I have been off Seti@Home for some time now because I can't get the BOINC software up and running.

It unzips and installs fine.

I then type
.../BOINC/run_client

and get the return:

2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.4.9 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] libcurl/7.15.3 OpenSSL/0.9.8a zlib/1.2.3
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Data directory: /home/ray/Download/BOINC
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] gethostbyname failed
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] gethostbyname failed
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Processor: 1 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Memory: 3.95 GB physical, 1.56 GB virtual
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Disk: 15.17 GB total, 2.14 GB free
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Local control only allowed
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Listening on port 31416
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Platform changed from to i686-pc-linux-gnu - resetting projects
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] This computer is not attached to any projects
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Suspending network activity - running CPU benchmarks
2006-10-20 13:03:35 [---] Running CPU benchmarks
2006-10-20 13:04:34 [---] Benchmark results:
2006-10-20 13:04:34 [---] Number of CPUs: 1
2006-10-20 13:04:34 [---] 923 floating point MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU
2006-10-20 13:04:34 [---] 1713 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU
2006-10-20 13:04:34 [---] Finished CPU benchmarks
2006-10-20 13:04:35 [---] Resuming computation
2006-10-20 13:04:35 [---] Rescheduling CPU: Resuming computation
2006-10-20 13:04:35 [---] Resuming network activity

and then it just hangs . . . for hours. I've checked around the Seti and BOINC websites but can find no clear step by step instruction of what to do.

If I then interrupt I get:

2006-10-20 16:33:59 [---] Received signal 2
2006-10-20 16:33:59 [---] Exit requested by user
2006-10-20 16:33:59 [---] Rescheduling CPU: exit_tasks

I'm using Mandriva2006 32 bit version.

Please help as I'd very much like to get back on the program.

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I have been off Seti@Home for some time now because I can't get the BOINC software up and running.

It unzips and installs fine.

I then type
.../BOINC/run_client

and get the return:

2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] This computer is not attached to any projects
2006-10-20 13:03:33 [---] Visit http://boinc.berkeley.edu for instructions

That says it all. :-)
You could now do

a) use the -attach_project option
b) start the boincmgr and use the graphical add project option

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Thanks. Last I used it in Linux it was all from the shell. Didn't realise it had gone graphical.

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