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Message 952112 - Posted: 3 Dec 2009, 23:31:30 UTC

I just barely downloaded seti@home and am completely new to it. When my screen saver pops up, it just says no running tasks. Did I set everything up right? Do I need to do anything else?
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Message 952128 - Posted: 4 Dec 2009, 0:28:20 UTC - in response to Message 952112.  

Hi Ana, welcome to SETI. Your computer is showing in your list it just hasn't got any workunits yet. I think SETI is having a little problem getting Work units out right now. It should clear up soon. Your computer should be fine.


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Message 952166 - Posted: 4 Dec 2009, 2:36:55 UTC

You might want to add another BOINC project to the mix on your client. Having 3 or 4 projects that regularly supply work is a way of making certain that your CPUs stay busy. There are some projects that rarely have work and others that have a resaonably steady supply.


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Message 952201 - Posted: 4 Dec 2009, 7:04:28 UTC - in response to Message 952166.  

Thanks a ton! It started working a little later, I guess I was just a bit impatient :D
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Message 957987 - Posted: 22 Dec 2009, 3:28:23 UTC

can somebody help - I have spent many years deciding whether or not to join SETI and even with qualifications in computing I DO NOT know what I am doing or how to progress - shurely it cannot be this difficult
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Message 958003 - Posted: 22 Dec 2009, 4:32:20 UTC - in response to Message 957988.  

Can we assume you've downloaded the boinc manager? If so, install it. You seem to have created an account for seti already. So your next task would be to attach your Boinc manager to the seti@home project. In the "simple view" all you need to do to attach is click on the "add project" tab. this will go through a process much like installing a program. It will ask for the URL of the project for seti its: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu you already have an account so you'd attach using the email address you used to setup your current account. BOINC will then download a master file and all the files necessary to run seti. Once that is done you should receive a WU to process. When you finish you'll receive more work.

If you are using the advanced BOINC manager you'll need to click on "tool" then "attach to project" from their the installation is the same as the simple mode.


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Message 958049 - Posted: 22 Dec 2009, 6:28:51 UTC - in response to Message 958003.  

If you are using the advanced BOINC manager you'll need to click on "tool" then "attach to project" from their the installation is the same as the simple mode.

BOINC always starts up in Simple View on a clean install, while the Attach To wizard will automatically pop up if no projects have been attached to.
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Message 958083 - Posted: 22 Dec 2009, 13:30:39 UTC

wow that's odd there weren't any other posts when I posted mine. guess my post got there a bit slow


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