Comments on: Folding 0.5.2.2 Released

By: Mark Preston

Mark Preston — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:31:55 +0000

Thanks.

By: Ubuntu Tutorials

Ubuntu Tutorials — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:25:14 +0000

@RocketBoy – would it be possible for you to submit that as a bug on launchpad so it can be tracked? https://bugs.launchpad.net/folding.

@Mark – if you’re already running F@H there really isn’t a *need* to use my script. I simply try to make installation and management as easy as possible. Some key points of folding.sh:

-system init script for autostart/stop management
-system folder for storing folding data
-system user for running folding processes
-automated installation on total number of detected processors
-front-end to changing username & team data
-front-end for uninstallation / removal of all F@H data
-network deployment tool for centralized F@H deployment / management
-TODO: upcoming in 0.6 are archiving and restoration for local and remote management

By: RocketBoy

RocketBoy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:06:41 +0000

Thanks for your work – will you add the option to change user/team during install/upgrade.

how do you do it manually?

thanks

By: RocketBoy

RocketBoy — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:41:05 +0000

I had Folding 0.5.2.1 “Regression” installed in trying to upgrade to 0.5.2.2 -

useradd: user folding exists
INSTALLING… PLEASE BE PATIENT

I waited for about 30 minutes without it moving past the installing. I completely removed folding and tried a “clean” install of 0.5.2.2 and got -

ERROR: STARTUP SCRIPT FAILED TO START!

Not sure what caused it. Tried a second uninstall/reinstall and no joy. Tried to go back to 0.5.2.1 and got the same script error message.

By: Mark Preston

Mark Preston — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:03:20 +0000

I’m running FAH and it seems to be working without flaw. Why would I want to change? Is there faster CPU cycles to be given or something?