Thread 'Best way to see tasks in Linux command?'

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ProDigit Send message Joined: 8 Nov 19 Posts: 718	Message 97657 - Posted: 15 Apr 2020, 0:39:07 UTC Last modified: 15 Apr 2020, 0:53:45 UTC I'm currently running Boinc from Google Cloud computing, on Ubuntu headless. I saw this picture online: and wondered if boincmgr comes with some visualization like above (a bit like the manager, but in a terminal window)? Most commands I either get returned: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused 20:42:02: Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly? or Authorization failure: -155 I did start boinc via the command: /etc/init.d/boinc-client start Is it perhaps better to start via typing boinccmd? ID: 97657 ·

Keith Myers Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 17 Nov 16 Posts: 906	Message 97666 - Posted: 15 Apr 2020, 6:31:21 UTC BOINC Manager does not come with any command line GUI. But there is a GUI for command line client called BoincTUI. https://sourceforge.net/projects/boinctui/ The image you posted looks strongly similar to the gui of that program from the project screenshots. ID: 97666 ·

ProDigit Send message Joined: 8 Nov 19 Posts: 718	Message 97717 - Posted: 15 Apr 2020, 21:02:41 UTC - in response to Message 97666. BOINC Manager does not come with any command line GUI. But there is a GUI for command line client called BoincTUI. https://sourceforge.net/projects/boinctui/ The image you posted looks strongly similar to the gui of that program from the project screenshots. Seems like it indeed! I'm running debian//Ubuntu, but the link you gave doesn't have a make file, nor install instructions. How do I install it? Or are there any other programs that are easy to install in terminal, with similar features? ID: 97717 ·

Anna Send message Joined: 10 Apr 20 Posts: 9	Message 97721 - Posted: 15 Apr 2020, 22:38:15 UTC - in response to Message 97717. There is boinc-status bash script, and it looks very nice. But you need to change BOINC_PATH=/var/lib/boinc-client to BOINC_PATH=/var/lib/boinc in the script code. ID: 97721 ·

Keith Myers Volunteer tester Help desk expert Send message Joined: 17 Nov 16 Posts: 906	Message 97730 - Posted: 16 Apr 2020, 0:36:37 UTC - in response to Message 97717. BOINC Manager does not come with any command line GUI. But there is a GUI for command line client called BoincTUI. https://sourceforge.net/projects/boinctui/ The image you posted looks strongly similar to the gui of that program from the project screenshots. Seems like it indeed! I'm running debian//Ubuntu, but the link you gave doesn't have a make file, nor install instructions. How do I install it? Or are there any other programs that are easy to install in terminal, with similar features? You need to build it from the source provided. Unpack the archive somewhere, the Download folder is fine, then open a Terminal in the boinctui-2.3.5 folder you unpacked and compile the application. Or an easier way, the application is in the Ubuntu repository it appears. Didn't even think of checking. sudo apt install boinctui ID: 97730 ·

ProDigit Send message Joined: 8 Nov 19 Posts: 718	Message 97734 - Posted: 16 Apr 2020, 0:52:55 UTC - in response to Message 97730. sudo apt install boinctui That did the job, thanks! However, on the T1 Micro servers, I guess I don't have enough RAM (only 575 available, and depending on the project 250-500MB are used up) Will try on the E1 Micro servers, they have 1GB for dual core. ID: 97734 ·

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