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#1 2005-02-25 8:32 pm
- mixtli1
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- From: Kumamoto, Japan
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Running BOINC "automatically"?
Hello all:
The database and servers seem to be back up now. I set BOINC up at home, and it seemed to set up just fine. As soon as I quit the Terminal though, the S@H process stopped (I watched it go down in Activity Monitor). Is there a way to run the BOINC client in the background without having to start it up through the Terminal each time (a la S@H Classic screensaver)?
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#2 2005-02-27 10:16 am
- dvpierce
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Re: Running BOINC "automatically"?
Go here, read this:
http://www.macaddict.com/setiex/cron.html
Use resedit's directions (scroll down a ways) since they're simpler & clearer.
But it would be simpler just to leave the terminal windows minimized in the dock...
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#3 2005-03-11 7:17 pm
Re: Running BOINC "automatically"?
Even easier now is to use the Boinc Menubar software.
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/BOINC_Menubar_4.25_mac.zip
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#4 2006-03-16 1:21 pm
- canadiancarebear
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Re: Running BOINC "automatically"?
I leave it minimized.
Last edited by canadiancarebear (2006-03-16 1:21 pm)
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#5 2006-03-18 8:28 pm
- Kosh
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Re: Running BOINC "automatically"?
dvpierce wrote:
Go here, read this:
http://www.macaddict.com/setiex/cron.html
Use resedit's directions (scroll down a ways) since they're simpler & clearer.
But it would be simpler just to leave the terminal windows minimized in the dock...
FYI, I get a 404 with that link, so this might be mentioned there, but I've noticed that if you use cron to start up boinc at boot, that it starts before some of the network services have started, so your machine name shows up as "localhost" in the boinc machine stats. I've found that creating a StartupItem for it still lets it start up at boot, but after the machine name is set. I still use an hourly crontab entry to make sure it's running, though.
If anyone wants me to post more detail on setting up a StartupItem to start boinc, let me know.
If you still want to manually start boinc from the terminal, but want it to keep running when you close the terminal window, just put "nohup " in front of the command, and "&" after it. For example:
Code:
nohup ./boinc -return_results_immediately -redirectio &
The "-redirectio" switch tells boinc to write "normal" output to stdoutdde.txt, which you can tail or open if you want to see what the program is doing.
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