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installation on intel edison

Hi folks,
I am trying to install boinc on my intel edison. It is a device without any graphics card. Here the architecture info:

Linux EdisonByChris 3.10.98-poky-edison+ #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 6 14:32:08 PDT 2016 i686 GNU/Linux

If I install the current version, it obviously fails because there are no graphics libraries installed. I then tried the older version 6.12.22 from here:

https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_compat_6.12.22_i686-pc-linux-gnu.sh

The latter one should work without graphics. However, it requires libstdc++.so.3, which is too old.
Does anyone have an idea? Basically, I need a version which is command-line based but still works with up to date libraries (libstdc++6)
Thanks!

[Mar 28, 2018 5:07:25 PM]

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Re: installation on intel edison

You could always try this hack... got me out of trouble in the past... no warranty!

In the same directory create symlink

libstdc++.so.3 --> libstdc++6

If it doesn't work for you, just delete it

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Re: installation on intel edison

What Linux distros are supported on the Intel Edison? I'm not familiar. From this website, you can install Debian on it. And from there it's a simple "sudo apt-get install boinc-client" with no GUI needed.

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[Mar 29, 2018 6:53:39 AM]

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Re: installation on intel edison

Thanks for your replies.
@hchc: it is Yocto linux and I have several other projects running on it, so I don't want to install a new operating system.
@TonyEllis: Great, that actually worked, so the run_client command now actually works. The problem is, however, I need to configure it first using ./run_manager - which invokes boincmgr, which apparently does not exist... any clues from there?
Thanks

[Mar 29, 2018 3:26:53 PM]

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Re: installation on intel edison

All the linux servers here running boinc are administered remotely. Can use either a Fedora Workstation or laptop running Windows...

boinc is invoked using the remote option, here's part of my script
/usr/bin/boinc_client --allow_remote_gui_rpc --daemon
boinc password is the contents of gui_rpc_auth.cfg

Do you have another machine that could be used?

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[Mar 29, 2018 9:57:17 PM]

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Re: installation on intel edison

Sorry guys, it took me a while to get back to this... Thank for your great hints. I created the symlink and now the client works on the intel edison.
I then installed the manager on my openSuse workstation. It can communicate with the edison:


boinccmd --host 192.168.0.104 --passwd ***** --get_state
======== Projects ========

======== Applications ========

======== Application versions ========

======== Workunits ========

======== Tasks ========

======== Time stats ========
  now: 0.000000
  on_frac: 0.468337
  connected_frac: -1.000000
  cpu_and_network_available_frac: 0.000000
  active_frac: 1.000000
  gpu_active_frac: 1.000000
  client_start_time: 0.000000
  previous_uptime: 0.000000

Now I want to attach the word community grid to this client. So I launched the boinc manager on the openSuse workstation, connect to the edison and it says "connected" on the status bar. I then select Tools->Add project or account manager... and select the world community grid- which always returns "failed to add project". Is there anything I have to configure first? Do I have to enter my account information somewhere before adding the project?

P.S. I also tried the command line version:


boinccmd --host 192.168.0.104 --passwd ****** --lookup_account www.worldcommunitygrid.org ******* ******
status: Success
poll status: operation in progress
poll status: transient HTTP error

Thanks

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Re: installation on intel edison

Could you try inserting ｈｔｔｐ：／／ like this:

boinccmd --host 192.168.0.104 --passwd **** --lookup_account http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org **** ****

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[Apr 6, 2018 9:14:26 AM]

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Re: installation on intel edison

Unfortunately, that gives exactly the same error message...

[Apr 6, 2018 9:18:37 AM]

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Re: installation on intel edison

The last two ****s should be your MEMBERname and your PASSWD for WCG.

(And you're right, adding ｈｔｔｐ：／／ doesn't change the result. I've tried it on my machine without the options --host and --passwd just to check if it still works: "boinccmd --lookup_account worldcommunitygrid.org MEMBER PASSWD" and yes, this works.)

$ boinccmd --lookup_account worldcommunitygrid.org **** ****
status: Success
poll status: operation in progress
poll status: operation in progress
account key: ********************************

Your e-mail address doesn't work however:

$ boinccmd --lookup_account worldcommunitygrid.org EMAIL ****
status: Success
poll status: operation in progress
poll status: no database rows found in lookup/enumerate

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[Apr 6, 2018 9:26:05 AM]

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Re: installation on intel edison

Yes, they are my membername and password, I just replaced it here... I think the problem is not a wrong password or member name but some communication error:

It always says:


poll status: transient HTTP error

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