seti @ home
 

when i download seti @ home for linux "i686", and try running it, it tells me "cannot execute binary file" or something like that. any ways to get it to run? thanks.

Which binary are you downloading? I seem to recall there being two, for different glibc versions. You might try the other one and see if it works.

i tried both...

I think you have to "chmod +x" the binary first (if you haven't already), then try to run it again.

ok what do you mean by "x"? do i do "chmod -x setiathome"? because i tried that and then i did sh and i still got the same result.

only the text version is working for me... :(

yo
 

wait, is xsetiathome the "text version"? i forgot to try that one with chmod. lemme see if it works...

no is "setiathome" ... xsetiathome is the one that doesn't work

When you download the binaries make sure you download the file that's specific to your pc.
i686-pc-linux-gnu works fine for me on an Athlon 1800+. The binaries are already set executable so in a console (or terminal window) cd to the directory where you extracted the archive to and run the cruncher using
if it's your first time running the program it will ask you to either create a new account or login to an existing one. After it logs in and downloads a work unit, you can watch it's progress by doubleclicking on the xsetiathome file from inside gnome/kde.

Hope that helps :-)

whoa. you didn't use sh???