Forum::BOINC::boinc manager on ubuntu

flbayit: BAM!ID: 184545; Joined: 2015-04-03; Posts: 1; Credits: 925,884; World-rank: 224,312

2015-04-04 14:32:31

I'm trying to configure the boinc manager a ubuntu server (no GUI). I have the boinc manager installed but i I just tried the

boinccmd --join_acct_mgr http://bam.boincstats.com/ username password

then i get

poll status: operation in progress
poll status: operation in progress
poll status: unexpected XML tag or syntax

How do i fix this?

tr0nic: BAM!ID: 200710; Joined: 2016-01-29; Posts: 2; Credits: 24,252,585; World-rank: 30,611

2016-03-31 23:20:49

hi i need help though.

i am using kodibuntu with boinc headless

configured rpc, ufw and /etc/init.d for daemon.

getting the same error here, whether joining-acc with user pw, BAMid+weak-auth

also after "rm -rf acc**" in /var/lib/boinc-client

is there a workaround - maybe editing xml-files or saving xmls from another client and alter?

tr0nic: BAM!ID: 200710; Joined: 2016-01-29; Posts: 2; Credits: 24,252,585; World-rank: 30,611

2016-04-01 01:21:24

finally i got a workaround to log in to BAM

install "boinctui" which is a text-user-interface to get your projects and has some nice features to easily configure your tasks.

in ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install boinctui

to get to menu is F9

after you got the working-units running you can close boinctui and they still remain being calculated.

cheers

godzookee: BAM!ID: 93756; Joined: 2010-12-07; Posts: 1; Credits: 4,295,310; World-rank: 95,554

2016-12-28 15:29:41

I too have this issue did you ever find a fix?

labrat42: BAM!ID: 83261; Joined: 2010-03-25; Posts: 51; Credits: 1,904,572,233; World-rank: 1,461

2022-03-11 18:57:54

I am using Ubuntu 21.10. When I try to use BOINC mananger I get the following error: failed to change to directory "/var/lib/boinc-client" permission denied. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I tried reistalling boinc several times and got the same error.

Dr Who Fan: BAM!ID: 1075; Joined: 2006-05-31; Posts: 982; Credits: 159,255,832; World-rank: 8,610

2022-03-12 02:30:11

labrat42 wrote:

I am using Ubuntu 21.10. When I try to use BOINC mananger I get the following error: failed to change to directory "/var/lib/boinc-client" permission denied. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I tried reistalling boinc several times and got the same error.

I think the instructions at this link at the BOINC GitHub source code repository will be what you need to fix your issue:
https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/4267#issuecomment-944996809

labrat42: BAM!ID: 83261; Joined: 2010-03-25; Posts: 51; Credits: 1,904,572,233; World-rank: 1,461

2022-03-12 20:27:33

Dr Who Fan wrote:

[quote=labrat42]
I am using Ubuntu 21.10. When I try to use BOINC mananger I get the following error: failed to change to directory "/var/lib/boinc-client" permission denied. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I tried reistalling boinc several times and got the same error.

I think the instructions at this link at the BOINC GitHub source code repository will be what you need to fix your issue:
https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/4267#issuecomment-944996809

[/quote
Thanks for the info. I tried all the steps listed at that link and now get the following error: BOINC Manager is not able to start a BOINC clent. Please run the client and try again. Any ideas?

labrat42: BAM!ID: 83261; Joined: 2010-03-25; Posts: 51; Credits: 1,904,572,233; World-rank: 1,461

2022-03-12 20:49:21

labrat42 wrote:

Dr Who Fan wrote:

[quote=labrat42]
I am using Ubuntu 21.10. When I try to use BOINC mananger I get the following error: failed to change to directory "/var/lib/boinc-client" permission denied. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this? I tried reistalling boinc several times and got the same error.

I think the instructions at this link at the BOINC GitHub source code repository will be what you need to fix your issue:
https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/4267#issuecomment-944996809

[/quote
Thanks for the info. I tried all the steps listed at that link and now get the following error: BOINC Manager is not able to start a BOINC clent. Please run the client and try again. Any ideas?

Finally got BOINC running. Had to use /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart in a terminal.

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