Robin Laing wrote:
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I just want a decent set of documentation or manual for the boinc.  I

If there's some essential documentation missing, then try helping out to create it to help others also, or just collate the answers to whatever questions. FAQ?

havn't been able to find out about setting up for auto restart on reboot on linux or cron jobs to check if it is running.

Depending on your linux distribution, you could:

Enter the commands to start it at the end of "/etc/rc.d/rc.local". You should use "su" so that Boinc isn't run as root!

Or you could put the startup commands in your window manager startup "XXXXrc" file.

In such as KDE, you can graphically creat startup shortcuts that are run whenever KDE is started. Create a "link to application" and then move this to ".kde/Autostart".


Myself, I've created dedicated user accounts that whatever distributed computing projects can run in that are then automatically started from rc.local. I use group permissions to permit looking at their status from my usual user accounts. (Ease with added security.)

Good luck,
Martin