In case anybody is interested, I\'ve made BOINCprog available for download on my web page. Screenshot and tar.gz file can be grokked here: <a>http://www2.gol.com/users/trane/programming/programming.html</a>

Comments most welcome.

trane

&gt; In case anybody is interested, I've made BOINCprog available for download on
&gt; my web page. Screenshot and tar.gz file can be grokked here:
&gt; <a>http://www2.gol.com/users/trane/programming/programming.html</a>
&gt;
&gt; Comments most welcome.
&gt;
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Trane

excellent job Trane

You putted the link also on the seti forum, I took a look yesterday to your
<a href="http://www2.gol.com/users/trane/programming/programming.html">BOINCprog</a>. Myself have unix only at "work" but even as an m$ man could understand
"most parts.." of the file. I cant let run, due here right now,only m$

basically if you add more "ip adress" or "hostname" holders , you will be able to make the first steps to manage remote clients.

for me, it's looks great.
An other great is, it's project independent.

When you think it's ok to publish, place it to the www.boink.dk, they offer for "developers", you ARE one of them, a free mirroring for the small amount of
boinc tool. Boinc.dk is linked also from berkeley pages. One of the finest "download corner" for boinc tools and add-on.

On this way, more people are able to "find" your tool.

look:



<a href="http://www.boinc.dk/index.php?page=mirror_file_list">here download corner boinc.dk for boinc tools/add-ons</a>

GO ON and

goodluck!

friendly
ric

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rpc's are nice!!

Thanks for the kind words, Ric. I certainly hadn't considered working with remote clients. It's an interesting idea.

Cheers,

trane

&gt; In case anybody is interested, I've made BOINCprog available for download on
&gt; my web page. Screenshot and tar.gz file can be grokked here:
&gt; <a>http://www2.gol.com/users/trane/programming/programming.html</a>
&gt;
&gt; Comments most welcome.
&gt;

Just downloaded your app, works great on my SuSe 9.1 Pro. This is the first BOINC add-on app that I have been able to get running. I am looking forward to seeing new versions come out.

I set up my BOINC apps on my different PCs on NFS so I can see the progress of all from just one desktop with multiple instances running of your app. One thing that would be nice is for your app to live on the system tray, kind of like the "Ksetiwatch" app. Also being able to set the window name from within the "startboincprog" file would help when more than one instance is running.

&gt; Just downloaded your app, works great on my SuSe 9.1 Pro. This is the first
&gt; BOINC add-on app that I have been able to get running. I am looking forward to
&gt; seeing new versions come out.

Hey, thanks for the positive news. I'm developing on a mostly-stock Slackware 10.0 box and this is my first Kylix deployment. I was a bit nervous about releasing it to the wild.

&gt; I set up my BOINC apps on my different PCs on NFS so I can see the progress of
&gt; all from just one desktop with multiple instances running of your app. One

Aha.

&gt; thing that would be nice is for your app to live on the system tray, kind of
&gt; like the "Ksetiwatch" app. Also being able to set the window name from within
&gt; the "startboincprog" file would help when more than one instance is running.

It's not a problem at all for me to enable setting the window name. As for the KDE Panel, let me look into it. It comes to mind that for your use, a useful Panel tooltip would show the window name, URL, % and hours on 2 or 3 lines. Click on the Panel icon to open the existing main window. Right-click and you get a pop-up menu that offers Restore and Exit.

That sound like what you had in mind?

trane

&gt; &gt; Just downloaded your app, works great on my SuSe 9.1 Pro. This is the
&gt; first
&gt; &gt; BOINC add-on app that I have been able to get running. I am looking
&gt; forward to
&gt; &gt; seeing new versions come out.
&gt;
&gt; Hey, thanks for the positive news. I'm developing on a mostly-stock Slackware
&gt; 10.0 box and this is my first Kylix deployment. I was a bit nervous about
&gt; releasing it to the wild.
&gt;

Let me know if you need someone to help flush out bugs.

&gt; &gt; I set up my BOINC apps on my different PCs on NFS so I can see the
&gt; progress of
&gt; &gt; all from just one desktop with multiple instances running of your app.
&gt; One
&gt;
&gt; Aha.
&gt;

Each instance uses about 13 megs of ram, so I don't want to run too many at one time.

&gt; &gt; thing that would be nice is for your app to live on the system tray, kind
&gt; of
&gt; &gt; like the "Ksetiwatch" app. Also being able to set the window name from
&gt; within
&gt; &gt; the "startboincprog" file would help when more than one instance is
&gt; running.
&gt;
&gt; It's not a problem at all for me to enable setting the window name. As for the
&gt; KDE Panel, let me look into it. It comes to mind that for your use, a useful
&gt; Panel tooltip would show the window name, URL, % and hours on 2 or 3 lines.
&gt; Click on the Panel icon to open the existing main window. Right-click and you
&gt; get a pop-up menu that offers Restore and Exit.
&gt;
&gt; That sound like what you had in mind?
&gt;

Exactly!

sholzy

&gt; In case anybody is interested, I've made BOINCprog available for download on
&gt; my web page. Screenshot and tar.gz file can be grokked here:
&gt; <a>http://www2.gol.com/users/trane/programming/programming.html</a>

I've noticed the version (1.3) on boink.dk is a different version (1.0) from the one on your site. Which is correct? I can't get to the boink.dk site to verify for myself. When I try to download from boink.dk (using the download link on the add-on page) all I get is "download.php" and a blank page when accessing the boink.dk site.

sholzy

&gt; I've noticed the version (1.3) on boink.dk is a different version (1.0) from
&gt; the one on your site. Which is correct?

The archive on my web site is correct. I think that the BOINC Network guys are having some trouble at the moment. As soon as they're up reliably, I'll check the entry and make sure that it is as it should be. In any case, 1.0 will be replaced as soon as I can figure out this KDE Panel applet business.

If you'd like an interim version that handles window naming while I fight with the panel applet issue, that wouldn't be a problem.

trane

&gt; &gt; I've noticed the version (1.3) on boink.dk is a different version (1.0)
&gt; from
&gt; &gt; the one on your site. Which is correct?
&gt;
&gt; The archive on my web site is correct. I think that the BOINC Network guys are
&gt; having some trouble at the moment. As soon as they're up reliably, I'll check

hmmm... maybe I should offer some mirror space to them.

&gt; the entry and make sure that it is as it should be. In any case, 1.0 will be
&gt; replaced as soon as I can figure out this KDE Panel applet business.
&gt;
&gt; If you'd like an interim version that handles window naming while I fight with
&gt; the panel applet issue, that wouldn't be a problem.

That would be great! Although half of my boxes are off-line for awhile and of the remaining, 2 are not running any boinc projects, so having an interim version to handle window names isn't a big deal to me right now. I hope I didn't stir up a hornet's nest for you with the panel applet request. :)

sholzy

&gt; &gt; If you'd like an interim version that handles window naming while I fight
&gt; with
&gt; &gt; the panel applet issue, that wouldn't be a problem.
&gt;
&gt; That would be great! Although half of my boxes are off-line for awhile and of

Okay. I'll try to whip something up today and get a new archive on the web site.

&gt; the remaining, 2 are not running any boinc projects, so having an interim
&gt; version to handle window names isn't a big deal to me right now. I hope I
&gt; didn't stir up a hornet's nest for you with the panel applet request. :)

Errr, well, let's just say that it's turning out to be a learning curve. :-)

A thought on the 13-megs/instance: Let me think about how to handle multiple BOINCs....maybe have a file that contains all the BOINC dirs and build forms on the fly for each of 'em ...

trane

&gt; A thought on the 13-megs/instance: Let me think about how to handle multiple
&gt; BOINCs....maybe have a file that contains all the BOINC dirs and build forms
&gt; on the fly for each of 'em ...

Maybe handling networking or multiple instances efficiently would probably be a better way to go at first then a having panel applet. The muti-computer handling capability would probably benefit more users.

Looks like you may need to go with a config file approach to ease version changes and adding/deleting Boinc dirs.

I don't know anything about programming but I thought I would throw somes ideas into the wind and see where they land. ;-)



sholzy

Hi.

&gt; Maybe handling networking or multiple instances efficiently would probably be
&gt; a better way to go at first then a having panel applet. The muti-computer
&gt; handling capability would probably benefit more users.

In the end, I tackled the panel app first. I'm not quite sure how I want to approach multi-system capabilities. The simple way would just be a list box on the main screen to select the mount to view. That means viewing one system at a time. I don't know if that would be suitable for you or not.

&gt; Looks like you may need to go with a config file approach to ease version
&gt; changes and adding/deleting Boinc dirs.

That's what I was thinking.

&gt; I don't know anything about programming but I thought I would throw somes
&gt; ideas into the wind and see where they land. ;-)

Glad that you did, too. It's food for thought.

In the meantime, drop by the page and grab v1.1. It runs in the panel and names the window title after the BOINC install dir. This should make running multiple instances a bit less painful for the time being.

Cheers,

trane

BOINCprog 1.1.1 has been released: <a href="http://www2.gol.com/users/trane/programming/programming.html">You can find it here</a>.

BOINCprog 1.1.2 has been released at <a href="http://www2.gol.com/users/trane/programming/programming.html">Trane's Programming Page</a>. This is a minor maintenance release that fixes segfaults for systems running the 2.6.8+ kernels compiled with the exec-shield patch (e.g., Red Hat Fedora Core 2).

trane