I try to download and install BOINC from
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=^boinc-client-5.8.17&stype=name
after install try to run boinc_client
it complain
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libcurl.so.4" not found, required by "boinc_client"

Have I downloaded the right file?
or is there other files I need to download?

Thanks

It is the right file. But the BOINC client requires curl/libcurl, openssl and zlib. You must install it from the FreeBSD ports or the FreeBSD CDs.

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It is the right file. But the BOINC client requires curl/libcurl, openssl and zlib. You must install it from the FreeBSD ports or the FreeBSD CDs.

I installed the curl/libcurl and it start running.

Now there is another problem.
My home internet connection is not always on, because I have a broadband interne t conection using my handphone account.
So when I want to go out, I will bring the handphone with me, that means the internet connection is always with me on my laptop which I always carry with me.
Today I return home and this home desktop/FreeBSD showing this:

2007-07-29 10:19:30 [SETI@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
2007-07-29 10:19:30 [SETI@home] Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
2007-07-29 10:20:32 [SETI@home] Scheduler request failed: couldn't resolve host name
2007-07-29 10:20:32 [SETI@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
2007-07-29 10:20:32 [SETI@home] Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
2007-07-29 10:21:34 [SETI@home] Scheduler request failed: couldn't resolve host name
2007-07-29 10:21:34 [SETI@home] Deferring communication for 1 min 0 sec
2007-07-29 10:21:34 [SETI@home] Reason: scheduler request failed
2007-07-29 10:22:34 [SETI@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
2007-07-29 10:22:34 [SETI@home] Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
2007-07-29 10:22:39 [SETI@home] Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 511]
2007-07-29 10:22:39 [SETI@home] Message from server: platform 'i386-portbld-freebsd' not f ound
2007-07-29 10:22:39 [SETI@home] Deferring communication for 1 days 0 hr 0 min 0 sec
2007-07-29 10:22:39 [SETI@home] Reason: requested by project

Why it need to "Deferring communication for 1 day"?

You could adjust your general preferences to compensate for the lack of internet.

For example, you could make BOINC ask before connecting. Or you could set restricted hours for when you know the connection will be available.

You could also set a local preference on just that one machine. Switch BOINC manager to 'Simple View', then:

Preferences > Connect to internet only between xxx and yyy > Save

Or disable the network access via the BOINC manager or boinc_cmd, before you leave.

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Or disable the network access via the BOINC manager or boinc_cmd, before you leave.

I still unable to make the BOINC to run on my FreeBSD machine.
every time I start ./boinc_client
I get the follow text

2007-08-13 23:13:43 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.8.17 for i386-portbld-freebsd
2007-08-13 23:13:43 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
2007-08-13 23:13:43 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.16.1 OpenSSL/0.9.7e zlib/1.2.2
2007-08-13 23:13:43 [---] Data directory: /root/Seti/bin
2007-08-13 23:13:44 [---] Processor: 1 i386 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz [] [sse sse2 sse3 mmx]
2007-08-13 23:13:44 [---] Memory: 759.40 MB physical, 0 bytes virtual
2007-08-13 23:13:44 [---] Disk: 495.73 MB total, 81.19 MB free
2007-08-13 23:13:44 [SETI@home] URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 3623514; location: home; project prefs: home
2007-08-13 23:13:44 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
2007-08-13 23:13:45 [SETI@home] Sending scheduler request: To fetch work
2007-08-13 23:13:45 [SETI@home] Requesting 8640 seconds of new work
2007-08-13 23:13:54 [SETI@home] Scheduler RPC succeeded [server version 511]
2007-08-13 23:13:54 [SETI@home] Message from server: platform 'i386-portbld-freebsd' not found
2007-08-13 23:13:54 [SETI@home] Deferring communication for 1 days 0 hr 0 min 0 sec
2007-08-13 23:13:54 [SETI@home] Reason: requested by project

This is the important line:

2007-08-13 23:13:54 [SETI@home] Message from server: platform 'i386-portbld-freebsd' not found

I believe that the final piece of the puzzle is now to manually add the appropriate SETI application and app_info file.

Download the latest freebsd SETI app from here:

http://lunatics.at/index.php?module=Downloads;catd=18

Stop all BOINC processes and copy the necessary files to the SETI project folder, BOINC>projects>setiathome.berkeley.edu

Restart BOINC.

Applications for slightly more exotic architectures (like BSD) and platform optimised apps, are maintained independently by a small group of very talented volunteers. It's only the generic mainstream (Windows/Mac/Linux) application which automatically downloads.

If you have installed the BOINC client and the SETI application via the FreeBSD ports, you can stop the BOINC client and resinstall the SETI package from the ports again.

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