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[solved - don't use their pkg!] Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 21 May 2011, 08:52
by dedanna1029
Installed F14's package; it's the same version as the one at
World Community Grid. Decided to get going again with BOINC, do what I can for the man (figuratively anyway).
Problem: It will only start the client and manager BOTH as su - I can't run either as regular user. With boinc-manager being a GUI app, this is unacceptable to run as su while on the internet, and while doing other things on the computer.
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[--->dedanna@dedanna bin]$ /etc/init.d/boinc-client start
BOINC client requires initialization (no projects attached)[WARNING]
Starting boinc-client: ----->Insufficient rights. --->[FAILED]
[dedanna@dedanna bin]$ su
Password:
[--->root@dedanna bin]# cd
[root@dedanna ~]# /etc/init.d/boinc-client start
BOINC client requires initialization (no projects attached)[WARNING]
Starting boinc-client: --->[ OK ]How to get it to run as regular user, like it says it should be run
here? I have not had this issue on other distros. If I start the daemon as su, and then try running boinc-manager as regular user, it errors out on the gui. I get a big fat "Error" on the middle of it. When I run boinc-manager as su, it's running fine. WTF.
Thanks.
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 21 May 2011, 16:30
by dedanna1029
Oh, that's right, sorry. Forgot the world ended last night. Guess everyone's out post-rapture looting.
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 21 May 2011, 23:15
by b1o
Try chmod -777 /etc/init.d/boinc-client
if that doesn't work chmod the boink folder the same way.
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:04
by dedanna1029
Thanks.
Edit:
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# chmod -777 /etc/init.d/boinc-client
chmod: invalid option -- '7'
Try `chmod --help' for more information.W.T.F.
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# chmod --help
Usage: chmod [OPTION]... MODE[,MODE]... FILE...
or: chmod [OPTION]... OCTAL-MODE FILE...
or: chmod [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
Change the mode of each FILE to MODE.
-c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change is made
--no-preserve-root do not treat `/' specially (the default)
--preserve-root fail to operate recursively on `/'
-f, --silent, --quiet suppress most error messages
-v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every file processed
--reference=RFILE use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values
-R, --recursive change files and directories recursively
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
Each MODE is of the form `[ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+'.
Report chmod bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
For complete documentation, run: info coreutils 'chmod invocation'Well, THAT was helpful....... um, but it's what it said to do, so...
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:13
by viking60
chmod 777 /etc/init.d/boinc-client will give all the rights to boinc-client; read, write, execute, for everyone!
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:31
by dedanna1029
Yeah, but you see what happened when I just did it. I even stopped the client first:
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[root@dedanna dedanna]# /etc/init.d/boinc-client stop
Stopping boinc-client: [ OK ]
[root@dedanna dedanna]# chmod -777 /etc/init.d/boinc-client
chmod: invalid option -- '7'
Try `chmod --help' for more information.
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:35
by dedanna1029
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# ls /usr/bin | grep boinc
boinc
boinc_client
boinccmd
boinc_gui
boincmgrI'm wondering if I should try the chmod on /usr/bin/boinc_client.
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:35
by viking60
drop the "-" in front of 777
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:38
by dedanna1029
Ah, okay, was copying/pasting from b1o's code.
Checking it out to see if it worked....
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[root@dedanna dedanna]# chmod 777 /etc/init.d/boinc-client
[root@dedanna dedanna]# exit
exit
[dedanna@dedanna ~]$ /etc/init.d/boinc-client start
Starting boinc-client: Insufficient rights. [FAILED]Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeffffffffffff................. *frustrated
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[dedanna@dedanna ~]$ su
Password:
[root@dedanna dedanna]# chmod 777 /usr/bin/boinc_client
[root@dedanna dedanna]# exit
exit
[dedanna@dedanna ~]$ /etc/init.d/boinc-client start
Starting boinc-client: Insufficient rights. [FAILED]
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:44
by dedanna1029
Okay, so which whole folder do I need to do this to?
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$ whereis boinc
boinc: /usr/bin/boinc /usr/include/boinc /usr/share/man/man1/boinc.1.gzEdit: Wait. I think I'm gonna uninstall this, and use the file at the site.
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:54
by viking60
Try
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chmod -R 777 /etc/init.d/boinc-client
Re: Issues with BOINC in Fedora
Posted: 22 May 2011, 01:57
by dedanna1029
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[root@dedanna dedanna]# chmod -R 777 /etc/init.d/boinc-client
[root@dedanna dedanna]# exit
exit
[dedanna@dedanna ~]$ /etc/init.d/boinc-client start
Starting boinc-client: Insufficient rights. [FAILED]Eff 'em.