hello

I just started using boinc with linux (Kubuntu / Mint).
via synaptic I installed
boinc-client 5.4.11-1
boinc-manager 5.4.11-1
kboincspy 0.9.1-3
and now I have several configuration issues:

1) it was not really easy to find what kind of adress kboincspy needs to work: its the location of the file 'client_state.xml' which should be located at /var/lib/boinc-client

2) somehow boinc is running with the user boinc. no clue how it got this idea. how can I change that? I found nothing useful in /var/lib/boinc_client/ or /etc/boinc-client/.

3) how is the boinc client started at system-boot? is it enough to configure it in Boinc Manager / KBoincSpy 'run always'? This function stops and starts the client-process, but does it initially start it too? I don´t even know how the process started today. Perhaps the BOINC Manager started it when configuring it.

4) Do I have to use the startup via init.d? I found the file
boincctl ( Control boinc. Stop it/Start it/Restart it.) by Charles Dennett which has to be edited and run via init.d.

4a) this file asks for a BOINC_HOME with default /home/[user]/Boinc
I found no folder like that and I have no clue which folder boinc currently uses.
4b) a user has to be configured. fine, this should be me. or not? what are the pros/cons for user me vs. boinc?

5. wcgrid always creates new devices when reinstalling it. until now i have 29(!!!!) devices, while this where just 3 computers. boinc now created just another device. how can i purge that??

al