Subject: Re: Getting Seti Program to work in Linux
From: Phil Kirschner (pak1@cec.wustl.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 31 1999 - 12:55:08 MST
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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