I’m running a 11.1 x86_64 and installed the boinc packages out of the
box. Very naive I tried the boinc_manager and it did open alright, but
it seems it is not connected to the client. The client is running as I
checked in yast.
After searching in internet and trying out some advices for some hours
without any positive result, I ask, please, could someone give me a
simple step by step for noobs how to get boinc running?
It really, really, REALLY annoys me that it is so hard to get boinc
running. This worked for me. I hope it works for you.
While it seems logical that you want to run boinc_manager, you don’t.
What you have to run is run_manager. This connects to your localhost
and will show you current projects and running tasks. You can do this a
number of ways. In Dolphin, you can navigate to the right directory and
click on run_manager. If you close dolphin, you will close boinc. I
KNOW, it shouldn’t happen, but it does. In a terminal, you can migrate
to the right directory and type ./run_manager but once again you have to
leave the terminal open. No suffix I ever tried allowed me to close the
terminal without closing boinc. The second best way is to type Alt-F2
and in the run dialog, use the full path to the file, like:
sh /home/prexy/BOINC/run_manager
If you are using KDE4.2, look for the BOINC icon in your menu.
Right-click it and send it to the desktop. This should give you a BOINC
icon with the text boinc-gui underneath it. You have to right-click on
this and change some settings. As it is, it wants to start boincmgr.
After you right-click on the icon, click on the Application tab. Change
the application from boinc_manager to the full path to run_manager. The
desktop icon will now work. However, it will change the icon.
I like the transparency/translucency aspect of my desktop. When you
make the change I described, it is going to change the icon to one in
the BOINC directory that is on a field of white. Right-clicking that
icon on the desktop and then clicking on the icon in the dialog that
opens will allow you to search for the boinc-gui icon that is
transparent.
A lot of words for a simple task.
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