Let me try to clarify:

I did the following after getting Mint 14 cinnamon running. and getting the fglrx driver from the repository...... It should look familiar

apt-get ia32-libs This was a mistake ...more on this later

Code:
wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/boinc_7...c-linux-gnu.sh
replace the version numbers with whatever version you're after. If you're not sure go here and look: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl
This will download the file directly from Berkley to the current directory, which should be your home directory.
Next set the file as executable
Code:
sudo chmod +x boinc_7.0.42_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh
and then run it
Code:
./boinc_7.0.42_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.sh
That will create a directory called BOINC in your home folder. Change into it.
Code:
cd BOINC
now we'll copy the relevant binaries
Code:
sudo cp boinc* /usr/bin/
and we restart the client
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client start
Client did not run...asked the question above then re-read what I had asked and realised that it should have been apt-get install ia32-libs

Now the client would run but I could not start manager so I asked again then went searching for others with this problem too.

Result! Found mention of this and looked to see if 2 files were loaded one called libwxgtk and another called libssl. libwxgtk was missing so I got it from the repository.

Now, from inside the BOINC folder hitting the start_manager worked as it should.

With manager working I have now attached to wcg and have downloaded GPU workunits...only running a single thread for tonight ...it is late enough. I will look at app-config tomorrow.


Thanks for your input D_A. I can always depend on you to make me think about what I am doing.