Boinc fails to start gives "GUI RPC bind failed: 98" error

[Brian Beck]

I installed Boinc (boinc-client) via aptitude, but when I try to run the client I get this error:

$ boinc
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.10.8 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.16.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.0
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Data directory: /home/bbeck
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ [Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2]
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Memory: 946.75 MB physical, 2.70 GB virtual
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Disk: 144.01 GB total, 114.43 GB free
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 473.37MB
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 852.07MB
2007-11-19 10:05:30 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB
2007-11-19 10:05:59 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98
gstate.init() failed: -180

I'm not certain where to go from here. If there's anything I can do to help solve the problem please let me know. I'm going to purge the package compile from source to see if I get the same error.

OS Version: 7.10 (Kubuntu) (Linux badwolf 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux)
Boinc Version: 5.10.8-1

[sun-wukong (sun-wukong)]

Hello,

I get the same with an Intel E6600 Core2Duo, running Kubuntu gutsy gibbon 32 bits.
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.10.8 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.16.4 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.0
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Data directory: /home/stephan/BOINC
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6]
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Memory: 1.98 GB physical, 2.80 GB virtual
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Disk: 70.46 GB total, 5.22 GB free
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/] URL: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/; Computer ID: not assigned yet; location: (none); project prefs: default
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1013.49MB
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 1824.28MB
2007-12-11 14:02:40 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 5.12GB
2007-12-11 14:03:09 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98
gstate.init() failed: -180

[sun-wukong (sun-wukong)]

I got it running with the --no_gui_rpc option, which probably prevent to connect a gui client to it :-( But at least, it's helping some projects.

I also run into another problem just after : some certificates are missing.
They can be found here :
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/boinc/curl/ca-bundle.crt?content-type=text%2Fplain;only_with_tag=HEAD
This file must be saved in the user boinc directory.

It seems the packaging has been made in the hurry ;-)

[sun-wukong (sun-wukong)]

ok, sorry for the noise. There's no bug, and if Brian is ok, this can be closed :

I got this error message while following the instructions stated online on the Boinc website.

When using the Debian/Ubuntu package, the processus is different : boinc should be started like another daemon :
sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client start
if it isn't start already (the rpc binding error probably appear because the daemon has already taken the rpc socket)

Then, all config files are in /var/lib/boinc-client, including the certificates I was stating that were missing in my previous message. So all is fine. Just some confusion with the online informations.

Using the Boinc-Manager package is also a good idea to register to some projects.

[sun-wukong (sun-wukong)]

Unless Brian states he still has the problem, the bug should be closed