Graphical Libraries

The applications of this project need the following dynamical libraries to function properly for the Linux platform:

Linux
	linux-gate.so
	libGL.so
	libGLU.so
	libX11.so
	libXmu.so
	libm.so
	libc.so
	libXext.so
	libXxf86vm.so
	libpthread.so
	libdl.so
	libdrm.so
	libstdc++.so
	libgcc_s.so
	libXau.so
	libXdmcp.so
	libXt.so
	libSM.so
	libICE.so
	/lib/ld-linux.so

A basic linux install with X11 and GLUT or MESA should do the trick!

Graphics are supported by BOINC, but they won't show up by default (on Debian, Ubuntu, etc.). The X display needs to be accessible to the BOINC graphics processes in order to see the interesting graphics of Spinhenge@home and it isn't by default.

Your X display can be made accessible to all local UNIX socket connections, including the ones from BOINC, by running

 xhost +local:

This is generally safe on single-user machines, though not ideal. It is a bad idea on multi-user machines, so don't do it there!

Then, the "Show graphics" button in BOINC-Manager, or the --result ... graphics_window option to boinc_cmd, will actually work. Unfortunately, when it doesn't work because of failed X authorization, it does not report the error back to boinc_cmd or boinc_mgr, and the only trace of the error is in some log file in the result directory /var/lib/boinc-client/slots/spin.fh-bielefeld.de.

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for the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering