Subject: Re: Getting Seti Program to work in Linux
From: Roy Koch (rkoch@interaccess.com)
Date: Fri Dec 31 1999 - 13:50:55 MST
Thanks! Although Jeff Ross is probably right I should get one of the books he
suggests and learn more about the system. I don't know how many times I have had
to re install the whole Linux system because I don't know what to do when it
breaks!
Phil Kirschner wrote:
> If I remember right, I did only this to get it working:
>
> tar -xvf setiathome-1.3-blah-blah-blah.tar
> cd <directory made by un-tarring the file>
> chmod +x setiathome (to make it executable)
> setiathome
>
> Then it prompted me for my email address, and that was it. It
> started downloading a new segment right away, then proceeded to
> output a lot of stuff, so I control-c'd it, and changed the command.
> Now, I run it in the background with a command like this:
>
> setiathome -nice 19 -email > /dev/null &
>
> This way, I don't see it doing anything, but I know it is running in
> the background. It has no output, and the -email command makes it
> email you when there is an error.
>
> Let me know if you still have problems.
>
> Phil
>
> >I am still learning Linux so even doing things like "un-tarred it, made the
> >setiathome file executable" is difficult! I am working in X windows and
> >Gnome and know what a terminal is for but still no luck with the seti file
> >maybe this is too basic for you to help me with?
> >
> >Phil Kirschner wrote:
> >
> > > I downloaded the ppc-glibc version of the seti client to my YDL box,
> > > un-tarred it, made the setiathome file executable, and it worked
> > > fine. There was really good documentation that came with it, so I
> > > was able to get it running smoothly in the background where it
> > > wouldn't bother anybody.
> > >
> > > Here is the file I downloaded....
> > >
> > > ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/setiathome/setiathome-1.3.powerpc-unknown-linu
> > > x-gnu-glibc1.tar
> > > ftp://alien.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/setiathome-1.3.powerpc-unknown-linux-
> > > gnu-glibc1.tar
> > > ftp://setidata.ssl.berkeley.edu/pub/setiathome-1.3.powerpc-unknown-lin
> > > ux-gnu-glibc1.tar
> > >
> > > Let me know if you have problems with it.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > >My Yellowdog Linux is working just fine My big problem is getting some
> > > >of the programs to run "Executable files" the last one I tried to run
> > > >was "Seti" from http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ I know this is not
> > > >a Yellowdog problem I learned that just because a program is a Linux
> > > >program does not mean that it will run under the Yellowdog environment.
> > > >Will someone help me out?
> > >
> > > " Ill believe computers can think when you ask one question
> > > and it replies, "That reminds me of a story. "
> > >
> > > -Gregory Bateson
>
> " Ill believe computers can think when you ask one question
> and it replies, "That reminds me of a story. "
>
> -Gregory Bateson
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