Posts by Gary E. RAFE, PhD

1) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : setiathome_v8 on Solaris x86_64 (Message 1765104)
Posted 15 Feb 2016 by Profile Gary E. RAFE, PhD
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Another data point here: setiathome-8.00.x86_64-pc-solaris binary builds & runs on my (mostly) stock Solaris 11.2 x86_64 home server from the git & svn repos.
2) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : BOINC 7.7.0 & SETI@Home 7.28 Running on Solaris 11.2 x86_64 (Message 1731688)
Posted 4 Oct 2015 by Profile Gary E. RAFE, PhD
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Just a quick data point here: I have an old HP Compaq 8000 Elite SFF desktop set up as a server in our home running Oracle Solaris 11.2 that runs BOINC 7.7.0 (downloaded from GIT) and SETI@Home 7.28 (downloaded from SVN) compiled with all Solaris-bundled packages (gcc -m64 -march=core2) & libraries. Only minor modifications to the source code were needed to get it to compile & install.
3) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Questions Regarding SETI@Home and Solaris 11 x86_64 (Message 1450854)
Posted 6 Dec 2013 by Profile Gary E. RAFE, PhD
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Yes, that was it -- I now have v7 clients running again. Thanks for setting me off in the right direction.

Cheers --Gary
4) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Questions Regarding SETI@Home and Solaris 11 x86_64 (Message 1450825)
Posted 6 Dec 2013 by Profile Gary E. RAFE, PhD
Post:
I've run SETI@Home on our home Solaris 10 Sun Fire 120 (SPARC) server for several years (BOINC 6.2.19 & setiathome-5.12.sparc-sun-solaris) with no trouble -- it just worked. I noticed recently (while looking at replacing the server with an Intel-based Solaris 11 system) that the clients stopped getting work units back in June 2013. I don't expect to keep the Sun Fire 120 running much long, so would like to have a look at SETI@Home on the new(er) Solaris 11 system.

I managed to compile (working?) BOINC 7.2.33 and SETI@Home 7.19 64-bit clients from source using GCC-4.5.2.

The BOINC client appears to start & run OK (boinc_client --daemon) but complains that my app_info.xml file doesn't have a usable version of SETI@Home v7.

The seti_boinc client source doesn't suggest an app_info.xml file for the software (that I can find), so I created by own from various sources, to wit:

<app_info>
   <app>
   <name>setiathome_enhanced</name>
   </app>
   <file_info>
      <name>setiathome-7.19.x86_64-pc-solaris</name>
      <executable/>
   </file_info>
   <app_version>
      <app_name>setiathome_enhanced</app_name>
      <version_num>719</version_num>
      <api_version>7.2.33</api_version>
      <file_ref>
         <file_name>setiathome-7.19.x86_64-pc-solaris</file_name>
         <main_program/>
      </file_ref>
   </app_version>
</app_info>


I assume the error message I see regarding my app_info.xml file doesn't originate from the client (based on my reading of the boinc source code); rather, it comes from the server-side.

So my questions are: (1) Are anonymous Solaris i386 or x86_64 platforms supported by the SETI@Home project ?
(2) If so, what's wrong with my app_info.xml file (and how to debug these kinds of errors)?

Regards --Gary





 
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