FWIW this bug effects the 7.2.42 (x86) BOINC client on Xubuntu 14.01.
# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty # uname -a Linux lab-netvista 3.13.0-43-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 8 19:35:44 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux # dpkg-query -W boinc-client xubuntu-desktop boinc-client 7.2.42+dfsg-1 xubuntu-desktop 2.180
The work-around of restarting /etc/init.d/boinc-client gets things going again.
FWIW this bug effects the 7.2.42 (x86) BOINC client on Xubuntu 14.01.
# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
# uname -a
Linux lab-netvista 3.13.0-43-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 8 19:35:44 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
# dpkg-query -W boinc-client xubuntu-desktop
boinc-client 7.2.42+dfsg-1
xubuntu-desktop 2.180
The work-around of restarting /etc/init. d/boinc- client gets things going again.