LHC@home

I have not downloaded any work before. As of today January 16, 2006 there is again work available. When I start run_client under Linux (SuSE 9.2) I get the following messages:
2006-01-16 12:59:27 [---] Starting BOINC client version 4.43 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
2006-01-16 12:59:27 [---] Data directory: /home/prof/LHC/BOINC
2006-01-16 12:59:27 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
2006-01-16 12:59:27 [---] Remote control not allowed; using loopback address
2006-01-16 12:59:27 [---] Insufficient work; requesting more

and then it does nothing (at least for the next hour or more).

What can I do to find out why the program hangs?

My internet connection is DSL.
Boinc version 4.4.3.

Thanks,

Larry

First, you should upgrade to BOINC 5.2.*. Second, I suspect
you did not attach to LHC yet.

Do as follows:

1) edit gui_rpc.cfg and replace the string with something you can remember.
2) add the command-line switch "-allow_gui_rpc" to run_client
("run_client -h" shows all switches)
3) restart BOINC
4) start the GUI (startup script is in the same directory)
5) if asked for a password, use the one from gui_rpc.cfg
6) Use project->attach to attach to LHC

The URL is "http://lhcathome.cern.ch/", password is the one you must set
here via the "Your Account" page. Make sure you select "Existing Account" in
the process.

HTH

Michael

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Team Linux Users Everywhere

First, you should upgrade to BOINC 5.2.*. Second, I suspect
you did not attach to LHC yet.

Do as follows:

1) edit gui_rpc.cfg and replace the string with something you can remember.
2) add the command-line switch "-allow_gui_rpc" to run_client
("run_client -h" shows all switches)
3) restart BOINC
4) start the GUI (startup script is in the same directory)
5) if asked for a password, use the one from gui_rpc.cfg
6) Use project->attach to attach to LHC

The URL is "http://lhcathome.cern.ch/", password is the one you must set
here via the "Your Account" page. Make sure you select "Existing Account" in
the process.

HTH

Michael

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First, thank you very much for your help and suggestions Michael. You were absolutely correct in suggesting that I upgrade to version 5.2.
After installing version 5.2 and running run_client I got the following messages:

2006-01-17 10:25:24 [---] This computer is not attached to any projects.
2006-01-17 10:25:24 [---] There are several ways to attach to a project:
2006-01-17 10:25:24 [---] 1) Run the BOINC Manager and click Projects.
2006-01-17 10:25:24 [---] 2) (Unix/Mac) Use boinc_cmd --project_attach
2006-01-17 10:25:24 [---] 3) (Unix/Mac) Run this program with the -attach_project command-line option.

So I ran the manager and it was intelligent enough to also noticed that I had no work and so it immediately displayed some menues where it requested my password, the URL (which you supplied) etc. After that it just downloaded the work units and started working. So again thank you very much for your support!

My only complaint is that there is not a "cookbook" set of instructions for setting up, installing and running LHC@home on Linux.

cheers,

Larry