Posts by robertdaleweir

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1) Message boards : News : Client version 7.14.2 released
Message 89314
Posted 24 Dec 2018 by robertdaleweir 		I have been away for quite awhile and I was wondering where things are. I do not totally remember how but I was told at the time to come back later and see if I could be of help. I run only Linux and I see no native app is available for that platform. I somehow guessed that I might be able to assist through a Web Browser but I forget the specifics. Question: Is there an app for Linux similar to those for Mac and Win?
2) Message boards : Questions and problems : Trouble Getting 'boinc' working.
Message 79283
Posted 25 Jun 2017 by robertdaleweir 		Update
I was able to get it working. I had to go to the /home/me/.BOINC/ directory and when I invoked 'boincmgr' from there I was good to go. Sorry I missed this the first time. How do I mark this solved?
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Trouble Getting 'boinc' working.
Message 79282
Posted 25 Jun 2017 by robertdaleweir
The gui_rpc_auth.cfg contains a password. The manager needs to know that password in order to connect to the core client. If the file is empty then there is no password needed.
Yes I have the file 'empty' so no password is needed. I have the following show up when I run 
locate gui_rpc_auth.cfg
[root@ACER boinc]# ls -la /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg /home/me/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root  root  31 Jun 24 21:28 /home/me/gui_rpc_auth.cfg -> /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
-rw-rw----. 1 boinc boinc  1 Jun 24 17:00 /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
[root@ACER boinc]#

The one in my 'home directory' is owned by 'root' with 777 access permissions and it is a link to the /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg which is owned by 'boinc' with 'read and write' permissions for user 'boinc' and group 'boinc'. I have, as I said, put user 'me' into group 'boinc'.
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : Trouble Getting 'boinc' working.
Message 79278
Posted 25 Jun 2017 by robertdaleweir 		Hi I have the following setup and I am trying to get 'boinc' working.
Linux Distro Fedora 24 64 bit
Kernel 4.11.6-101.fc24.x86_64
boinc-client.x86_64 7.6.22-7.fc24
boinc-manager.x86_64 7.6.22-7.fc24
When I run 'boincmgr, as root, it opens the manager but I get an error as follows: "Unable to connect to core client" I am new to this kind of program and as such have no idea how to proceed. I know that the 'boinc-client is running as shown here: 

[root@ACER boinc]# systemctl status boinc-client
● boinc-client.service - Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2017-06-24 21:48:20 PDT; 22min ago
     Docs: man:boinc(1)
  Process: 28720 ExecStopPost=/bin/rm -f /var/lib/boinc/lockfile (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 28693 ExecStop=/usr/bin/boinccmd --quit (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 28723 ExecStart=/usr/bin/boinc_client --daemon --start_delay 1 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 28724 (boinc_client)
    Tasks: 2 (limit: 512)
   CGroup: /system.slice/boinc-client.service
           └─28724 /usr/bin/boinc_client --daemon --start_delay 1

Jun 24 21:48:20 ACER.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client...
Jun 24 21:48:20 ACER.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Computing Client.
Jun 24 21:48:24 ACER.localdomain boinc_client[28724]: 24-Jun-2017 21:48:24 Initialization completed
[2]+  Exit 255                boincmgr
[root@ACER boinc]#

I have 'restarted' the 'client' but did nothing to improve the situation. I have logged out and back in and nothing changed. I made sure that the 'boinc-client' starts at 'login' by 'enabling' it using 'systemctl enable boinc-client' which took. I also ran the following to put my user 'me' into the 'boinc' group. 
[root@ACER boinc]#  locate gui_rpc_auth.cfg
[root@ACER boinc]# /usr/sbin/usermod -G boinc -a me
[root@ACER boinc]# chmod g+rw /var/lib/boinc
[root@ACER boinc]# chmod g+rw /var/lib/boinc/*.*
[root@ACER boinc]# ln -s /var/lib/boinc/gui_rpc_auth.cfg /home/me/gui_rpc_auth.cfg
[root@ACER boinc]# systemctl restart boinc-client.service

I have rerun 
boincmgr
and I still have the same issue. I do not know how to proceed from here. And 'yes' I have checked the 'firewall' settings and port 31416 is open, as required. Thanks...
Robert

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