BOINC LINUX HOW TO
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BOINC LINUX WINDOWS

Linux doesn't have a registry so it needs some other way to do this.BOINC doesn't support clustering as it defeats the purpose of using spare CPU cycles of standard machines.

BOINC LINUX WINDOWS

html file or URL, windows looks in the registry and fires up the program you have associated with. It seems to be used by wxWidgets to 'execute' an arbitrary file from within a program. The mailcap file is used to map mime types to programs used to view them.

BOINC LINUX HOW TO

The question is how to start and tell it to go to from within BOINC. The problem isn't in the formatting of the data that the server gives to the client.

BOINC LINUX MAC

In the Linux version only, I assume, because the Mac and Windows ones work fine here. if what is being sent is TEXT/something-other-than-HTML, which is what seems to be the case if TEXT/* matches and works, then _that_ is a buglet in BOINC somewhere. That makes no sense to me either, not being a Linux type, but any complaints on that should be taken up with Linus Torvald, or the distro folks. It's up to the user's configuration what happens next - and on this Linux version, apparently the place to define the action is in this 'mailcap' file. There have been numerous complaints on the forums that 'it steals the window I've already got open in MSIE (Windows)' - but the BOINC application has NOTHING to do with 'what happens' after the button is pressed, as long as the proper 'message' is sent (and whether it uses a new window or the existing one is set in MSIE prefs). BOINC is sending a TEXT/HTML message containing a URL when one of the project link buttons is pressed, say to take you to 'Your preferences' at when you select SETI on the projects tab and hit the button. EVERY system has _some_ method of 'deciding' what browser to launch, whether to open a new window or use an existing one, etc., when a URL is sent to the system from an application. You're looking for a 'band-aid' solution, and not a fix for the real problem.Īzwoody, you're missing the entire point. How would YOU suggest doing this, azwoody? Have another preference setting in BONC asking you what the path to your browser is and how to call it?įor rankings, history graphs and more, check out: Linux doesn't have a registry so it needs some other way to do this. I've been questioning there competence for more than a year!

It seems that the UCB Linux person is out of the picture, as the official Seti cruncher is still at ver 4.02, even though the linux crunchers can see that universal problems were fixed in the cruncher (windows it at 4.18), but they've never been made available to non Windoze users! Why does metamail even come into play? The Boinc Server should be formating the data so that the Boinc Client can understand it! No translation should be required!Īlso, it seems that Rom - who worked for MS, doesn't really understand non windows problems, so it seems that someone else should adress the problem. The mailcap file is read by the metamail program to determine how to What he heck does the mailcaps file have to do with the link buttons? I've been questioning there competence for more than a year! It's been that long since they've been predicting the end of seti classic! (I joined the pre-relase beta back in 2003 when they were predicting the shutdown of classic 'within 30 days').

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