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grrr trying to run setiathome on RH linux 9.0...Thanks for the help it's working now.

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lobadobadingdong

Lifer
I'm a complete linux noob, all I know how to do is extract .tar, and use the ls and cd commands, I downloaded the i686 linux client to my machine but can't figure out how to make it run.

I tried (at the console) (this is under my /home/user/seti/seti-WhatEverTheRestOfThatGarbageIs directory

setiathome
setiathome -login
bash setiathome
bash setiathome -login
exec setiathome
exec setiathome -login

it either tells me it can't find the file (1st 2 tries)
or it tells me it can't execute binary file (last 4 tries)

any help would be appreciated. (or if you can't help how about donating/selling me a license w/coa for a copy of win98 or winxp)
 
try this command....

./setiathome

after cd /home/user/SetiWhatEverDirectoryNameYouCalledIt

Hay
😎😎😎😎😎

I run Seti in tty0, then I press Alt/F2 to switch to another prompt(tty1), login, and launch x-windows.

Actually, mine is a dually machine, I run one WU on tty0, one Wu on tty1(in different directories), a telnet session on tty2, and run x-windows on tty3. (Alr/F1, F2, F3, F4)
 
Originally posted by: HayHauler
try this command....

./setiathome

after cd /home/user/SetiWhatEverDirectoryNameYouCalledIt

Hay
😎😎😎😎😎

I run Seti in tty0, then I press Alt/F2 to switch to another prompt(tty1), login, and launch x-windows.

Actually, mine is a dually machine, I run one WU on tty0, one Wu on tty1(in different directories), a telnet session on tty2, and run x-windows on tty3. (Alr/F1, F2, F3, F4)
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screen might be an easier solution 😉
 
you might have to set it to be executable. chmod a+x setiathome (or u+x) depending on whether you want everyone to be able to execute it, or just your user.
 
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
./setiathome
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that worked, now another question. I copied the line into my crontab, how can be sure it's working in the backgound?
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top will give you output of your processor and memory loads. ps -auxww will show you what is running. ps -auxww | grep seti will show you what is running that matches the string of "seti"
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
./setiathome
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that worked, now another question. I copied the line into my crontab, how can be sure it's working in the backgound?
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top will give you output of your processor and memory loads. ps -auxww will show you what is running. ps -auxww | grep seti will show you what is running that matches the string of "seti"
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ok, all that worked, but seti is showing to be using 0.0% cpu....hmmm.

edit: Fixed it, I needed to give all the user accounts rights to write to the files in the seti directory
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thanks to all you guys for the help.

and just outa curiosity anyway to find out stats on it like setidriver's setilog.csv?
 
I'm trying to do the same thing, but am unable to alter the crontab file. If someone could tell me how to do this I would be very grateful.

me = linux newbie

While I'm asking, once I can edit the file, can I add another option like -proxy to the line. If so, where in the command should I add it? Like this:?

0 1,5,9,13,17,21 * * * cd <setidir>; ./setiathome -nice 19 -proxy hostname: port > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

thanks!
 
You guys rock!! I'm using Mandrake 9.1 on a AMD XP1600 W/512 ram...I got Seti running...THANKS

Windoze'$ fading faster every day as Mandrake GROWS
 
Originally posted by: Tetsuo316
I'm trying to do the same thing, but am unable to alter the crontab file. If someone could tell me how to do this I would be very grateful.

me = linux newbie

While I'm asking, once I can edit the file, can I add another option like -proxy to the line. If so, where in the command should I add it? Like this:?

0 1,5,9,13,17,21 * * * cd <setidir>; ./setiathome -nice 19 -proxy hostname: port > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

thanks!
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that's how I had is set up the first time, but after my re-load, I can't get the stupid thing to work.

and you have to be root to edit the crontab.
 
well, using the super user mode i was able to edit the contrab file. (i'm still learning the konsole commands) i added the line:

0 1,5,9,13,17,21 * * * cd </home/jeff/Seti>; ./setiathome -nice 19 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

does that look right? seti did not run upon startup so i guess something must be wrong.
 
Originally posted by: Tetsuo316
well, using the super user mode i was able to edit the contrab file. (i'm still learning the konsole commands) i added the line:

0 1,5,9,13,17,21 * * * cd </home/jeff/Seti>; ./setiathome -nice 19 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

does that look right? seti did not run upon startup so i guess something must be wrong.
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take out the <> around your seti directory 😀
 
Originally posted by: melonhawg
You guys rock!! I'm using Mandrake 9.1 on a AMD XP1600 W/512 ram...I got Seti running...THANKS

Windoze'$ fading faster every day as Mandrake GROWS
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Are you on the team?

 
Originally posted by: melonhawg
You guys rock!! I'm using Mandrake 9.1 on a AMD XP1600 W/512 ram...I got Seti running...THANKS

Windoze'$ fading faster every day as Mandrake GROWS
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are you running for Team Anandtech on that box?
 
first off, i really appreciate the help.

secondly, i still can't get it to work. my crontab looks like this:

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
0 1,5,9,13,17,21 * * * cd /home/jeff/Seti; ./setiathome -nice 19 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

it didn't work when i added the -proxy option, so i removed that, but it still doesn't work.

any ideas?
 
well looks like I can't be of anyhelp, my dang linux build crashed again, apparently xwindows doesn't like my radeon 9000pro too much. this is the 3rd time it crashed on me. rh 8 never did that, and I don't have any problems with win98 on this box either. oh well, thanks for trying, guess I'll stick to windows for a while yet, I know everyone says linux is more stable, but I have yet to see it work very well...maybe I should try a different distro next time.
 
Originally posted by: Tetsuo316
first off, i really appreciate the help.

secondly, i still can't get it to work. my crontab looks like this:

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root nice -n 19 run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
0 1,5,9,13,17,21 * * * cd /home/jeff/Seti; ./setiathome -nice 19 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

it didn't work when i added the -proxy option, so i removed that, but it still doesn't work.

any ideas?
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Try:
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * cd /home/jeff/Seti; ./setiathome -nice 19 -proxy proxyname_or_ip😛ort > /dev/null 2> /dev/null

crontab -e to edit the crontab file, or put that line in a file and load that file as your crontab. You should not have to do this as root, running seti as a normal user may be better (although, I'm not sure about the nice stuff, that might need root 🙁)

Crontab's field explanation:
minute hour day-of-month month day-of-week command

The command I gave you should try to run it every 5 minutes, and should do nothing if it is already running. Give it a shot and let us know how it works out.
 
I have several machines that I would like to run Linux on but as I am a real dummy it aint gonna happen until a easier way to run seti on a Linux box comes along. There are a lot of Linux boxes out there that would run seti if it were a little easier to get going and not have to use a proxy.
Will seti driver work on wine?

Bleep
 
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