rescue Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 I have problem with running seti@home at computer startup. In the readme they say: If you want setiathome to be started automatically, you can set up a cron job. Add the following line to your crontab: 0 1,5,9,13,17,21 * * * cd <setidir>; ./setiathome -nice 19 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null Where <setidir> is the directory where the setiathome client is installed. This cron job will attempt to start the client once every four hours. If it is already running, the next invocation will do nothing. If the client is not running, it will be started. ps. my crontab look slightly different (-nice 19 ?? nice -n 19) i modified it a bit to check it every hour: 01 * * * * cd /home/xxx/setiathome308; ./setiathome -proxy cache:3128 -graphic s nice -n 19 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null But it doesn't work...? [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 how about putting all those commands in a script and calling the script from cron? does the same thing happen? ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rescue Posted August 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Yes, I'll try. ... another noob question :) ... how can I execute / start a script on boot time? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 put it at the end (or near the end of ) /etc/rc.local (check the file, im not home to verify if thats the correct name). that is what i use to start my distributed.net client at home. i thnk we have an FAQ on that in the FAQ forum. :) ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rescue Posted August 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Thnx man! :) works ... I put my companys 20 2Ghz macihnes to do SETI :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Thnx man! :) works ... I put my companys 20 2Ghz macihnes to do SETI :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i hope you have permission to do that. number-crunching programs usually have a rule against unauthorized installation of their client application. :D ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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