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mystique:~/Desktop/BOINC> ls -la run*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 zombie67 zombie67 53 2007-06-09 21:43 run_client
-rwxr-xr-x 1 zombie67 zombie67 56 2007-06-09 21:43 run_manager[/pre]

eek... well I see the problem (or I think I do)...

kathryn@Galaxy-Linux:~/BOINC$ ls -la run*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 52 2007-06-23 23:08 run_client
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55 2007-06-23 23:08 run_manager

...it appears to be owned by root. (or am I even reading this correctly?)

And what the heck is all of that after the ls part. I know ls. But I don't know those flags.

I am not sure the ownership would cause a problem. They are executable by everyone (x is in all three). In any case, to change the ownership, quit BOINC, and type this


sudo chown userid:userid run_client
(you will be prompted to enter your root password)

replace "userid" with your machine login id.

sudo chown userid:userid run_manager
(you will be prompted to enter your root password)

If you want to see what all the options for the "ls" command are/do, in at terminal, just type "man ls". Space-bar through it, or ctrl-c to exit.

In this case

-a Include directory entries whose names begin with a dot (.).
-l (The lowercase letter ``ell''.) List in long format. (See
below.) If the output is to a terminal, a total sum for all the
file sizes is output on a line before the long listing.

And "run*" means list everything starting with the three letters "run". "*" is a wildcard.

Edit: Try "ls -la" with out the "run*", and you will see all the files in the directory.

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Ugh...

I'm not sure I'm up to trying that.

Until I find the courage, I'll just start it the way I've been starting it. Why break something that's actually working?

I did look at the man page. My eyes started glazing over. Much of it is still way above my head.

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OK. I figured I didn't have much to lose as I ran my cache down.

I was able to change the ownership.

kathryn@Galaxy-Linux:~/BOINC$ ls -la run*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 kathryn kathryn 52 2007-06-23 23:08 run_client
-rwxr-xr-x 1 kathryn kathryn 55 2007-06-23 23:08 run_manager


(thanks for the instructions)

Unfortunately, the computer still sits there and looks at me when I try to use the run_manager. So I'm back to my old way.

Oh well. It was worth a shot.

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OK. I figured I didn't have much to lose as I ran my cache down.

I was able to change the ownership.

kathryn@Galaxy-Linux:~/BOINC$ ls -la run*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 kathryn kathryn 52 2007-06-23 23:08 run_client
-rwxr-xr-x 1 kathryn kathryn 55 2007-06-23 23:08 run_manager


(thanks for the instructions)

Unfortunately, the computer still sits there and looks at me when I try to use the run_manager. So I'm back to my old way.

Oh well. It was worth a shot.

I have no problems on fiesty fawn, it just updated itself the the 5.8.17.<whatever ubuntu versioning goes here> and it's working like a charm.

Since the 'boinc' runs at boot like it should (auto setup like that I think). I just get boinc manager as I need it with
Applications -> Accessories -> BOINC Manager

None of the faffing around you lot seem to be doing.
almost as easy as windows.

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...

None of the faffing around you lot seem to be doing.
almost as easy as windows.

LOL.

But faffing is the fun part.


Wait until I start trying to compile it. Then watch the real fun begin :)


On a side note, my benchmarks are screwy. But I don't know if they're screwy under Vista or under Ubuntu.

Vista Home Premium/BOINC 5.10.13
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn/BOINC 5.10.8

Vista benchmarks

Measured floating point speed 1381 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2918.71 million ops/sec

http://cosmos.astro.uiuc.edu/cosmohome/show_host_detail.php?hostid=288



Ubuntu benchmarks

Measured floating point speed 2291.83 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 4778.91 million ops/sec


http://cosmos.astro.uiuc.edu/cosmohome/show_host_detail.php?hostid=410

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lol, I faffed with linux before you could actually install it by just clicking a few buttons (some 10+ yrs ago and slackware was about all you got) I got quite in to it but then other things took my interest.
Now it's changed so much other than 'ls' that it's quite a different beast. Modular kernels and not really neading to compile it, just not the same.

I might dig out my old thick linux book, just have no idea where it would be.

I'm just trying to point out it can be almost as easy as windows.


I've compile the Windows client quite a few times now, playing around here and there, not tried in linux yet... hum... might have to play with it.

Hum Cosmology@Home might have to take a look, I see a lot more project have popped up in my month or so break from keeping up with BOINC. I might actually understand the science behind that one.


As for the benchmarks, I would say windows is low. Not sure what but it's also reporting the Cache wrong (not the normal wrong for windows of 976.56, but totaly wrong)

I know in the older versions linux was half of windows but they did some balancing in 5.9/5.10 bring linux up. Maybe the move back to VS2003 has made a difference to windows, though mine look about right :-S

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