My turn for a linux thread

The resolutions available in Linux will depend on the device which VMware is pretending to have as the graphics card I would imagine - however like you I can't see a way of changing that.
I would imagine this is a limitation of the free version so there's probably no way of specifying your own device to get higher resolutions (though I could be wrong). It could be worth searching VMware support forums as I'm sure the question would have been asked many times before.

As for running it as a service I don't see the need myself since all I'm using Ubuntu for is folding (though I'm with you on the hating not knowing how to do stuff in a new environment) so I just keep the terminal open - if you wanted to hide it then just switch to the other workspace via the buttons in the bottom right of the screen.

I'm sure that given time people will work out enough in their heads to get a few simple guides up together - at the moment it's a bit of a free for all I'm afraid :o
 
Concorde Rules said:
Its installed and running but if I use NAT it won't connect to the internet (ubunto that is)!

Any ideas?
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I assume you've set up an internal static IP with your ISPs DNS servers?
 
Cob said:
I assume you've set up an internal static IP with your ISPs DNS servers?
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Eh what now?

Im behind a firewalled router with the host IP as 192.168.0.2.

Gateway IP is 192.168.0.1 and subnet for the gateway/router is 255.255.255.0

Otherwise I dunno WTF is supposed to be going on...

Do any services have to be running? Like DHCP client? :confused:
 
This is relatively on topic. I've got it running on Ubuntu nicely - is there a way of making the SMP client run as a service? I did all the installation manually, so I didn't use any pre-prepared scripts - I just don't quite have enough knowledge to make it run as a service on startup - or even an executable that I can run or something.

Also related, how the heck do you get fahmon running on linux?! :p

Ta! :)
 
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OK I have no idea why you people can't seem to run gzip. The only difference between our systems is mine is a native install so maybe that's got something to do with it.

However, after you have downloaded the file, you could just right-click the file and let the Archive Manager decompress it for you. Then just back to the Terminal Window and enter the rest of the commands.

SiriusB
 
Freefaller said:
or even an executable that I can run or something.
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I put this into the terminal as instructed in the FAQ

echo "./fah5 -verbosity 9" > FaH
chmod +x FaH
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I probably changed directory first (cd ~/folding/FAH) though I don't remember as it was over 3secs ago :p

I then stuck a shortcut to the FAH folder on the desktop. If I was really clever I'd have added the cd ~/folding/FAH bit to that file and chucked it on the desktop instead yet unfortunately I suffer from lazyarseitis and I keep it running 24/7 anyway.
 
wtf mine gets stuck at this and times out:

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Looks like it is struggling to resolve the address.

You could try the finstall script. Does all this for you and installs it as a service.

SiriusB
 
It will only load a few websites! :confused:

I can ping folding.stanford.edu fine but loading it in firefox does sod all.

This is really ******* me off :(

I can load these forums fine... google won't work either.

ILl try restarting my network and PC...

Language
 
Freefaller said:
This is relatively on topic. I've got it running on Ubuntu nicely - is there a way of making the SMP client run as a service? I did all the installation manually, so I didn't use any pre-prepared scripts - I just don't quite have enough knowledge to make it run as a service on startup - or even an executable that I can run or something.

Also related, how the heck do you get fahmon running on linux?! :p

Ta! :)
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This is how I get folding to run at start up

Open a terminal session
type pico to open editor and paste the following into it, and change the FOLDING_PATH info


Code: 
#!/bin/sh
# Script to start and stop the folding client
FOLDING_PATH="/home/your_user/folding"

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting folding client"
cd $FOLDING_PATH
./fah5 -local -forceasm -advmethods -verbosity 9 > /dev/null 2>&1
;;

stop)
echo -n "Stopping folding client"
killall fah5
;;

*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
exit 1
esac

exit 0

Exit pico ctrl-x
Save modified buffer = yes
Save as filename = Folding_script


Copy Folding_script to /etc/init.d/
sudo cp /home/your_user/folding/Folding_script /etc/init.d/

Change directory to /etc/init.d/
cd /etc/init.d/

Change permissions of the script
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/Folding_script

Create a symbolic link to the script in the runlevel2 directory
cd /etc/rc2.d/
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/Folding_script S99Folding_script
sudo chmod 755 S99Folding_script

Check that the script works

/etc/init.d/Folding_script start

to start it and of course

/etc/init.d/Folding_script stop

to stop it.

When you re-boot it should start automatically

The above instructions may differ depending on your distro. This is only given as a guide, and I accept no resposibility for any damage etc etc etc... ;)

Dunc
 
FFS this is ******* me off now.

Can someone post there Virtual Network Editor settings and there settings from within Ubuntu.

Im running a router/firewall/gateway on 2Mb BT if thats any help...
 
does the contents of /etc/resolve.conf match you DNS?

If not edit it with the correct DNS entries.

Dunc
 
I just set the vmware up to use a bridged network connection and form my understanding it links in with all XPs settings. Everything worked on the net in vmware/ubantau without me changing any settings. Within windows network connections it lists two virtual VMware connections. (My system is hooked up to a Netgear router)
 
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dunc said:
does the contents of /etc/resolve.conf match you DNS?

If not edit it with the correct DNS entries.

Dunc
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it sounds like he might be using VMWare, since he's talking about virtual network settings
 
I haven't setup under VMware so I am not sure how to setup correctly. However, if it is not resolving correctly it must be a DNS issue.

Dunc
 
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