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[shuxclams]

Where do I put setiathome if it needs to be in my path, I know there is a file to add that but which one. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif TIA

SHUX

[mastersibn]

Originally posted by shuxclams:
Where do I put setiathome if it needs to be in my path, I know there is a file to add that but which one. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif TIA

SHUX

You could really put it anywhere, but SETI will run for the directory you are currently in- if you just opened a new terminal or xterm, then that means your home directory (~/).

You can fix this with a simple shell script:
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/setiathome
/path/to/setiathome

This will run SETI@Home in your ~/setiathome, but you need to fix the path to setiathome to what it really is. It could really be anywhere, though. I'd put it in /usr/local/bin, but that isn't in everybody's path. If you want it to be in your $PATH, then you should probably put it in /usr/bin.

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[MGP]

Hey shux,

LTNS... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/wink.gif

I just made a directory called 'setiathome' for it in my user home directory and start it from the command line. When you untar the file it creates a directory with a LONG name and all the distribution files in it. All you need in the directory you want to run it in is the executable (I just copied it there), it will create everything else after you hook up with the SETI@home server the first time.

If you need the path name for the executable for xseti, you can find it in your user home directory (not at the Linux system right now) or you can use a working directory like I do that gives you a lot shorter and easier to use directory name.

[shuxclams]

MGP,
Hey! how the hell are you? email me some time. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif Hey and seti is running on the same EPoX MVP3G-M.... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

It is about $PATH, I installed setiathome and run it just fine with a script like that one... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/wink.gif What I did was install xseti and I get the PATH error, so thats the info I needed, kinda. Basically I have created a /home/seti@home directory that I run setiathome from, so I installed the xseti script there as well, so what do I do to make xseti work? Its cranking pretty well with #setiathome -verbose but it would be fun to have a GUI view as well. TIA

SHUX

[mastersibn]

shux,

you might consider downloading tkseti. version 3.0 was just released, and it can run seti with a nifty gui. I'm not sure how xseti works, because I never got it to work. tkseti is as simple as
tkseti <path/to/seti@home directory>

It's small, pretty fast, and gives you some pretty detailed information about your progress, including the amount of cpu time spent so far, amount expected to wait, and amount of processor power in usage.

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[shuxclams]

Thanks for the reply I just added xseti to my $PATH and it works great, not very graphical though, have installed tkseti but now that cant find the /directory/to/seti@home/setiathome, ACK! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif


SHUX

[shuxclams]

What have you found to be the best settings as far as units completed per day?


SHUX

[mastersibn]

Originally posted by shuxclams:
Thanks for the reply I just added xseti to my $PATH and it works great, not very graphical though, have installed tkseti but now that cant find the /directory/to/seti@home/setiathome, ACK! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif


SHUX

Of course, you realize that I mean to direct tkseti to your actual seti at home directory... it defaults to ~/setiathome, but if you wanted it to point to /seti, you'd have to run it with `tkseti /seti`

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

As far as best settings for blocks/day, i'm not sure what you mean exactly. What I have done is I simply cut back on the number of CPU cycles I'm using in the day. Instead of running a big fancy graphical browser like Netscape or Mozilla, I use Lynx whenever I can. It saves me about 150Mhz of cycles (!!!); those browsers can REALLY eat some power that way. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

See right now, I browse bbs for the text. No mozilla for me. I'm using lynx. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/tongue.gif

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[mastersibn]

Originally posted by shuxclams:
Thanks for the reply I just added xseti to my $PATH and it works great, not very graphical though, have installed tkseti but now that cant find the /directory/to/seti@home/setiathome, ACK! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif


SHUX

Of course, you realize that I mean to direct tkseti to your actual seti at home directory... it defaults to ~/setiathome, but if you wanted it to point to /seti, you'd have to run it with `tkseti /seti`

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

As far as best settings for blocks/day, i'm not sure what you mean exactly. What I have done is I simply cut back on the number of CPU cycles I'm using in the day. Instead of running a big fancy graphical browser like Netscape or Mozilla, I use Lynx whenever I can. It saves me about 150Mhz of cycles (!!!); those browsers can REALLY eat some power that way. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

See right now, I browse bbs for the text. No mozilla for me. I'm using lynx. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/tongue.gif

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[shuxclams]

Well here is the setup, setiathome is in /usr/bin as well as the *.sah files, so I can $setiathome -verbose and its works just fine, xseti works a s well, I would like to try tkseti but when I;
$tkseti /usr/bin/setiathome
I get;
***ERROR***seti directory '/usr/bin/setiathome' not found

TkSETI version 3.00 by Rick MacDonald
<rickm@vsl.com>

You are running /usr/bin/wish Patchlevel 8.0.5.

So what am I doing here and how do I fix it...... http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif


SHUX