FAHcontrol on Ubuntu 20lts

[c_zagarskas]

Situation
I running Ubuntu 20lts on an Supermicro H8QGI-F MB with 4x Opteron 6378's
I am able to get FAHclient running on Ubuntu 20lts
I am able to fold and see results on stats . foldingathome . org/donor/436460603

Problem Summary
- FAHcontrol does not work on Ubuntu 20lts
- FAHviewer does not work on Ubuntu 20lts
- The weblcient client.foldingathome.org/ also does not work (always shows 0% even though the log file shows clear evidence of folding)

Desired outcomes - in order of desirability
1- Best: Get FAHcontrol to work and show folding progress
2- Good: Get weblcient https://client.foldingathome.org/ to work and show progress
3- Better than nothing: Get a clear answer on when/if FAHcontrol will be updated/released for Ubuntu 20lts users

Things that I tried that did not work
Several Google searches across StackOverflow and the forums
- for example, this:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1217195 ... untu-19-10
did not do the trick either.

Tried this:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=31972b
- created many problems, blackscreen, reduced to only Grub (+ had to reinstall/repair Ubuntu 20)
Ergo: I hesitate to try it again

Asked for help on Discord
-(followed instructions, but to no avail)

Discord user suggested
https://github.com/cdberkstresser/fah-control
- I was unable to get it to run or install (perhaps I am missing something? seems worth another shot)
-Note I am under the impression that the cdberkstresser/fah-control is somehow different from the one on the main FAH site, please correct this assumption if you know otherwise.)

As for not linking URLS in this post I get this error: "To prevent spam you are not allowed to post URLs without approval in this forum" [robot deletes post]
[oh, im sorry for using the software as its intended. lol]

Mod Edit: Fixed URLS - PantherX

[PantherX]

Welcome to the F@H Forum c_zagarskas,

What version of the F@H client have you installed? AFAIK, FAHControl has the Python 2 dependency issue but Web Control should be working fine. Do you have any firewall or software that is intercepting network connections? Also can you please post the log file? Ensure you include the first 100 lines which will inform us of what the system configuration is and what the client settings are. If you require guidance, please view this topic: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=26036

[parkut]

--- method to install python2 to resolve fahcontrol dependency in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as of December 28, 2020
--- original hints here: viewtopic.php?f=108&t=35707

Code: Select all

sudo apt install python-gobject-2
sudo apt install python-cairo
sudo apt install python
wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/pygtk/python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i python-gtk2_2.24.0-5.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb

[Frogging101]

I'll keep using telnet until they fix FAHControl. It's not ideal but it does the job. And it's the simplest thing to use on remote headless systems.