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#1 2007-07-09 4:21 pm
- Mariebelle
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A Few basic Questions
I signed on today, and my profile says this: User name: MA4Lfolder
Team number: 18
I can not find where to change my user name. I didn't choose this name & it isn't very original.
Does the 18 mean that there are only 18 in my group? Or is 18 the number of my team? 
I am very new to all of this and not to bright so bear with me.
Thanks for any help at all.
Marie
Last edited by Mariebelle (2007-07-09 5:07 pm)
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#2 2007-07-09 4:59 pm
Re: A Few basic Questions
Team 18 is the team's number. There's a lot more folks in the team. The number is low because MAF, er, M|LF has been a strong supporter of the folding project since the beginning.
Spirit was crushed; now is fading, But I want to help make things right.
Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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#3 2007-07-09 5:20 pm
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Re: A Few basic Questions
Welcome Maribelle
Find the file "client.cfg". It's probably in the Home / Library folder with some folder name such as fah1 or Folding@Home, depending on which installer you used. In there, edit the username to whatever you like. It won't open directlly when you doubleclick it. So, open TEXTEDIT. Then drag the client.cfg to TEXTEDIT in the Dock.
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#4 2007-07-09 5:30 pm
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Re: A Few basic Questions
Thanks! Client opened in something called World Edit that I didn't even know I had. I did what you suggested and moved it to text edit.
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#5 2007-07-09 6:13 pm
Re: A Few basic Questions
You must have used the team's installer. The changes to the client.cfg file won't take effect unless folding is quit first. You can kill fah5 from the Activity Monitor or Terminal. Once you make the changes, a restart will get it going again.
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#6 2007-07-09 7:52 pm
- Mariebelle
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Re: A Few basic Questions
ArtemisG3 wrote:
You must have used the team's installer. The changes to the client.cfg file won't take effect unless folding is quit first. You can kill fah5 from the Activity Monitor or Terminal. Once you make the changes, a restart will get it going again.
I tried that and it didn't work. Still shows user as MA4Lfolder so I guess I'll let it go
Thanks everyone for trying
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#7 2007-07-09 8:03 pm
Re: A Few basic Questions
Where are you looking for your user name?
Which type are you using? (Screen saver, Console, or the Graphical client)
If your running the Console version, look for your user name in the FAHlog.txt found in the same folder as the config file.
I'm new at this too, so I'm no expert.
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#8 2007-07-09 8:06 pm
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Re: A Few basic Questions
Maribelle, what kind of Mac are you running ? And which installer did you use ?
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#9 2007-07-09 8:37 pm
- Mariebelle
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Re: A Few basic Questions
eMac 10.3.9 Power Mac
No idea which installer. I did download from a link I saw here
This si what World Text & Text Edit say:
[settings]
username=Cajunlady
team=18
asknet=no
bigpackets=yes
machineid=1
[http]
active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
But the link I clcik still says the other user name & I've re-started it two times.
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#10 2007-07-09 9:05 pm
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Mariebelle, please copy and past the contents of your FAHlog.txt file here.
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#11 2007-07-10 12:55 pm
- Mariebelle
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Re: A Few basic Questions
Ask before connecting: No
[23:57:35] - User name: Cajunlady (Team 18)
[23:57:35] - User ID: 3AE98D1C326F0DB2
[23:57:35] - Machine ID: 1
[23:57:35]
[23:57:35] Loaded queue successfully.
[23:57:35] + Benchmarking ...
[23:57:41]
[23:57:41] + Processing work unit
[23:57:41] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[23:57:41] Core found.
[23:57:41] Working on Unit 01 [July 9 23:57:41]
[23:57:41] + Working ...
etc etc etc. so maybe it knows me as Cajunlady after all, despite what file:///Users/admin/fah1/MyFolding.html says
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#12 2007-07-10 5:21 pm
Re: A Few basic Questions
I'm not sure that the MyFolding.html file gets updated. You could probably just remove that file, and I wouldn't doubt that it would be recreated the next time Folding@home starts up.
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#13 2007-07-10 7:03 pm
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Re: A Few basic Questions
Yep, do not worry about the MyFolding. As long as the client.cfg is correct, we'll see you on the charts as Cajunlady
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