Folding Forum

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.
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.

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

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"

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)

It does, yes

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

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