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Momist
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Hi all,
----------------------------------------I tried Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and didn't like Unity very much. Also, on my old hardware it ran very slowly and caused a lot of wait time. So, I've migrated with a clean install of Lubuntu, to which I've added all the extra software I use with Synaptic. Last, I tried to put on Boinc for WCG. Following the instructions on the install page resulted in problems with dependancies, the install completed but the manager would not run. I tried Synaptic, which has Boinc in it, and this loaded loads of packages. However, the launcher is in the menu and it brings up an empty manager, when I try to link to WCG I get errors. Opening manager gives a dialogue box asking me to "Add Project" or "Use Account Manager". If I click on Add Project, the manager just quits. If I click on Use Account Manager, it lets me enter the project to link to, and a dialogue comes up for my user name and password, but it then says: An error has occurred Check the event log for details. I have the xsession log here, if it is any use? What should I try next please? Thanks, Ian EDIT: Just found that after a while I get a message in the manager: Permanent HTTP error. Not much help there though? [Edit 1 times, last edit by Momist at May 16, 2012 3:20:03 PM] |
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Former Member
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I had problems with Synaptic installations, too. A command-line installation worked for me, also with Lubuntu.
sudo apt-get install boinc-manager or sudo apt-get install boinc-client if you don't need the boinc-manager, only the service (for remote access). If you're using a local Boinc Manager, always make sure that it says "connected" in the lower right. If it's not connected, you need to restart the Boinc service: sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client -restart (I'm not sure if a Synaptic installation uses these directories, this is valid for a command line installation). If Lubuntu is on a virtual machine, check the network configuration on your host system. |
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Former Member
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Hi,
----------------------------------------Suggest you fully uninstall BOINC with Synaptic, close this afterwards. Open Ubuntu Software Centre and type BOINC in search box. Run the install of BOINC from there. Select the BOINC manager OR the metapackage. Both with pull the required components. These installs worked fine and had no issue adding WCG via the manager. BOINC that comes with Pangolin is 7.0.24 which is a bit flimsy [it would not run first time each time after boot, just sit there with jobs in screen and not computing], so I went to add the ppa:pkg-boinc/testing repository to Synaptic pulling the Debian build 7.0.27 (run , which is what I'm running on both the Oneiric HD and Pangolin [USB stick] installs. You can add this to the Software sources. Visit https://launchpad.net/~pkg-boinc/+archive/testing for a list of what they got for various Ubuntu releases (will work on Lubuntu too]. Let us know. --//-- N.B. These 7.0.27 are testing releases but as it stands, after 5 days use... no probs. 7.0.24 was neither a final release. That's .25 (ATM, which really was worth withdrawing). [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 16, 2012 3:32:57 PM] |
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Momist
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Thanks for the help herna.
----------------------------------------apt-get says: Reading state information... Done boinc-manager is already the newest version. boinc-manager set to manually installed. Should I remove with Synaptic first, and try again? Ian EDIT: Sorry SekeRob, we were both there at the same time. I'll try your suggestion, thanks. Ian [Edit 1 times, last edit by Momist at May 16, 2012 3:36:41 PM] |
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Momist
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Hi, Suggest you fully uninstall BOINC with Synaptic, close this afterwards. Open Ubuntu Software Centre and type BOINC in search box. There is no Ubuntu Software Centre in Lubuntu, and the Lubuntu software centre has no entries for BOINC (or anything much else). Hence my use of Synaptic. BOINC that comes with Pangolin is 7.0.24 which is a bit flimsy [it would not run first time each time after boot, just sit there with jobs in screen and not computing], so I went to add the ppa:pkg-boinc/testing repository to Synaptic pulling the Debian build 7.0.27 (run , which is what I'm running on both the Oneiric HD and Pangolin [USB stick] installs. You can add this to the Software sources. Visit https://launchpad.net/~pkg-boinc/+archive/testing for a list of what they got for various Ubuntu releases (will work on Lubuntu too]. So if I add that repository, Synaptic will use it instead of whatever it used before? I've already done a complete removal of everything BOINC that Synaptic can find. Ian |
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Momist
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OK, I added the repository suggested, and ran
sudo apt-get install boinc-manager All went normally, but I still have the exact same error. Ian |
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Former Member
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If you run the "Reload" at top left of Synaptic, the additional packages will be fetched from that repository. Then select the Origin button at left margin, and scroll in left bar down to the added ppa which will list as LP-PPA-pkg-boinc-testing/precise. In principle Synaptic pulls the newest source /highest version.
BOINC in my Oneiric is now listed as 7.0.27+dbfg-3 when going to the All orogians view. There's more bits listed such as boinc-Nvidia-cuda and boionc-amd-opencl. I've never advanced in Linux to try GPU crunching. Others would have to pitch on on that how / what these do. ATM, not required for WCG. These are long way into the future, before GPU is rolled out to Linux. --//-- |
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Former Member
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P.S. In the meantime you went ahead... too fast maybe. Did you do the "Reload"? Did it install 7.0.24 or .27?
----------------------------------------Doing it from the command line, when adding a Repo, I do sudo apt-get update afterwards, then a sudo apt-get upgrade, which will list the packages that can be upgraded. Say no if there's more the just BOINC. If not, then your install line does the trick... or do it from Synaptic. (and this is how I do it BTW... there are gurus of gurus around who'd do it surely the niftier way)) --//-- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 16, 2012 4:05:33 PM] |
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Momist
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Sorry SekeRob, I was dragged screaming from my pc to go out with SWMO.
OK, you are correct, I had loaded the older version again. I've repeated the removal, updated, and tried installation with both Synaptic and with apt-get, but still have the same results. I have to go and eat now, and then go out tonight, so I'll try again sometime tomorrow. Meanwhile, thanks for trying to help me. Ian |
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Former Member
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Hmmm, so you added the ppa and you hit the "Reload" button in Synaptic or ran a sudo apt-get update in terminal, to refresh the repository library? You also hit the "Origin" button in Synaptic after "Reload" and selected the newly added ppa to confirm that the reload fetched the new version entries? Stranger things have happened.
Buon Cena --//-- |
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