SoB: Trying to install it on a Linux box

[deerslayer]

I downloaded the file and extracted it to a folder, but I don't know what to do now. Can anyone help me get this installed?

 

[Electrode]

1. Open up a command line window
2. Switch to the directory you extracted the client to
3. Edit sclient.conf, then move it to /etc (you must be root to do that)
4. ./sb

 

[SinfulWeeper]

I think you may nreed to be either a SU or root to install it though 😕
Linux never let me install anything unless I was in those two catagories.

 

[deerslayer]

<--- Linux n00b

I'm fine till I get to step 3, now I don't know what to do 😕

 

[deerslayer]

Ok, I got it running now. A friend of mine helped me out a bit.

How do I tell if it's working correctly? Do I need to leave the console window open for it to work?

 

[HayHauler]

Have you untared the .tar file yet?

I am assuming that you are in command line mode and not in XWindows.

After you do that, just switch to the folder that you just created with the tar command and
type in ./setiathome That's "dot slash setiathome" with no spaces.
If this is the first time you run this job, it will ask you for option 1(new Seti account) or 2 (existing Seti account). I
chose 2 and typed in my e-mail address that I registered with Setiathome and the program started by downloading
the Work Unit and started crunching it.

I then switched to another window by pressing ALT and F2. Sign on and cd to the directory that you just created with the
tar command. You can see the progress of the current Work Unit by typing in "more state.sah". Look at the PROG= line
in the display. It will say something like "0.0021864" This means that the WU is .218 % complete.

Good Luck ! 😀
😎

 

[HayHauler]

Yes, you have to keep it open to keep it running. Just switch to another window with the
ALT/F2 trick. You can go to many different windows by going to

ALT/F3
ALT/F4
ALT/F5
ALT/F6

Up to F8. These are virtual sessions in Linux. The F1 is tty0, the F2 is tty1, and so on.

I'm a Linux Newb also, but having fun learning.
😎

 

[Ken g6]

Originally posted by: LyNx01
Ok, I got it running now. A friend of mine helped me out a bit.

How do I tell if it's working correctly?

Try running "top". Sb should be taking most of the CPU.

Do I need to leave the console window open for it to work?

No. Try:

in sh or bash: nohup sb > /dev/null 2> /dev/null &
in csh or tcsh: nohup sb >& /dev/null &

And you won't even notice it. But only do this after it's working well, of course.

 

[Ken g6]

Okay, now I'm actually trying it, and I'm having problems.

The client says "sb: need at least one file to send"

I want to start, not send a file. How?

Edit: got it. Be sure to type ./sb, not sb. There appears to be another command "sb" to send a file with [XYZ]MODEM protocol.

 

[TNOguy]

That sb will get you every time :Q

You can also run the client as "nohup ./sb sclient.conf > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"

This way, you don't need to do any conf file copying to the /etc directory 🙂

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Been too long since I seen this thread. My father is a linux guru and has been around long enough to try the first version of RH when it first came out. He did not want to run the client on his computer, but I finally talked him into one. I was going to cpoy and paste all he did, but this thread already looks like it covered everything.

 

[Ken g6]

New question. I got sb running, but the computer is so slow that it won't complete for 17 (heh, 17) days. The WU will timeout in 10 days. And it only has rare internet access. So how can I get it to send its blocks back on demand?