JacobH wrote:

In news:G73af.12962$iZ4.10614@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net,
Martin 53N 1W <ml_news@ddnospamddml1dd.co.uk.dd> blithered:

JacobH wrote:

Klaatu <mutster8_nospam_@netscape.net> blithered:

New recommended 5.2.x Boinc core client available for most systems.
You may want to set up a password first.

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I'd use it, if someone could tell me how to ge it going. My attempts
so far fall over when it tries to communicate and wants me to give
it a poxy or a sock, neither of which I have, on the rare occasion
it gets further it seems to want a server @ sah. It has a nasty
habit too of leaving its mark so that when 4.19 tries to start it
(4.19) finds a conflict and resets the project.

There's a few threads about that in the forums...

Also, I think 4.19 is old enough that you must uninstall it first
before attempting to install a new version.

Good luck,
Martin

Don't think I'm going to do that, it is the only one I can get to run at
the moment.
Did have 4.45 going on another m/c but that lacks some of the features of
4.19 that I like. Was/am hoping 5.2 puts them back up.
Currently I don't think 5.2.? is clean/stable enough that I want to try it
any more.

I was running the 4.43 core Boinc client on several linux systems.  Trying
the 5.2.6 on one system, okay so far.  I just downloaded and unpackaged the
file in a temporary directory.  After stopping 4.43 and projects I just
renamed the old client, or you could delete it, and copied over the new
client.  Since I don't use the gui or extra commands I just copied the
boinc executable, not the boinc_cmd or boincmgr or other files.  I use
boinc bash script http://phileimer.9online.fr/ for a command line interface
and kboincspy http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120854
for a gui interface. Its running in the background via a boot up script run
from ,kde/Autostart.

Some install links:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/client_unix.php
Watch wrap on following, all platforms covered.
http://boinc-doc.net/boinc-wiki/index.php?title=Installing_the_BOINC_Client_Software_And_Participating_In_A_BOINC_Powered_Project