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Send message Joined: 27 Sep 08 Posts: 859 Credit: 703,541,983 RAC: 152,615    |
Did anyone work out a way to read the VM console output from the host operating system? I looked thouhg the files in the slots directory but there isn't anything there. |
 Send message Joined: 15 Jun 08 Posts: 2606 Credit: 262,408,165 RAC: 136,558 |
The VM consoles usually present a top output or tail logfiles from inside the VM. You can inspect the logfiles of a selected task pressing the "show graphics" button. This requires the BOINC client and the VM running on the same computer. An optional method would be to start a webbrowser on the computer running the task. Check the task's stderr.txt for a line like 2022-12-31 11:47:01 (2379028): Detected: Web Application Enabled (http://localhost:40651) Then copy "http://localhost:40651" to the webbrowser's address line. Be aware that each task gets a random port number. |
 Send message Joined: 21 Feb 11 Posts: 78 Credit: 575,612 RAC: 51 
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Didn't vm put logs in shared folder at some point in the past? |
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Send message Joined: 27 Sep 08 Posts: 859 Credit: 703,541,983 RAC: 152,615 |
There is some files in: slots\n\boinc_WUName\Logs they aren't the same as whats show in the Fn-F2 screens of the VM though |
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Send message Joined: 27 Sep 08 Posts: 859 Credit: 703,541,983 RAC: 152,615 |
I tested it out and it doesn't work as expected. Either the webpage is the wrong one or it never loads up. I can use the screenshot function then OCR the picture to see what the console output but this is sub-optimal I would say. |
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