Posts by David Melik

1) Message boards : Questions and problems : ': No such file or directory' (cryptic/useless error message) (Message 110542)
Posted 23 Nov 2022 by Profile David Melik
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[...] Sending the first command bg might cause a race condition since BOINC needs a short while to be completely up. [...]

Thanks. I did also rewrite it to be all on one line (separated by semicolons) but same happened... even if I don't launch the manager, the same happens: something is going wrong with launching boinc itself from a script, regardless whether any manager is even run.
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : ': No such file or directory' (cryptic/useless error message) (Message 110536)
Posted 23 Nov 2022 by Profile David Melik
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The old one didn't always work either, but copying & pasting the commands did, so it must've been a different problem with the system ($PATH or console character set).
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : ': No such file or directory' (cryptic/useless error message) (Message 110534)
Posted 23 Nov 2022 by Profile David Melik
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I made a mistake. The commands being done are these. I maybe found out the problem: it was with using a new rc file (my old one works).
BOINC_DIR=/home/u/.boinc_data    # directory of boinc files
BOINC_BIN=boinc                  # name of the boinc binary
BOINC_USER=u                     # user that will run boinc process
BOINC_OPTIONS="--dir $BOINC_DIR --redirectio"
su - $BOINC_USER -c "cd $BOINC_DIR; exec /usr/bin/BOINC_BIN $BOINC_OPTIONS" &
su - $BOINC_USER -c "cd $BOINC_DIR; exec /usr/bin/boinccmd --join_acct_mgr https://grcpool.com/ user pass"
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : ': No such file or directory' (cryptic/useless error message) (Message 110532)
Posted 23 Nov 2022 by Profile David Melik
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I run Slackware64 boinc-7.18.1-x86_64-2_SBo to (incrementing SlackBuild) boinc-7.20.2-x86_64-1_SBo (work fine), Slackware-arm boinc-7.18.1-arm-2_SBo to boinc-7.20.2-arm-1_SBo (built from SlackBuilds.org (SBo).
When /etc/rc.d/rc.boinc does (in existent/boinc-writable data directory) 'exec /usr/boinc/boinccmd --dir /home/user/.boinc_data --redirectio --join_acct_mgr https://grcpool.com/ user password' I get cryptic/useless error message ': No such file or directory'. What file/directory? (message from BOINC, not the OS: doesn't do ones starting with colon).
    Please write clear/useful error messages but for now is there a configure option to recompile with debugging so I might get a clear/useful error message?
    If debugging would help others, please message me (I don't come here much).
    Please allow people to automatically get notifications of replies to their own threads, and don't wrongly close threads for being 'old'.
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : ': No such file or directory' (cryptic/useless error message) (Message 109365)
Posted 19 Jul 2022 by Profile David Melik
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I run Slackware64 boinc-7.18.1-x86_64-2_SBo to (incrementing SlackBuild) boinc-7.20.2-x86_64-1_SBo (work fine), Slackware-arm boinc-7.18.1-arm-2_SBo to boinc-7.20.2-arm-1_SBo (built from SlackBuilds.org (SBo).
When /etc/rc.d/rc.boinc does (in data directory) 'boinccmd --dir /home/user/.boinc_data --redirectio --join_acct_mgr https://grcpool.com/ user password' I get cryptic/useless error message ': No such file or directory'. Unclear what directory... same hard-coded user-directory build script works fine on x86(64) and used to on arm32 but most recent builds return this error message.
        Please write clear/useful error messages but for now is there a configure option to recompile with debugging so I might get a clear/useful error message?
        If debugging would help others, please message me (I don't come here much).
6) Message boards : Android : advanced/improved usage (SD card, RPC) (Message 107440)
Posted 18 Mar 2022 by Profile David Melik
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It's been 10+ year goal to make Android BOINC (like old unofficial fork) able to use SD cards. I know since project data includes executables, it doesn't work yet, because of ridiculous new Android restrictions, but since best to run Android BOINC root (for battery life, which I do on all mine) hopefully this gets fixed soon. I know some devices allow 'adoptable storage' to combine SD card w/internal storage, so should work on most/all devices I have (at least all still used, which have instructions) or at least any I buy in future.

I want to control Android BOINC (as w/all my BOINC servers) from desktop but need RPC daemon. How would I setup?
7) Message boards : Android : Andriod Version development (Message 100887)
Posted 29 Sep 2020 by Profile David Melik
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is it installable? (and can you switch to SD card for storage, and control BOINC remotely, as asked in a thread years ago? I created the remote_hosts.cfg, but doesn't seem to work because of course there's already a graphical version one may not be able to close separately.)
8) Message boards : Questions and problems : [GNU/Linux] BOINC won't obey start & compute & stop percentages (for CPU system resources usage) (Message 99861)
Posted 11 Jul 2020 by Profile David Melik
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[...] Try setting suspend when computer in use to no and see if that solves your problem.


Not an option; I only need most (of 32) threads when compiling largest things (as a computer scientist, or doing other multi-core computation that's only part of the time) so most the rest of the time I want BOINC using many/most cores.
9) Message boards : Questions and problems : [GNU/Linux] BOINC won't obey start & compute & stop percentages (for CPU system resources usage) (Message 99646)
Posted 6 Jul 2020 by Profile David Melik
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I have BOINC 7.16 on two PCs, set to start when inactive three minutes. I manage/check both in their GUI managers on my PC.

One Kubuntu GNU/Linux PC (BOINC 7.16.6+dfsg-1) is set to to compute when idle unless CPU system resource is over 93.75%. Hours after the users went to bed (and I closed all X/KDE programs) total CPU system resources usage (checked with htop) is 50% for other computation I run, but idling around 1% (or less) for OS & X, but BOINC won't start computing (saying 'busy' when it wasn't the case for hours.)

One Slackware GNU/Linux PC (mine, BOINC boinc-7.16.4-x86_64-1_SBo) is set to compute when idle unless CPU system resources usage is over 25%, and CPU system resources usage is typically 50+% for other computation I run, but BOINC started computing and won't stop.

What do I need to check/update so BOINC obeys start & continue & stop percentages for CPU resources? (instead of doing the exact opposite?)
10) Message boards : Android : Move Project Data to SDCard (Message 81339)
Posted 17 Sep 2017 by Profile David Melik
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Again (my reply to old thread,) what about the case one roots a device? Would it work then, or still more work needs to be done?
11) Message boards : Questions and problems : different CPID than on BOINCstats BAM!? (Message 81255)
Posted 15 Sep 2017 by Profile David Melik
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Apparently I have a different CPID here than on BOINCstats BAM! (though same email address.) My CPID here is outdated, how can I get it updated?
12) Message boards : Questions and problems : Do you lose credits from closed projects? How do you see/fix your full list? (Message 80615)
Posted 31 Aug 2017 by Profile David Melik
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Yeah, I started using a new email address, but I think I changed it in all my old projects. Would it be best to change back?
13) Message boards : Questions and problems : Do you lose credits from closed projects? How do you see/fix your full list? (Message 80564)
Posted 30 Aug 2017 by Profile David Melik
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I used BOINC since 2000s, and a few years ago, it stopped working on my main OS. After installing & running on other computers, I lost half my credits, then more, while also completing some thousands more. The credits never returned as it's said should happen in a few days, but I see, maybe it's because several projects closed and are no longer listed... do you lose credits for that? I looked them up somewhere like ‘BOINC World Stats,’ which I'm not sure exists anymore. If I'm wrong, and my credits are still there, what do I need to do, and what sites do I need to check, to see/fix my full list? I also see none of my computers listed in my account here, though I'm running BOINC on two or three daily... I also see I have a different cross-project ID here and on BAM.
14) Message boards : Android : Move BOINC to SD card (Message 77771)
Posted 7 May 2017 by Profile David Melik
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>Over 2y ago, Ageless wrote:
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> No, at the moment the BOINC for Android app cannot use the SD card yet. That is slated for a future version.
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>And now?

One reason was not being allowed to run certain programs on the SD card. What if we root the device?

It's sad to not see BOINC running as well as it could anymore on Android (like some ported versions, such as Native BOINC, that used to be maintained that would move data to SD card) since it's the most popular OS now... much potential computing power lost.
15) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't run BOINC anymore--not compiled for more traditional POSIX operating systems, and incomplete compile instructions (Message 71209)
Posted 5 Aug 2016 by Profile David Melik
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Wasn't it clear now all I have to build is the manager? When I follow instructions on one of the URLs in the INSTALL file, rather than that file (which conflicts with both in describing configure) except I also add ‘--enable-manager’ to configure, make just has the following error: ‘cp: cannot stat '../../../stage//usr/local/bin/boincmgr': No such file or directory.’ So, INSTALL is incomplete (doesn't say to make) and you have three conflicting sets of instructions that don't describe all situations well, and some sort of problem with the source that they won't do what seems right for some/all of those instructions.
16) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't run BOINC anymore--not compiled for more traditional POSIX operating systems, and incomplete compile instructions (Message 71206)
Posted 4 Aug 2016 by Profile David Melik
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Slackware (64-bit) 14.2, which has all the libraries you need for this, or are available from a quasi-official source. Boinc source INSTALL (incomplete) http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/CompileClient , http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/BuildSystem (all three say quite different things.)
17) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't run BOINC anymore--not compiled for more traditional POSIX operating systems, and incomplete compile instructions (Message 71162)
Posted 3 Aug 2016 by Profile David Melik
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Actually, as I suspected, a knowledgeable Slackware user/programmer said, also according to a LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum thread, the above error isn't as it may seem, some sort of non-traditional directory structure, but is that the stable version of BOINC now uses an outdated C++ application programming interface (API.) When is the next version going to finally be out?

Despite the source's (7.6.32) incomplete instructions, I was able to compile the main program, after doing something the instructions didn't say, and later making sense of the two URLs it links to that have conflicting information. When following one of those that made more sense, I was able to compile more stuff... except the BOINC manager. It looks like the source tries to compile it but doesn't have its own files (I didn't use ‘--disable-manager,’ there is just some source and/or Makefile problem.)

I'd like to use 7.6.32 but am not going to run it without the manager on my PC... maybe if I had a server I'd want to use for BOINC.
18) Message boards : Questions and problems : Can't run BOINC anymore--not compiled for more traditional POSIX operating systems, and incomplete compile instructions (Message 71161)
Posted 3 Aug 2016 by Profile David Melik
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I used to be in the top 3% of contributors of hours to computation for BOINC projects, but I haven't been able to run BOINC for years. It seems it's not compiled for more traditional POSIX-type operating systems anymore, there hasn't been an update in years, and the source's compilation instructions are incomplete. I'm disappointed, compared to the early years of BOINC. This is the error I get.

/usr/local/lib64/boinc/boinc: /lib64/libssl.so.1.0.0: no version information available (required by /usr/local/lib64/boinc/boinc)
/usr/local/lib64/boinc/boinc: /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /usr/local/lib64/boinc/boinc)
/usr/local/lib64/boinc/boinc: /lib64/libcrypto.so.1.0.0: no version information available (required by /usr/local/lib64/boinc/boinc)


I don't think it's standard to have a path starting from root ‘/lib64.’ I don't know what the problem is with the other, libcurl, but that file is there, and more likely was something done with the compilation of BOINC rather than Slackware, which is arguably the #1 computer programming/science development system.
19) Message boards : Questions and problems : also using BOINC for Android? (Message 51344)
Posted 17 Nov 2013 by Profile David Melik
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I have used BOINC since the mid-2000s. Now I got my first tablet PC and downloaded BOINC, but how do I login?
20) Message boards : Questions and problems : questions on SMP running of BOINC (Message 50827)
Posted 11 Oct 2013 by Profile David Melik
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Thanks.


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