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Activity log for bug #298107

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-11-14 16:16:16 Shirish Agarwal bug added bug
2008-11-14 16:16:16 Shirish Agarwal bug added attachment 'Dependencies.txt' (Dependencies.txt)
2008-11-15 02:12:14 Shirish Agarwal description Hi all, boinc doesn't crunch. It tries to do benchmarking and then disconnects. ~$ boinc --run_cpu_benchmarks 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.2.14 for i686-pc-linux-gnu 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, checkpoint_debug 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.10 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Data directory: /home/shirish 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz [Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2] 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] 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 up pebs bts 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.27-7-generic 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Memory: 1001.37 MB physical, 1.39 GB virtual 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Disk: 52.20 GB total, 31.34 GB free 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Local time is UTC +5 hours 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No coprocessors 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Version change (6.2.12 -> 6.2.14) 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 500.68MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 901.23MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:52 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98 gstate.init() failed: -180 ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 $ sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart [sudo] password for shirish: * Stopping BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Starting BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ] ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 can somebody guide me to what's wrong? ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: boinc-client 6.2.14-2 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_IN SourcePackage: boinc Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686 Hi all, boinc doesn't crunch. It tries to do benchmarking and then disconnects. ~$ boinc --run_cpu_benchmarks 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.2.14 for i686-pc-linux-gnu 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, checkpoint_debug 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.10 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Data directory: /home/shirish 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz [Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2] 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] 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 up pebs bts 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.27-7-generic 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Memory: 1001.37 MB physical, 1.39 GB virtual 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Disk: 52.20 GB total, 31.34 GB free 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Local time is UTC +5 hours 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No coprocessors 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Version change (6.2.12 -> 6.2.14) 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 500.68MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 901.23MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:52 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98 gstate.init() failed: -180 ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 $ sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart [sudo] password for shirish: * Stopping BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Starting BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ] ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 Also tried to see if there were two instances of boinc ~$ ps -ax|grep boinc Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html 8562 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep boinc 18192 ? S 1:58 /usr/bin/boinc --check_all_logins --redirectio --dir /var/lib/boinc-client The only issue I see here it should give the project it is crunching for, it is not showing that as well :( can somebody guide me to what's wrong? ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: boinc-client 6.2.14-2 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_IN SourcePackage: boinc Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
2008-11-15 03:37:04 Shirish Agarwal description Hi all, boinc doesn't crunch. It tries to do benchmarking and then disconnects. ~$ boinc --run_cpu_benchmarks 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.2.14 for i686-pc-linux-gnu 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, checkpoint_debug 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.10 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Data directory: /home/shirish 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz [Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2] 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] 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 up pebs bts 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.27-7-generic 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Memory: 1001.37 MB physical, 1.39 GB virtual 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Disk: 52.20 GB total, 31.34 GB free 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Local time is UTC +5 hours 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No coprocessors 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Version change (6.2.12 -> 6.2.14) 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 500.68MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 901.23MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:52 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98 gstate.init() failed: -180 ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 $ sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart [sudo] password for shirish: * Stopping BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Starting BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ] ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 Also tried to see if there were two instances of boinc ~$ ps -ax|grep boinc Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html 8562 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep boinc 18192 ? S 1:58 /usr/bin/boinc --check_all_logins --redirectio --dir /var/lib/boinc-client The only issue I see here it should give the project it is crunching for, it is not showing that as well :( can somebody guide me to what's wrong? ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: boinc-client 6.2.14-2 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_IN SourcePackage: boinc Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686 Hi all, boinc doesn't crunch. It tries to do benchmarking and then disconnects. ~$ boinc --run_cpu_benchmarks 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.2.14 for i686-pc-linux-gnu 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, checkpoint_debug 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.10 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Data directory: /home/shirish 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz [Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2] 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] 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 up pebs bts 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.27-7-generic 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Memory: 1001.37 MB physical, 1.39 GB virtual 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Disk: 52.20 GB total, 31.34 GB free 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Local time is UTC +5 hours 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No coprocessors 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Version change (6.2.12 -> 6.2.14) 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 500.68MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 901.23MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:52 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98 gstate.init() failed: -180 ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 $ sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart [sudo] password for shirish: * Stopping BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Starting BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ] ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 Also tried to see if there were two instances of boinc ~$ ps -ax|grep boinc Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html 8562 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep boinc 18192 ? S 1:58 /usr/bin/boinc --check_all_logins --redirectio --dir /var/lib/boinc-client The only issue I see here it should give the project it is crunching for, it is not showing that as well :( can somebody guide me to what's wrong? I also did all the stuff given at boinc homepage in order to get it to work (just in case) :- 1. Open /etc/group in a text editor. 2. Look for the line starting with boinc:x:<group ID number>:. 3. Edit the line to look like boinc:x:<group ID number>:username 4. Save the file and close the editor. 5. In a terminal, enter sudo chmod g+rw /var/lib/boinc-client 6. Enter sudo chmod g+rw /var/lib/boinc-client/*.* 7. Enter sudo ln -s /var/lib/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg /home/username/gui_rpc_auth.cfg 8. Enter sudo chown boinc:boinc /home/username/gui_rpc_auth.cfg All of them work without a hitch apart from 7 ln: creating symbolic link `/home/shirish/gui_rpc_auth.cfg': File exists ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: boinc-client 6.2.14-2 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_IN SourcePackage: boinc Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
2008-11-15 03:37:04 Shirish Agarwal title boinc stalls boinc stalls after update
2008-11-15 04:10:37 Shirish Agarwal description Hi all, boinc doesn't crunch. It tries to do benchmarking and then disconnects. ~$ boinc --run_cpu_benchmarks 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.2.14 for i686-pc-linux-gnu 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, checkpoint_debug 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.10 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Data directory: /home/shirish 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz [Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2] 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] 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 up pebs bts 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.27-7-generic 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Memory: 1001.37 MB physical, 1.39 GB virtual 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Disk: 52.20 GB total, 31.34 GB free 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Local time is UTC +5 hours 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No coprocessors 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Version change (6.2.12 -> 6.2.14) 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 500.68MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 901.23MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:52 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98 gstate.init() failed: -180 ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 $ sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart [sudo] password for shirish: * Stopping BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Starting BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ] ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 Also tried to see if there were two instances of boinc ~$ ps -ax|grep boinc Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html 8562 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep boinc 18192 ? S 1:58 /usr/bin/boinc --check_all_logins --redirectio --dir /var/lib/boinc-client The only issue I see here it should give the project it is crunching for, it is not showing that as well :( can somebody guide me to what's wrong? I also did all the stuff given at boinc homepage in order to get it to work (just in case) :- 1. Open /etc/group in a text editor. 2. Look for the line starting with boinc:x:<group ID number>:. 3. Edit the line to look like boinc:x:<group ID number>:username 4. Save the file and close the editor. 5. In a terminal, enter sudo chmod g+rw /var/lib/boinc-client 6. Enter sudo chmod g+rw /var/lib/boinc-client/*.* 7. Enter sudo ln -s /var/lib/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg /home/username/gui_rpc_auth.cfg 8. Enter sudo chown boinc:boinc /home/username/gui_rpc_auth.cfg All of them work without a hitch apart from 7 ln: creating symbolic link `/home/shirish/gui_rpc_auth.cfg': File exists ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: boinc-client 6.2.14-2 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_IN SourcePackage: boinc Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686 Hi all, boinc doesn't crunch. It tries to do benchmarking and then disconnects. This happened after update/upgrade from 6.2.12 to 6.2.14 ~$ boinc --run_cpu_benchmarks 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.2.14 for i686-pc-linux-gnu 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops, checkpoint_debug 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.18.2 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.10 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Data directory: /home/shirish 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Processor: 1 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz [Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2] 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] 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 up pebs bts 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.27-7-generic 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Memory: 1001.37 MB physical, 1.39 GB virtual 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Disk: 52.20 GB total, 31.34 GB free 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Local time is UTC +5 hours 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No coprocessors 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Version change (6.2.12 -> 6.2.14) 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 500.68MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 901.23MB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:23 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 9.31GB 14-Nov-2008 21:07:52 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98 gstate.init() failed: -180 ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 $ sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client restart [sudo] password for shirish: * Stopping BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Starting BOINC core client: boinc [ OK ] * Setting up scheduling for BOINC core client and children: [ OK ] ~$ boinccmd --get_messages Authorization failure: -155 Also tried to see if there were two instances of boinc ~$ ps -ax|grep boinc Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See http://procps.sf.net/faq.html 8562 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep boinc 18192 ? S 1:58 /usr/bin/boinc --check_all_logins --redirectio --dir /var/lib/boinc-client The only issue I see here it should give the project it is crunching for, it is not showing that as well :( can somebody guide me to what's wrong? I also did all the stuff given at boinc homepage in order to get it to work (just in case) :- 1. Open /etc/group in a text editor. 2. Look for the line starting with boinc:x:<group ID number>:. 3. Edit the line to look like boinc:x:<group ID number>:username 4. Save the file and close the editor. 5. In a terminal, enter sudo chmod g+rw /var/lib/boinc-client 6. Enter sudo chmod g+rw /var/lib/boinc-client/*.* 7. Enter sudo ln -s /var/lib/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg /home/username/gui_rpc_auth.cfg 8. Enter sudo chown boinc:boinc /home/username/gui_rpc_auth.cfg All of them work without a hitch apart from 7 ln: creating symbolic link `/home/shirish/gui_rpc_auth.cfg': File exists . Also found something more interesting ~$ ll /var/lib/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2008-11-12 07:24 /var/lib/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg -> /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg So apparently /var/lib/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg is already symlinked to /etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 Package: boinc-client 6.2.14-2 ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_IN SourcePackage: boinc Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
2008-11-21 04:39:25 usr boinc: status New Confirmed
2008-11-21 04:39:25 usr boinc: statusexplanation Confirmed. The same bug at fresh installation.
2009-03-24 00:28:13 Nicolás Alvarez boinc: status Confirmed Invalid
2009-03-24 00:28:13 Nicolás Alvarez boinc: statusexplanation Confirmed. The same bug at fresh installation.