help needed for a beginner with WinCVS

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Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 260659 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 15:20:17 UTC Last modified: 11 Mar 2006, 15:22:41 UTC to cut a long story short i want to be able to help out with standardising the web code of the boinc source, but i'm having trouble accessing the CVS repository i've got WinCVS installed and working, but as i'm a complete beginner to CVS i've been unable to access the source files anyone with prior experience or links to good, easy to follow documentation would be most appreciated i've got to the stage of trying to login, but it's asking me for a password (yes, for the anonymous account lol), but i have no idea what the password is, any ideas? as i don't know the password i get an error message... cvs -d :pserver;username=anonymous;hostname=alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot/ login Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:2401:/home/cvs/cvsroot/ cvs [login aborted]: Error reading from server alien.ssl.berkeley.edu: 0: No such file or directory *** CVS exited normally with code 1 *** Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 260659 ·

Ingleside Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 4 Feb 03 Posts: 1546 Credit: 15,832,022 RAC: 13	Message 260714 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 18:15:34 UTC Hmm, try with: cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc ID: 260714 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 260717 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 18:27:59 UTC - in response to Message 260714. Hmm, try with: cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc that just returns the following: cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc cvs [checkout aborted]: Error reading from server alien.ssl.berkeley.edu: 0 *** CVS exited normally with code 1 *** which i think is because i'm not logged in Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 260717 ·

Jim-R. Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 7 Feb 06 Posts: 1494 Credit: 194,148 RAC: 0	Message 260724 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 18:45:11 UTC - in response to Message 260659. to cut a long story short i want to be able to help out with standardising the web code of the boinc source, but i'm having trouble accessing the CVS repository i've got WinCVS installed and working, but as i'm a complete beginner to CVS i've been unable to access the source files anyone with prior experience or links to good, easy to follow documentation would be most appreciated i've got to the stage of trying to login, but it's asking me for a password (yes, for the anonymous account lol), but i have no idea what the password is, any ideas? as i don't know the password i get an error message... cvs -d :pserver;username=anonymous;hostname=alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot/ login Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:2401:/home/cvs/cvsroot/ cvs [login aborted]: Error reading from server alien.ssl.berkeley.edu: 0: No such file or directory *** CVS exited normally with code 1 *** Have you tried your email address as a password? I know most ftp sites that are set up for anonymous logins use your email address for a password. Just wondering if this would be the same. Jim Some people plan their life out and look back at the wealth they've had. Others live life day by day and look back at the wealth of experiences and enjoyment they've had. ID: 260724 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 260731 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 19:16:42 UTC - in response to Message 260724. Have you tried your email address as a password? I know most ftp sites that are set up for anonymous logins use your email address for a password. Just wondering if this would be the same. gave it a shot it returns... cvs -d :pserver;username=anonymous;hostname=alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot/ login Logging in to :pserver:anonymous@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:2401:/home/cvs/cvsroot/ cvs [login aborted]: Error reading from server alien.ssl.berkeley.edu: 0: No such file or directory *** CVS exited normally with code 1 *** Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 260731 ·

Ingleside Volunteer developer Send message Joined: 4 Feb 03 Posts: 1546 Credit: 15,832,022 RAC: 13	Message 260746 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 20:07:42 UTC - in response to Message 260717. that just returns the following: cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc cvs [checkout aborted]: Error reading from server alien.ssl.berkeley.edu: 0 Try removing the : after anonymous... Hmm, it also looks like WinCVS will screw-up if you've got line-return at end of the line... :roll-eyes: ID: 260746 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 260748 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 20:15:19 UTC - in response to Message 260746. Last modified: 11 Mar 2006, 20:21:38 UTC Try removing the : after anonymous... Hmm, it also looks like WinCVS will screw-up if you've got line-return at end of the line... :roll-eyes: returned... cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc cvs [checkout aborted]: Error reading from server alien.ssl.berkeley.edu: 0 *** CVS exited normally with code 1 *** from the brief description it looks like it's having trouble talking to the server when i tried to login appeared to be the most sucessful thing it can't be this hard, surely, i got the impression from the existing web dev folk that CVS was easy, and winCVS looks easy enough i'm wondering if it's some setting somewhere that needs to be changed prehaps Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 260748 ·

Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0	Message 260751 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 20:23:00 UTC Last modified: 11 Mar 2006, 20:28:02 UTC It must be some little nuance with wincvs. Using that exact commandline under linux seems to work as expected. [b] cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc cvs checkout: Updating boinc cvs checkout: Updating boinc/RSAEuro U boinc/.cvsignore U boinc/.vimrc ..... [/b] ID: 260751 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 260754 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 20:27:57 UTC - in response to Message 260751. It must be some little nuance with wincvs. Using that exact commandline under linux seems to work as expected. [b] dcon1@bnsc_dev3:cvstest$ cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc cvs checkout: Updating boinc cvs checkout: Updating boinc/RSAEuro U boinc/.cvsignore U boinc/.vimrc ..... [/b] ah, some progress... if i remove the : before "pserver" i get the following cvs -d pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc cvs checkout: warning: unrecognized response `'ssh' is not recognized as an internal or external command, ' from cvs server cvs checkout: warning: unrecognized response `operable program or batch file. ' from cvs server cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any) *** CVS exited normally with code 1 *** Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 260754 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 260757 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 20:32:04 UTC Last modified: 11 Mar 2006, 20:32:47 UTC and some more progress... but what's the cvsroot path ment to be? i've entered it as various places have stated it should be cvs -d pserver;username=anonymous;hostname=alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot login cvs login: CVSROOT "pserver;username=anonymous;hostname=alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot" must be an absolute pathname cvs [login aborted]: Bad CVSROOT. *** CVS exited normally with code 1 * cvs -d pserver;username=anonymous;hostname=alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc cvs checkout: CVSROOT "pserver;username=anonymous;hostname=alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot" must be an absolute pathname cvs [checkout aborted]: Bad CVSROOT. * CVS exited normally with code 1 *** Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 260757 ·

Darrell Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Mar 03 Posts: 267 Credit: 1,418,681 RAC: 0	Message 260778 - Posted: 11 Mar 2006, 21:29:40 UTC Click Admin Click Command Line In the Command Line settings box that opens up: Check off the CVSROOT box and enter the following: :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot Now back at the top of the settings box for the command line, place your cursor after the cvs and type checkout boinc so that the command line looks like "cvs checkout boinc" - No quotes please. Then click ok. ID: 260778 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 260946 - Posted: 12 Mar 2006, 5:47:18 UTC - in response to Message 260778. Click Admin Click Command Line In the Command Line settings box that opens up: Check off the CVSROOT box and enter the following: :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot Now back at the top of the settings box for the command line, place your cursor after the cvs and type checkout boinc so that the command line looks like "cvs checkout boinc" - No quotes please. Then click ok. followed exactly, produces... cvs -d :pserver:anonymous:@alien.ssl.berkeley.edu:/home/cvs/cvsroot checkout boinc cvs [checkout aborted]: Error reading from server alien.ssl.berkeley.edu: 0 *** CVS exited normally with code 1 *** Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 260946 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 261488 - Posted: 13 Mar 2006, 15:11:55 UTC does anyone know of any other cvs interface apps that i can try similar to the style of WinCVS Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 261488 ·

Josef W. Segur Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0	Message 262414 - Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 0:10:40 UTC - in response to Message 261488. does anyone know of any other cvs interface apps that i can try similar to the style of WinCVS Have you looked at TortoiseCVS? Note: I have been using a command-line cvs on my Win9x systems which used to work to checkout or update either BOINC or setiathome_enhanced (last used about 3 March). Today when I tried it I got nothing, similar to your results. Joe ID: 262414 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 263022 - Posted: 16 Mar 2006, 21:51:37 UTC - in response to Message 262414. Last modified: 16 Mar 2006, 21:52:00 UTC does anyone know of any other cvs interface apps that i can try similar to the style of WinCVS Have you looked at TortoiseCVS? i did have a look, but i prefer the style of wincvs (a seperate CVS "manager" sort of thing) i did try elcipse, but that didn't work either, so i'm guessing it's an access problem rather than a software problem maybe the CVS service is having a crisis, becuase i can ping the server itself with no trouble Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 263022 ·

Josef W. Segur Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Oct 99 Posts: 4504 Credit: 1,414,761 RAC: 0	Message 263493 - Posted: 17 Mar 2006, 15:56:55 UTC - in response to Message 263022. maybe the CVS service is having a crisis, becuase i can ping the server itself with no trouble Perhaps the crisis is over; I just got updates for BOINC and setiathome_enhanced using the command-line cvs. Joe ID: 263493 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 269066 - Posted: 26 Mar 2006, 9:39:00 UTC - in response to Message 263493. maybe the CVS service is having a crisis, becuase i can ping the server itself with no trouble Perhaps the crisis is over; I just got updates for BOINC and setiathome_enhanced using the command-line cvs. hmmm, think it must by my PC then, although i've never had trouble with network access before does CVS need to send data back on a different port or something, kinda like how FTP works, one for data, one for control i just tried again and i still get the same error, it's proving to be quite frustrating Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 269066 ·

S.L.Chia Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 98 Credit: 2,667,122 RAC: 1	Message 269532 - Posted: 27 Mar 2006, 1:40:20 UTC Last modified: 27 Mar 2006, 1:40:54 UTC I've the same problem when using wincvs, but no problem with command line cvs. you may download the program at http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ good luck! :) ID: 269532 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 271028 - Posted: 29 Mar 2006, 2:56:30 UTC - in response to Message 269532. I've the same problem when using wincvs, but no problem with command line cvs. you may download the program at http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ thanks for the tip, i'll give it a go and post back with results Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 271028 ·

Lee Carre Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Apr 00 Posts: 1459 Credit: 58,485 RAC: 0	Message 286614 - Posted: 21 Apr 2006, 16:23:06 UTC - in response to Message 271028. Last modified: 21 Apr 2006, 16:23:31 UTC I've the same problem when using wincvs, but no problem with command line cvs. you may download the program at http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ thanks for the tip, i'll give it a go and post back with results doesn't work either, maybe it's a network problem, athough everything else works, so i don't see why CVS shouldn't Want to search the BOINC Wiki, BOINCstats, or various BOINC forums from within firefox? Try the BOINC related Firefox Search Engines ID: 286614 ·

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