Posts by Kenneth Larsen

Message boards : Unix/Linux : Requesting help from Gentoo users

( Message 2911 )
Posted 3782 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

Boinc is installed both in /usr/bin/ (the executables) and /var/lib/boinc/ (project folders and config).

I like Gentoo because it´s so customizable and has very good tutorials and general help on the internet. I´ve tried several other distributions, like Ubuntu and Fedora Core. Always I´ve gone back to Gentoo.
At first glance it seems very difficult, and is generally considered one of the most difficult distros to use. However, due to the amount of *well-written* help available, I´d consider it one of the easiest distributions. And I´m in no way a Linux expert!

But, without broadband Gentoo might not be a good choice, as all programs and libraries are downloaded from the internet and built on the machine. This is both a strength and a weakness for Gentoo.

Message boards : Unix/Linux : Requesting help from Gentoo users

( Message 2892 )
Posted 3783 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

At last there's an ebuild for Boinc 5.8.17. I have it installed on my laptop and it works fine!

Message boards : Cafe Docking : Massive censorship at Predictor !!!

( Message 2891 )
Posted 3783 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

Alright, I'll write something here to blow some life back in the forums ;-)

I think that for a lot of people, Predictor is history. They've handled all of this really bad, and don't even seem intend on giving an excuse. I tried crunching a bit for them when they got back a month or so ago, but with the recent happenings I'm gone forever. That just leaves more free cycles for Docking :-)

Message boards : Unix/Linux : Requesting help from Gentoo users

( Message 2700 )
Posted 3806 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

Alright, I'll do so, and I also noticed the cancellation email I got shortly later.

However, the problem still exists, that Gentoo is extremely slow to update the ebuilds. When the next stable Boinc version is out, with luck 5.8.11 will be available and I'll have to wait months for the next ebuild...

I wish I could learn how to make ebuilds myself... :-(

Message boards : Unix/Linux : Requesting help from Gentoo users

( Message 2689 )
Posted 3807 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

Hi,

I just received an email asking me to upgrade my Boinc client. I still run 5.4.11 because this is the latest client available for Gentoo Linux. Does anyone here have the knowlegde to make an ebuild for Gentoo with the latest Boinc client? I have tried myself, but it is way too difficult for me.
There does exist a patch for Portage, allowing one to install 5.8.11, but I can't get it to work. Has anyone else tried, and had luck? The link to the bug page containing the patch is here

Message boards : Unix/Linux : Where are the linux alpha testers?

( Message 2486 )
Posted 3829 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

All my Linux machines are getting work - 1 AMD64, 1 Duron and 1 Celeron M.

Message boards : Unix/Linux : Howto: Dealing With 0x1 Error

( Message 2478 )
Posted 3829 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

I took "ulimit" out of the script. D@H crashed the WU in 23 minutes.

Before or after removing ulimit?

Message boards : Unix/Linux : Howto: Dealing With 0x1 Error

( Message 2448 )
Posted 3834 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

Finally it works! The solution was indeed to put the code in the start script, which runs as user "boinc". I did do this before but thought it didn't work because running ulimit -s showed 8192 as both root and normal user.

Thanks for the help everyone!

Message boards : Unix/Linux : Howto: Dealing With 0x1 Error

( Message 2432 )
Posted 3835 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

And then the error came... this time the work unit crunched for almost 2 hours before erroring out. Ulimit now stays at unlimited, but it still hasn't helped. I've now put this project on standby on all Linux machines, until I get it fixed.
Any ideas what I can try now?

One thought: Ulimit is set for root, but Boinc runs as special user boinc. However, I can't log in as user boinc and change anything, so is it possible to set ulimit for this user in any way? Can this even be the problem?
Running ulimit as normal user shows the old 8192 value, so root does not set it for all users.

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Message boards : Unix/Linux : Howto: Dealing With 0x1 Error

( Message 2431 )
Posted 3835 days ago by Kenneth Larsen

OK, I think I solved this myself: adding the ulimit code in /root/.bashrc seems to have solved it; one workunit has run for 1.5 hours now, without erroring out.

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