Not sure the client's running

[Paul_M]

Hi all,
I recently updated my mac to OSX26
I looked at the client page and I see:
"No folding machines found
login or install client software..."

At first, I thought maybe the OS update had done something to the client so I re-downloaded and installed it (v8.4) but still no joy.
(yes - I am logged in)
A PS command reveals no processes containing the string 'fold' or 'fah'

Any ideas?

Thanks

[calxalot]

You cannot use Safari.
There is a readme in the installer that lists browsers that work.

[jonault]

You will want to make sure to have one of the approved browsers when installing the client. But I find that Safari works just fine for monitoring and controlling the client once it's installed.

[calxalot]

Safari works fine when logged in for clients linked to the account.

But it cannot direct connect to the local client.
Which matters when that client is yet not linked.

[Paul_M]

Sorry - should have pointed out, I'm using chrome, not Safari

[calxalot]

Do you have a config.xml? Syntax errors in that file can cause the client to crash.

[calxalot]

In Activity Monitor, you need to select all processes in the menu somewhere.

[calxalot]

In Terminal, try
fah-client —info
That’s two dashes.

[jonault]

With the ps command, you should see an "fah-client" process, and if folding is actively occurring there should also be a process with "FahCore" in the name.

Code: Select all

  499 48932     1   0  4:16PM ??         0:00.24 /usr/local/bin/fah-client
  499 48937 48932   0  4:16PM ??        28:44.32 /Library/Application Support/FAHClient/cores/fahcore-a8-osx-64bit-aarch64-0.0.12/FahCore_a8

As for Chrome, you will want to make sure that it is in the top level /Applications folder on your Mac. I had issues with the previous v8 installers not finding Firefox when I put it in a subfolder.

[calxalot]

The browser check is removed from the latest beta installer. But if install finished, it wasn’t that.

[Paul_M]

Thanks for all the tips. To summarise the questions...
There's no config.xml file
Both ps and activity monitor do not show anything with a name starting fah or Fah

The client-info command tells me I have v8.4.9 and it's running /usr/local/bin/fah-client.

I've just re-downloaded the software, but I'm still getting "No folding machines found"

[jonault]

Does /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.foldingathome.fahclient.plist exist? Without this, the client's not going to start up automatically.

(Note that this is in /Library, not ~/Library)

[Paul_M]

It does, yes

[calxalot]

Maybe look in Console app for errors about launchd and or fah.

[calxalot]

Maybe job was disabled.
Try
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.foldingathome.fahclient.plist