Hello to all…
I am very new to Linux so please pardon some of the questions that I may pose.
I am running openSUSU 11.1, I have installed the BOINC application from the DVD. Here is my problem:
When I click on the BOINC icon it starts and nothing happens, if I want to run BOINC I have to open a terminal window and type boinc, it will then run. If I close or quit the terminal window BOINC stops working.
Is it possible to run boinc with out having a terminal window open? If so then how?
Thanks
When I click on the BOINC icon it starts and nothing happens
Did you create that icon yourself? Or was it created by the packages you installed from the DVD?
At any rate, if you know how to run it from a terminal window, run the command with an ampersand & next to it to spawn the process and return to the terminal immediately. You can then close the terminal without killing the boinc process. If “boinc” is the command to start it then issue:
> boinc &
Hi
If you start an application like that you need to background it using
ampersand and the exit the terminal, not just close it.
<some_application> &
exit
Check the icon properties to see where it’s look, this can be dome bu
dragging the icon onto your desktop and checking via right-click ->
properties.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
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Thanks for the assistance
The & then using exit to close the terminal window worked
thanks again