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Running BOINC on Linux

xrobwx71

xrobwx71

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Does anyone run the BOINC Manager on Linux?

If so, what is the experience?

I finally got it installed but am having a hard time getting it to connect to the client. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
 
The experience is like having difficulties most of the time. Especially if you are trying to use a gpu.
I tried several times in the past and as many times I quit and reverted back to windows
which just works and is much more productive in the end.

Sorry to say so, as I am a linux fan.

There are several places you can go if you need a cheap license for windows.
 
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All of my machines have either a dual boot (Ubuntu/Win10) or two SSDs with Linux on one and Windows on the other. I had no problems with BOINC Manager on any of them, sure a restart with jobs saved on the drives takes 5-10 seconds to show the jobs but that’s it. Linux over Windows for speed and points any day.
 
I've tried to use boinc and f@h on ubuntu and never had any luck. Boinc had the same issue you had & f@h did work but I wasn't able to get it to fold on gpu's, only the cpu.
I gave up and used win 10 instead, not as efficient but it just works.
 
I had same prob with F@H on Mint installation. But, I don't think I had nvidia drivers loaded. Now, I know hiw to get them installed correctly, so thanks OP for giving me a bit of motivation to try it again.
 
xrobwx71 said:
Does anyone run the BOINC Manager on Linux?

If so, what is the experience?

I finally got it installed but am having a hard time getting it to connect to the client. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
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Runs w/o too much of an issue- I run and have run many systems on Ubuntu

If trying to connect to WCG it's not you, the project is down and will hopefully be back up and running in a day or two
 
This might be a bit outdated, but most of it should be fairly similar.
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If anyone has managed to get FAH working with Linux, I'd be interested to know! The last I remember, it was a pain with folding, but crunching was no issues at all as I used to run Linux Mint with some of my crunchers :)
 
phill said:
If anyone has managed to get FAH working with Linux, I'd be interested to know! The last I remember, it was a pain with folding, but crunching was no issues at all as I used to run Linux Mint with some of my crunchers :)
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I did 90% of my points under Ubuntu but it was with serious help from @agent00skid setting it up. I did make a try on my own but failed as far as I remember.
 
I've got it installed it simply won't connect to the client. I have verified the client is running.

My old system, converted to full time crunching ,was dual boot Windows and Linux. I wanted a full blown Linux box so I completely wiped Windows and installed Ubuntu (BackBox) thinking it would crunch more efficiently.
 
xrobwx71 said:
I've got it installed it simply won't connect to the client. I have verified the client is running.

My old system, converted to full time crunching ,was dual boot Windows and Linux. I wanted a full blown Linux box so I completely wiped Windows and installed Ubuntu (BackBox) thinking it would crunch more efficiently.
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Did you install directly from the Ubuntu software repositories, or attempt to do in manually? From memory, using the repositories was a one click and done.
 
Super Firm Tofu said:
Did you install directly from the Ubuntu software repositories, or attempt to do in manually? From memory, using the repositories was a one click and done.
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Through the terminal. I'll give the repository suggestion a go, thanks.
 
So, I used, $ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove boinc-client

Then used these instructions to re-install. It is now running! \m/
 
xrobwx71 said:
So, I used, $ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove boinc-client

Then used these instructions to re-install. It is now running! \m/
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I used the instructions to install BOINC on Debian 12 and they worked perfectly ONCE.

I was able to open the BOINC Manager and setup an existing project no issues.

Then (big mistake I guess) I rebooted the instance and now the Manager cannot connect to the boinc-client service.

I have confirmed that boinc-client is running and have tried to reinstall BOINC but that does not work.

I am running BOINC on a pair of Debian 11 machines and do not recall this amount of trouble.

I added my userid into the sudoer file so I don't lack permissions.

This was done via a Terminal Window in the gui.

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I am not a Linux export and this appears to be out of my league for troubleshooting.

Any help is appreciated!
 
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