On Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:52:30 AM "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|>> -----Original Message----- |>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerard Seibert |>> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 3:18 PM |>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |>> Subject: Re: setiathome |> |>> ********** Reply Separator ********** |>> Tuesday, September 21, 2004 6:11:39 PM |>> |>> Have you actually tried to compile and run the latest version - 4.09 on |>> a FreeBSD machine? |> |>su root |>fetch |>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/source/nightly/boinc_public-cvs-2004-09-21.zip |>cd /usr/ports |>cd archivers |>cd unzip |>make install |>(while making, curse the idiocy of whomever decided not to use gzip) |>cd ~ |>rehash |>unzip *.zip |>cd boinc_public |>./configure --disable-server |>make |>make check |>make install |>man boinc_client (curse people who don't write manpages) |>rehash |>faxman# boinc_client |>2004-09-21 23:37:18 [---] Starting BOINC client version 4.10 for |>i386-unknown-freebsd4.10 |>Enter the URL of the project: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu |>You should have already registered with the project |>and received an account key by email. |>Paste the account key here: (account key not shown) |>2004-09-21 23:42:14 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Project prefs: using |>your defaults |>2004-09-21 23:42:14 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Host ID not assigned |>yet |>2004-09-21 23:42:14 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC |>defaults |>2004-09-21 23:42:14 [---] Running CPU benchmarks |>2004-09-21 23:42:14 [---] Suspending computation and network activity - |>running CPU benchmarks |>2004-09-21 23:43:16 [---] Benchmark results: |>2004-09-21 23:43:16 [---] Number of CPUs: 1 |>2004-09-21 23:43:16 [---] 249 double precision MIPS (Whetstone) per CPU |>2004-09-21 23:43:16 [---] 648 integer MIPS (Dhrystone) per CPU |>2004-09-21 23:43:16 [---] Finished CPU benchmarks |>2004-09-21 23:43:17 [---] Resuming computation and network activity |>2004-09-21 23:43:17 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more |>2004-09-21 23:43:17 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more |>2004-09-21 23:43:17 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Requesting 17280 |>seconds of work |>2004-09-21 23:43:17 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Sending request to |>scheduler: http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi |>2004-09-21 23:43:20 [http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/] Scheduler RPC to |>http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded |>2004-09-21 23:43:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from server: platform |>'i386-unknown-freebsd4.10' not found |>2004-09-21 23:43:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't parse general preferences |>2004-09-21 23:43:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't parse general preferences |>2004-09-21 23:43:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project prefs: no separate prefs for home; |>using your defaults |>2004-09-21 23:43:20 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more |>2004-09-21 23:43:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Requesting 17280 seconds of work |>2004-09-21 23:43:20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sending request to scheduler: |>http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi |>2004-09-21 23:43:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scheduler RPC to |>http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded |>2004-09-21 23:43:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from server: platform |>'i386-unknown-freebsd4.10' not found |>2004-09-21 23:43:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] No work from project |>2004-09-21 23:43:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] No work from project |>2004-09-21 23:43:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deferring communication with project for 1 |>minutes and 0 seconds |>2004-09-21 23:43:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deferring communication with project for 1 |>minutes and 0 seconds |>2004-09-21 23:44:24 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more |>2004-09-21 23:44:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Requesting 17280 seconds of work |>2004-09-21 23:44:24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sending request to scheduler: |>http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi |>2004-09-21 23:44:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scheduler RPC to |>http://setiboinc.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah_cgi/cgi succeeded |>2004-09-21 23:44:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from server: platform |>'i386-unknown-freebsd4.10' not found |>2004-09-21 23:44:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] No work from project |>2004-09-21 23:44:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] No work from project |>2004-09-21 23:44:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deferring communication with project for 1 |>minutes and 0 seconds |>2004-09-21 23:44:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deferring communication with project for 1 |>minutes and 0 seconds |> |>(pressed Cntl-C here) |> |>^C2004-09-21 23:44:38 [---] Received signal 2 |>2004-09-21 23:44:39 [---] Exit requested by user |> |> |> |>Seems to work fine here!!! |> |>> I am on the BOINC forum, and there are horror stories |>> there about individuals that have not been able to get BOINC compiled |>> and running correctly. |> |>Oh sure, no doubt a collection of "I cd'd into /usr/ports/someplace and ran |>somesuch and why didn't a binary come down and install, where's rpm, where's |>rpm manager, I wanna go hoooommme wahhhhh!!!" |> |>> There was some serious work done on version 4.05, |>> but it was not perfected. In addition, the GUI is not yet available for |>> the non-windows version of BOINC, although hopefully it will be soon. |>> |> |>Well, that's your problem. If the poster breathes a word about needing a |>GUI |>then they are probably incapabable of compiling software from source. |> |>Note to folks - FreeBSD ain't Linux. We compile binaries here, we don't |>download someone else's. rpm is a linux "thang" not a FreeBSD component. |> |>Ted ********** Reply Separator ********** Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:38:44 AM OK, but why woud I want to run this command: ./configure --disable-server Is there a specific reason that I would want or need to disable the server? Thanks! _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"