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Space Forum / SETI / March 2006S@Home and Linux
Martin how do I set up Linux to automatically start Boinc when Linux starts? I have JUST started using Linux on a couple of boxes but must currently be connected to them when they startup so I can manually start Boinc. I am using PCLinuxOS 0.92 as the OS. It is fairly easy to use, once I got thru the installation on the hard drive part, but can't figure out how to make Boinc auto start. I am Windows guy so please be gentle and as step by step with the directions as possible. > Martin how do I set up Linux to automatically start Boinc when Linux > starts? I have JUST started using Linux on a couple of boxes but must [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > can't figure out how to make Boinc auto start. I am Windows guy so > please be gentle and as step by step with the directions as possible. One way to start it, assuming you have it running correctly, is to use ~/.kde/Autostart . Assuming as a beginner you are probably using KDE. Just make a simple text file in the Autostart directory named startboinc for example, make it executable with chmod +x or via gui, and enter following data and save. #!/bin/sh cd ~/boinc ./boinc& Whenever you boot up to KDE, Boinc will start. The ~ is short for the path to your home directory, where I assume you have Boinc installed in a directory named boinc and the you haven't renamed the boinc executable file. Not the only solution, but its an easy one. >>Martin how do I set up Linux to automatically start Boinc when Linux >>starts? I have JUST started using Linux on a couple of boxes but must [...] >>can't figure out how to make Boinc auto start. I am Windows guy so >>please be gentle and as step by step with the directions as possible. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > cd ~/boinc > ./boinc& > Whenever you boot up to KDE, Boinc will start. The ~ is short for the path > to your home directory, where I assume you have Boinc installed in a > directory named boinc and the you haven't renamed the boinc executable > file. Not the only solution, but its an easy one. That and the suggestion from Lars are all good. Myself, I use my own script that is started from /etc/rc.d/local.rc ... using a very restricted user id ... And then a cron job bumps up the nice priority so that another background task doesn't get too great a share of the idle time... But that's for another posting. In Linux you can sometimes have a bewildering flexibility of choice of how to do something. There are many good ways! You can also add a shortcut onto your desktop to run the Boinc Manager at ~/boinc/boincmgr Also, the "./boinc" in the above script might actually need to be "./boinc_cmd &". (No quotes, and the space before the "&" is unimportant.) Let us know how you get on. Good luck, Martin  Signature---------- OS? What's that?! (Martin_285 on Mandriva) - Martin - To most people, "Operating System" is unknown & strange. - 53N 1W - Mandriva 10LE GNU Linux - An OS for Supercomputers & PCs ---------- http://www1.mandrivalinux.com/en/concept.php3 >>>Martin how do I set up Linux to automatically start Boinc when Linux >>>starts? I have JUST started using Linux on a couple of boxes but must [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > Good luck, > Martin Believe the boinc_cmd is for control in a non-gui environment. Have never used it intentionally, I always run boinc directly and access it through Kboincspy http://kboincspy.sourceforge.net/, or boinc's boincmgr, or boinc bash script by Jean Philippe EIMER http://phileimer.9online.fr/ http://boinc.berkeley.edu/boinc_cmd.php Hi ! > Martin how do I set up Linux to automatically start Boinc when Linux > starts? I have JUST started using Linux on a couple of boxes but must [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > can't figure out how to make Boinc auto start. I am Windows guy so > please be gentle and as step by step with the directions as possible. At http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_network.php you will find some startup scripts for starting the boinc client automaticly at boot. Lars |
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