Hi

After one year pause, i just want to restart my seti calculations, but have a lot of trouble with BOINC

I have downloaded version 5.13 for sun-solaris2.8
After i startet the programm i get an Error-File:

bash-2.05# cat stderr.txt
SETI@home error -108 Unknown error
from boinc_init_diagnostics()
File: main.cpp
Line: 225

(I love unkown Errors, it´s like in the Windows World...)

I know i have to change the app_info.xml, but i don´t now how! Can someone tell me how to change the app_info.xml? I think i have to put in my Account Key?!

What else could cause this "unkown" Error? There is nothing else in the /var/adm/messages

Greetings
Michael

I did not see any SPARC in your hosts list. I am not shure, if you done the right install procedure :
- Download the boinc client at boinc.berkeley.edu
- Attach to the SETI project : cd to your boinc directory and start the "./boinc_client -attach_project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu ACCOUNT_KEY" < change account key in the command to the key, you get mailed from the project.
If this had success, the boinc client would download the science app and WUs and your SPARC system will shown in your hosts list on the website.

Normaly, there is no need to change the app_info.xml

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Hi

I download the Software from: http://www.lb.shuttle.de/apastron/boincDown.shtml
There is no graphics needed, it should just run silent in the background.

These files are in my Directory:

bash-2.05# ls -l
total 3974
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 668 Oct 31 17:13 AUTHORS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 1876 Oct 31 17:13 CHANGES
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 17992 Oct 31 17:13 COPYING
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 1914 Oct 31 17:13 COPYRIGHT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 2025 Oct 31 17:13 README
-rw-r----- 1 root other 457 Oct 31 17:13 app_info.xml
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root other 1997960 Oct 31 17:13 setiathome_5.13_sparc64-sun-solaris2.8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root other 182 Oct 31 18:34 stderr.txt

When i try to start the program with:
./setiathome_5.13_sparc64-sun-solaris2.8 -attach_project <http://...> <my key>

there is an error like:
bad arg: attach_project
options:
-version show version info
-verbose print running status
-standalone

The same when I try:
./setiathome_5.13_sparc64-sun-solaris2.8 -standalone <http://...> <my key>

In this case i get the error:
bad arg: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu
options:
-version show version info
-verbose print running status
-standalone

When I try
./setiathome_5.13_sparc64-sun-solaris2.8 -standalon
or
./setiathome_5.13_sparc64-sun-solaris2.8 -verbose
it happens nothing at all, except the damnt "unkown error" in the Logfile.

Greetings
Michael

When i try to start the program with:
./setiathome_5.13_sparc64-sun-solaris2.8 -attach_project <http://...> <my key>

You must start the boinc_client and make the attach to the project with the boinc_client -attach_project http://....
The BOINC client is also included in Stefans package.

The BOINC client is the scheduler, which do the download, upload and schedudling of the different science applications (for example the seti application).

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You must start the boinc_client and make the attach to the project with the boinc_client -attach_project http://....
The BOINC client is also included in Stefans package.

Call me stupid, but the programm doesn´t know the argument "-attach_project".

When i start the programm like:

./setiathome_5.13_sparc64-sun-solaris2.8 -attach_project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu <my key>

I get the answer:
bad arg: -attach_project
options:
-version show version info
-verbose print running status
-standalone

Michael

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You must start the boinc_client and make the attach to the project with the boinc_client -attach_project http://....
The BOINC client is also included in Stefans package.

Call me stupid, but the programm doesn´t know the argument "-attach_project".

When i start the programm like:

./setiathome_5.13_sparc64-sun-solaris2.8 -attach_project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu <my key>

The executable setiathome-5... is the science app and should not be started from the command line. The BOINC client is starting these executable.

You must start the boinc_client executable with the option "-attach_project" : "./boinc_client --attach_project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu YOUR_ACCOUNT_KEY".

Your directory structure should like these example :
/opt/boinc (the boinc home directory)
/opt/boinc/boinc_client (the boinc client binary)
/opt/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu (SETI project directory)
/opt/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/setiathome-5.13... (SETI binary)
/opt/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/app_info.xml (existance depends on the configuration of the porter)

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Sorry, duplicate post.

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Sorry, duplicate post.

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The executable setiathome-5... is the science app and should not be started from the command line. The BOINC client is starting these executable.

You must start the boinc_client executable with the option "-attach_project" : "./boinc_client --attach_project http://setiathome.berkeley.edu YOUR_ACCOUNT_KEY".

Your directory structure should like these example :
/opt/boinc (the boinc home directory)
/opt/boinc/boinc_client (the boinc client binary)
/opt/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu (SETI project directory)
/opt/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/setiathome-5.13... (SETI binary)
/opt/boinc/projects/setiathome.berkeley.edu/app_info.xml (existance depends on the configuration of the porter)

OK, I need the "boinc_client" AND "setiathome_5.13_sparc..."
But where can i get the boinc_client? I don´t whant to compile by myself an I can´t find it for Solaris, even on Stefans Homepage. There is just the seti part.
Do you have an idea where to find it for Solaris?

Greetings
Michael

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OK, I need the "boinc_client" AND "setiathome_5.13_sparc..."
But where can i get the boinc_client? I don´t whant to compile by myself an I can´t find it for Solaris, even on Stefans Homepage. There is just the seti part.
Do you have an idea where to find it for Solaris?

It is included in Stefans package. The filename of the package (including the boinc client and the SETI science application) is boinc549seti513sparc64sol8.tar.bz.

The filename of the boinc client executable is boinc_5.4.9_ultrasparcVIS64-sun-solaris2.8, but you can also rename it to boinc or boinc_client.

If the file is not here, please unpack the package again.

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It is included in Stefans package. The filename of the package (including the boinc client and the SETI science application) is boinc549seti513sparc64sol8.tar.bz.

The filename of the boinc client executable is boinc_5.4.9_ultrasparcVIS64-sun-solaris2.8, but you can also rename it to boinc or boinc_client.

If the file is not here, please unpack the package again.[/quote]


It was my failure. When I was unpack the File in /usr/local/seti, I changed to the Folder projects/seti.../ and did not see that the boinc_client was in /usr/local/seti

Now it startet, but stopped with:
"2006-11-02 17:00:28 [---] Access to reference site failed - check network connection or proxy configuration."
I Think it´s a Proxy or Firewall Problem.

I suppose I will find an solution here in the database.
Thank you for helping me :)

Michael