[ydl-gen] install SETI at home on PS3 with UDL6.1 - addendum

[Derick Centeno]

Hi Paul:

It was very surprising to me to discover that this page suddenly
appears blank!  
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/List_of_projects_by_system_requirements/

When I originally sent the above link as a response to your query
there did exist a table which did fit the description I provided:
"... operating system columns please notice that although there
is a version of their software running for the PowerPC under the Mac
operating system; the software versions they offer is only for x86 or
Intel based Linux variants.  YDL is a PowerPC based Linux only...."  
I can only imagine that someone is editing that page or has removed
it for some reason. I have no clue as to why it disappeared.

The SETI source which you can download, uncompress, compile and
install within YDL is here:
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_porting.php/
This page loads normally on my system, within YDL 6.2 on a Powerbook
G4.

When I went to this page directly it also came up 404.
http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/BOINC%20Clients.html/
I haven't studied German since my college days, but 404 is easy to
interpret in any language. :-)

That 404  appeared is very surprising also; I won't speculate why.
Suggestion:
Access that server's home page here:
http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/Home.html

Then click upon BOINC Clients or wherever you believe you need to
go.  He has done the majority of the work gathering BOINC, SETI and
other related apps in one place.

All the best...


On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:47:15 -0400
Paul Gregory <bentarmillary at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Derick
> 
> This link was blank when I launched it
> http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/List_of_projects_by_system_requirements/
> 
> 
> I found a older client that does run (it installs using TAR and
> CHMOD cmds).  Not very meaningful without the GUI.    boinc_client
> gets installed but the GUI does not.  When I call boinc_client all
> I can do is watch it create xml , projects and slots directories,
> and see the process taking CPU on the resource monitor.
> 
> Looks like I am stuck withou a GUI unless I can find the source to
> boinc_manager.
> 
> the link below gives me a failed redirection page in german.
> 
> http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/BOINC%20Clients.html/
> 
> 
> Fehler 404
> Seite nicht gefunden
> 
> 
> Thanks for the assist.  I will keep trying to find source for
> boinc_manager on the PPC Linux, then return for more help
> (punishment :) ) to test soluions.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Derick Centeno <dcenteno at ydl.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Paul!
> >
> > First, yum is always run from superuser.  You can also run it
> > using sudo but you have to have modified your sudoers file
> > enabling your user name to have the same status to access and
> > implement root level commands for a limited amount of time.
> >
> > Second, please look carefully on this page:
> > http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/List_of_projects_by_system_requirements/
> >
> > Notice the operating system columns please notice that although
> > there is a version of their software running for the PowerPC
> > under the Mac operating system; the software versions they offer
> > is only for x86 or Intel based Linux variants.  YDL is a PowerPC
> > based Linux only.
> >
> > This means that you cannot used their pre-packaged version of
> > their software.
> >
> > However, I did find the page which contains their source which you
> > can download, uncompress, compile and install within YDL.  That
> > page is here: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_porting.php/
> >
> > If you, need further assistance -- write back.
> >
> > Here's a better resource.  You'll have to still download, compile
> > and install the source youself but a lot of the other requisite
> > work has been done for you.  Refer to this site:
> > http://www.dotsch.de/boinc/BOINC%20Clients.html/
> >
> > All the best...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:07:56 -0400
> > Paul Gregory <bentarmillary at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I installed YDL 6.1 on my PS3 model CECHA.
> > >
> > > Now lets see how responsive he YDL crowd is.
> > >
> > > HHEELLLPPPP !
> > >
> > > When trying to install SETI at Home using the instructions from
> > > their web site I ge the following error
> > >
> > >
> > > yum install boinc-client boinc-manager
> > > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> > > Config Error: Error accessing file for config
> > > file://///etc/yum.repos.d/yellowdog-updates.repo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > using Gedit I tried to view the repository file but get a
> > > permissions error.  Should I be calling YUM from the GUI or
> > > black screen using root ?
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Paul Gregory
> >
> >
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