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Thread: Lubuntu 12.04 Boinc manager not working |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Password is by default blank with *nux packages [at least it was for my repo installs of 6.12.33, 7.0.24 and .27]
Was wondering how attaching WCG as an AMS could succeed... one has to type the url.  . Could well be the answer to the issue... detach from WCG as an AMS and attach as project. (BOINC Manager Project tab would look void of WCG).--//-- |
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Hardnews
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I run Ubu 11.04 (Natty) succesfully on older hardware, including Atom powered netbooks, if the OP wants a final ISO burning fling. 11.04/64 boots into early Unity, immediately disabled by logging out and enabling the 'classic' login (at the bottom of the login screen. ) Boinc runs fine in 1 gig of RAM under it. 2 gigs is good-er.
----------------------------------------BOINC manager downloaded from the original 11.04 Apps Manager seems to be currently 6.10.59. I have disabled all kernel updates to 11.04 since install some months ago, it ain't broke, so I haven't bothered fixing it. But will this defeat the HTTP error? It looks like a NAT/DNS problem?: Fetching configuration file from http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/get_project_config.php 16-May-2012 17:32:03 [---] Contacting account manager at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ 16-May-2012 17:32:04 [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/] Message from account manager: permanent HTTP error "I'm very tempted at this stage to go back to Lucid 10.04" If it works, it works. Que sera, sera.  [Edit 2 times, last edit by Hardnews at May 18, 2012 9:14:02 AM] |
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Momist
Cruncher Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Post Count: 36 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I can confirm that /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg on my system is an empty file, so I assume that means that the password is blank. I have tried entering the computer name and leaving the password blank and get the message "connecting to localhost". And later, disconnected. If I use the ip address, it seems to just ignore it, continuing to say "Disconnected".
I had tried Xubuntu on top of my Ubuntu installation, prior to ditching everything in favour of Lubuntu, and it seemed to run fine for a while but then developed problems. This was perhaps because of having it on top of Ubuntu. I found the system not exactly to my taste, but perhaps I should go back to it and try customising it more. Currently I intend to wait for the new Mint to arrive. What I have heard of the Cinnamon desktop appeals to me. |
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Former Member
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Do "top -u boinc" without the quotes in terminal. Anything listed? If nothing, like the core client / daemon is not running, though it was at one time, when you posted the event log. If not anything is listed in top do a "sudo service boinc-client start" in terminal to ascertain if it's bombing shortly after.
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Momist
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>Do "top -u boinc" without the quotes in terminal.
top - 17:33:37 up 7:46, 0 users, load average: 0.58, 0.66, 0.67 Tasks: 134 total, 1 running, 131 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie Cpu(s): 3.0%us, 1.6%sy, 0.0%ni, 95.4%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 2051276k total, 1880756k used, 170520k free, 210652k buffers Swap: 1951740k total, 1768k used, 1949972k free, 666584k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND No, after doing sudo service boinc-client start: top - 17:37:39 up 7:50, 0 users, load average: 0.72, 0.69, 0.68 Tasks: 135 total, 1 running, 132 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie Cpu(s): 1.5%us, 1.6%sy, 0.0%ni, 96.9%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 2051276k total, 1945384k used, 105892k free, 211076k buffers Swap: 1951740k total, 1764k used, 1949976k free, 694848k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 4191 boinc 39 19 124m 7160 5212 S 0 0.3 0:00.07 boinc Yes, The timer under TIME+ ticks up, sometimes by 2 units, at random intervals between 5 and 35 seconds apart. That doesn't look at all right. |
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Former Member
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OK, BOINC core client/deamon is not supposed to use any much cycles. That's what the science applications do.
----------------------------------------So now, open the BOINC Manager (BM) whilst watching the top frame, specifically the boinc process, if it stays. The BM should self connect to the core client if it does not bomb. (suspecting the system is not auto-starting the daemon, which adding it to the autostart list will do) piccolo passi, report back, and we can move on to attaching WCG to the client. --//-- [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at May 18, 2012 4:54:21 PM] |
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Momist
Cruncher Joined: Feb 25, 2005 Post Count: 36 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Good grief, it's working now!
top - 18:19:18 up 8:31, 0 users, load average: 0.87, 0.69, 0.68 Tasks: 138 total, 1 running, 135 sleeping, 0 stopped, 2 zombie Cpu(s): 2.5%us, 1.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 95.2%id, 0.7%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 2051276k total, 1955956k used, 95320k free, 199632k buffers Swap: 1951740k total, 2264k used, 1949476k free, 659992k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 4191 boinc 39 19 125m 7404 5240 S 0 0.4 0:02.76 boinc 4405 boinc 39 19 125m 2584 420 S 0 0.1 0:09.29 boinc 4406 boinc 39 19 125m 2584 420 S 0 0.1 0:09.91 boinc In the Transfers page I have 58 downloads pending - that's not normal. However, I' go and have a look at the preferences and see what I can find. Thanks for sorting this. |
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Momist
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Aha, it's all little bits of a task, and they're disappearing as they are downloaded. I've never seen that happen before, because I've never had cause to watch the process so closely.
This seems now to be working as intended, so it seems that I needed to start the boinc-client manually. Now what, will this stick, or is there something else I now need to attend to? At least it looks as if it can be made to work correctly, although what went wrong I don't see. |
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