Thanks for the suggestions; On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 00:57 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi; > > Just downloaded and installed boinc. I keep getting the error message > "BOINC Manager is not able to connect to a BOINC client. > Would you like to try to connect again?" > > I am flumexed. It ran without problems under FC6. I have tried > everything I can think of to trace back the problem. Could it be a > SElinux problem? There are no SELinux trouble shooter warnings. > > I installed it from root into a folder in user but all the permissions > look right? Boinc_mgr opens but remains a sleeping process while it > tries to connect. > > I am running F7. All suggestions warmly received. > The real answer, of course, lay with first realizing that a whole setup page for Linux (RedHat and Fedora) exists on the Boinc site, and then following the instructions to get boinc working. My only excuse is that a friend installed for me, (BOINC is his project), and he was only used to Windows installations. Now I have found the instructions, they all make sense and I am sure I will get thinks working in the morning. -- Regards Bill
