[SGVLUG] Anyone participating with BOINC or have a QCN earthquake sensor on Linux?

[Claude Felizardo]

Hey I was able to install both the BOINC manager and client using my
package manager on Mandriva.  Now if I can only find drivers for the
oNavi 23565-B...  What sensor are you using?

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:28 AM, James McDuffie <mcduffie at pitfall.org> wrote:
> On 12/08/2011 10:33 AM, Claude Felizardo wrote:
>>
>> Anyone on list participating with BOINC or have a ONavi USB sensor
>> from the Quake-Catcher Network (QCN) connected to a Linux box?
>
> I am. Got my sensor quite awhile back.
>
>
>> Looks like they support Linux but I was told they only supported
>> Windows but I ordered one anyway.  It showed up yesterday and it took
>
>
> Getting BOINC installed on Linux shouldn't be a problem:
> http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Installing_on_Linux
>
> After that you need to get the QCN client loaded into BOINC using the
> command line tool:
> http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Boinccmd_tool
>
> Its been awhile but I think you would just need to:
> boinccmd --project_attach http://qcn.stanford.edu/sensor/ <your_account_key>
>
> Where the key is listed under your QCN account profile page.
> BOINC will handle downloading the client and running it for you.