People,
Subject says it all I guess but boinc stopped working for me a few Fedora versions ago so has anyone installed Boinc on Fedora 14 x86_64?
Thanks,
Phil.
Welcome, Phil!
Last version I tried (successfully) was Fedora 11 I think. Are there errors or other failure info you can share?
I run successfully on latest Ubuntu/Kubuntu 64 bit releases. I know they are different to Fedora in many ways, but could you use one of them instead?
Cheers, Will
Will,
I use:
sudo boinc_client &
boincmgr
but it always fails trying to connect to the local host . . and I can't find any error messages anywhere . .
I'm not really interested in using another OS for my main work machine.
Thanks,
Phil.
Have you tried without sudo? I haven't needed to use it. In fact I don't need to start the client manually. I use 'run_manager &' and it starts the client and Boincmgr. Running this app with root on a work box might not be wise anyway?
I've seen a similar issue on Ubuntu. After a fresh install, the manager would sit connecting to localhost with no error and nothing in the Messages pane. Restarting Boincmgr made no difference. I needed to manually run the client (./run_client) then quit it with CtrlC after it showed the usual startup messages. From then on I could run Boincmgr normally with no issue.
Will,
Without sudo the client crashes:
SIGABRT: abort called
Stack trace (14 frames):
/usr/lib64/libboinc.so.6(boinc_catch_signal+0x4d)[0x3e93c156dd]
/lib64/libpthread.so.0[0x316e20f3c0]
/lib64/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35)[0x316de34085]
/lib64/libc.so.6(abort+0x186)[0x316de35a36]
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x316de7156b]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x316defe1b7]
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x316defc0e0]
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x316defb529]
/lib64/libc.so.6(_IO_default_xsputn+0xd8)[0x316de74d38]
/lib64/libc.so.6(_IO_vfprintf+0x31ea)[0x316de48fca]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__vsprintf_chk+0x9d)[0x316defb5cd]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__sprintf_chk+0x7f)[0x316defb50f]
/usr/lib64/libboinc.so.6(_Z8dir_sizePKcRdb+0x9b)[0x3e93c1670b]
/usr/lib64/libboinc.so.6(_Z8dir_sizePKcRdb+0xbe)[0x3e93c1672e]
"run_manager" does not exist in the two RPMs.
"run_client" does not exist in the two RPMs.
Running "boinc" gives the same error above.
Unless I can find a Fedora user who has installed and is running successfully, I will need to give up I think . .
Thanks,
Phil.
Sounds similar to Boinc on Fedora 14 won't attach to project (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=262603&mode=linear).
The poster solved his problem by uninstalling the version from the package manager and installing the version downloaded from Berkeley (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php).
Quote from: kashi on March 02, 2011, 12:42:57 AM
Sounds similar to Boinc on Fedora 14 won't attach to project (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=262603&mode=linear).
The poster solved his problem by uninstalling the version from the package manager and installing the version downloaded from Berkeley (http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php).
Good point kashi, I do that as well - the Ubuntu-provided version is also bad news.
Good luck Phil, it would be great to have more boincing if it will work!
Kashi,
I will give that solution a go but I hate installing outside of the packaging system . .
Thanks,
Phil.
I understand, I was the same when I used Linux. For some strange reason the BOINC included in Linux repositories often does not work properly and/or is an outdated version.
One person had so much continuing trouble with BOINC on Fedora that he chose to use WINE and Windows XP. >:D
I think the fact that so many experience trouble with BOINC in Linux is one of the reasons that Dotsch developed his Dotsch/UX Linux BOINC distribution.