24 Mar 2012 by Ex Post: It was the package manager (ubuntu 10.04). I always use apt and the standard repos. And the issues I've had are with x11 forwarding the boinc manager window. I run almost everything headless these days, using my laptop as a display client. Ubuntu (server) 10.04 (and 11.x) both had this issue. I haven't tried with my 12.04 server test box, but I think that's the one that counts from now on, as its the new lts release. Ill install it in the next few days and see what I come up with. In my past attempts (on 10.04 and 11.x) I received errors relating to lack of display, i.e. it seemed as if boinc manager didn't know to use the default ssh-x monitor of "10.0". But as I said I'll test it out in 12.04 and report Update: Eh, go figure. 12.04 ubuntu's boinc seems to load via ssh-x forwarding just fine. So I guess no problem then. That's another instance of boinc I can now run. :-) |
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BOINC Manager :
Newb questions
(Message 43146)
Posted 23 Mar 2012 by Ex Post: Thanks for your input, and I was going to add that I think the issues were coming from the file transfers. they stall, don't update with new tasks, and IMO take too long to "retry". Yea as far as the linux issue, I'll give it a go again on my 12.04 buntu test box. The problems weren't with installing it etc., the issue is getting it's window to open over x-forwarded ssh. Either way, I just added a second virtual machine to my boinc processing. If seti can't keep em busy, Ill add a second project (if I can choose which one to support :-)) |
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BOINC Manager :
Newb questions
(Message 43142)
Posted 23 Mar 2012 by Ex Post: I'll add, I am running BOINC in a virtual machine because when installed in Linux itself I cannot get BOINC manager to load a window to my display client via ssh-x forwarding. It seems to not figure out to use display "10:0". I also cannot figure out how to tell it which display to load the window on. Ive had this problem on three linux boxes, I have not been able to x-forward the BOINC manager window from ANY of my linux boxes. Hence, I installed xp in a virtualbox just to run BOINC on my (rather powerful) server. |
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BOINC Manager :
Newb questions
(Message 43141)
Posted 23 Mar 2012 by Ex Post: Hi all. I have a virtual machine (winxp) in my server that I have dedicated to boinc. I currently use it only for the seti@home project. Lately, boinc manager keeps running out of tasks. I can restart my (virtual) computer, and sometimes it will start to download new tasks. Then it runs those tasks and wont download anymore. Example: I only have one task in queue and It will not download, just keeps listing "retry in xx:xx" and counts down, doesn't download, and then starts a new countdown. Finally it downloads and runs, but meanwhile the manager is NOT adding new tasks, so it will just run out of work and sit. This is not a problem Ive had in the first few weeks of using BOINC, it just started a few days ago. Its very sad to see the software sitting there NOT DOING ANYTHING, when I've dedicated so many resources to it. Is it normal for the BOINC manager to run out of work? Why doesn't it start downloading more tasks when its current ones finish downloading? If I cant figure this out, Im just going to stop running boinc, as it's not doing anyone any good if it cant keep doing work. |
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