Can't get seti to run....

[deerslayer]

....on mandrake. When I try to run it, it tells me "Couldnt find the program 'xsetiathome'"

What am I doing wrong?

 

[deerslayer]

anybody?

 

[Slaughter]

Drop the x, who needs a GUI!?

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: Slaughter
Drop the x, who needs a GUI!?

...a Linux newbie like me

I tried both of them and they both give me the same message

 

[Slaughter]

How are you trying to run them? From X or command line? The command line would be: ./yoursetiexecutablenamehere or if you are in directory that isn't home the execuatable, run it like this: /path/to/seti/exec/yoursetiexecutablenamehere

 

[CyGoR]

you do not have to start the client from within the X-windows system.
In the cmd go to the folder where seti is extracted.
then (if it is not done yet) rename the executable to "setiathome".
then all you have to do is type "./setiathome"
remember to type the "."!!
You can than download KSetiWatch from somewhere and use that as a Gui for your progress.
And you can use SetiStack to buffer wu's. Or just set up a setiqueue...

 

[deerslayer]

Thanks guys, i'm gonna go try to figure this out.

I really want to learn linux, I just need to stick with it!

I already have a setiqueue set up