
#Boinc config documentation install#
Application names do change rather frequently and it's probably another job that time poor staff don't want to take on when an experienced user should be able to find the name using the already documented methods. checkout, build and install BOINC (in my case in boinc-svn and /boinst, make sure you configure with CPPFLAGS-DEINSTEINATHOME ) ln -s boinc /boinst/. It points out that the 'name' element is an abbreviated version of the full application name and it lists the methods for finding an unknown abbreviated name.Īs far as I'm aware, there is no "help file" that lists all the current names. BOINC Client for Windows, Versions 5.2.13 and higher add, during installation, the option of 'Service Installation'. It's an advanced feature where the main use seems to be to allow experienced users with special needs to go beyond what is available through the project supplied preference options.Īs Archae86 rightly pointed out, for the situation where the object is simply to run more than one GPU task concurrently, the project already supplies preference settings to do that which don't involve the use of app_config.xml or any abbreviated app names.įor advanced use cases, there is BOINC supplied documentation which answers all the questions you have asked.

The app_config.xml file is not part of a standard BOINC installation. These include configuring and running a MySQL database server, configuring and. Address is either IP-address or domain name of the BOINC client.


Glenn Hawley, RASC Calgary wrote: What is the correspondence between the application names seen in the Tasks screen of BOINC, and those in the app_config.xml file? This document describes the basic steps required to set up a BOINC project. AndroBOINC configuration Host nickname is the name which will appear in lists and titles.
