Hi, I am very new to linux, but not to SETI. I converted one of my SETI rigs to a linux box and currently have SETI running. I would like SETI to start on boot...I looked around and it appears I want it to be a "service" ???
I found a script and downloaded it and followed the directions but when I issued the command:

service boinc start

it says FAILED...

can anyone help me???

> Have you started boinc manually from the command line and attached to a
> project before trying the service script?
>
> Can you post a link to the script? It's hard to offer much help if nobody
> knows what script you're using.
>

yes i have started boinc from the command line and attached the project before trying the script.

http://noether.vassar.edu/~myers/help/boinc/unix.html

look at step 4, the link to the script is in there.

thanks for the help!

That script will only work with Red Hat (perhaps some others but every distribution has its own way of doing things)

Take a look around the forum, you're not the first that asked this question...

I use a crontab entry to achieve this:

First make a simpler file name for boinc by typing

ln -s boinc_4.05_i686-pc-linux-gnu go

(When a new version of boinc comes out you only have to change this symbolic link.)

Then add the following line to your crontab:

13 13 * * * cd /home/webserve/boinc; exec ./go >>go.log 2>/dev/null

Modify the directory as appropriate.

If you often shut down the machine you might want to change the crontab so it tries every few hours instead of once a day.

All the other good advice about making sure the user can execute boinc still applies, of course.


Phil
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