Comments on: Folding @ Home : Installation – Configuration – Automation : Ubuntu / Debian | RHEL / FC

By: anders4431

anders4431 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:36:35 +0000

Thx for instructions!
On ubuntu 10.04 you will need to do these steps:

sudo apt-get install nscd
# open /etc/nscd.conf with your $EDITOR
# find following line:
# enable-cache hosts no
# change “no” to “yes”
# save & exit the editor
sudo service nscd restart

source: http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=14782#p145834

By: Sicktronic

Sicktronic — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:57:31 +0000

$ /bin/bash ./finstall
/bin/bash: ./finstall: No such file or directory

Thank you for your nice tutorial, but something is wrong here or not explained completely.

By: john

john — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:07:15 +0000

WOW EXCELLENT GUIDE! I ran through it with no problems at all.

Like a few others pointed out, you need to mention that when you change users, you need to CD to the /var/folding dir. Other than that, no problems on my side.

By: Klerud

Klerud — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:51:02 +0000

Great tutorial. Very helpful

By: Christer Edwards

Christer Edwards — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:55:31 +0000

@Alan – the latest release does support 64bit, yes. Visit http://zelut.org/projects/folding, download the latest and check the README for instructions on toggling 64bit.

Drop by #ubuntu-folding or contact me for issues regarding the program.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:34:36 +0000

I run 64 bit Gutsy Gibbon,

Is there anyway this could be revised to install the 64 bit version of Folding@Home?

Thanks.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:47:46 +0000

How do i change the settings after the install is finished?

By: Ubuntu Tutorials

Ubuntu Tutorials — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:02:52 +0000

Phalse – could you please check your logs for any additional output and report that back via https://launchpad.net/folding ? Also, the installer should auto-start the folding client. Can you check the output for /etc/init.d/folding status prior to start? The installer tries to automate as much as possible so it may already be going. Also, 0.5 “delta” has been released with some improvements. That may be worth trying as well.

By: Phalse

Phalse — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:35:52 +0000

I tried using the shanghai release and everything works fine until I try this command:
user@box:/var/folding/foldingathome/CPU1$ sudo /etc/init.d/folding start

When I run it I get the following output. Any idea what the problem could be?
['folding' ver. 5.7]

Starting up FAH client(s) on 2 processor(s):
Starting FAH client at CPU1…
FAH client #1 startup: OK
Starting FAH client at CPU2…
FAH client #2 startup: OK

Starting of FAH client(s): FAILURE

By: Ubuntu Tutorials

Ubuntu Tutorials — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:36:38 +0000

nacIK – you’ll probably want to check out the latest version available here:

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/01/folding-v041-shanghai-release/