boinc manager

[Liam Proven]

On 14/01/2008, Matthias Andersson <matthias.andersson at kotikone.fi> wrote:
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> Hello!
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> How do I set the BOINC related projects only to run when the boinc
> manager is running? At this point have installed the boinc manager from
> the repositories and attached some projects - to my surprise the
> projects are running from start-up of the computer even if boinc manager
> isn't set to run at startup.
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> This is annoying since it takes a long time for gnome to start when
> boinc is using up all the resources.

I realise this isn't very helpful, but after looking at the way that
Ubuntu installs BOINC as a daemon - what Windows would call a
"service", an always-running background app with no UI - I removed it
again, downloaded BOINC from setiathome.berkeley.edu and installed it
manually in my own home directory. This way, it runs when *I* want it
to run, and when I want the resources for other things, I can just
stop it. I find this a lot more convenient and I suggest that you
might, too.

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