Comment 43 for bug 991179

That download speed is normal anywhere. Unfortunately. :-)
Ill test whatever you guys decide to compile and put in locutus' ppa.
On May 6, 2012 1:35 PM, "Steffen Möller" <email address hidden> wrote:

> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Sun, 06 May 2012 16:03:30 -0000
> > Von: Dave <email address hidden>
> > An: <email address hidden>
> > Betreff: [Bug 991179] Re: 7.0.24 "computation error" bug
>
> > @ Locutus....
> >
> > If this ppa has the patch Steffen thought was breaking it, we made need
> > to re-think things a little...
> >
> > What are the differences, if any, between THIS ppa 7.0.26 that works
> > (with that patch included), and the very first one I tried that was
> > broke?
>
> You find 7.0.27 in the git repository and in the home directory of mine.
> I suggest to go with some additional motivation on that new version. I
> have not tested it with SETI, yet. Their 6.33MB app crawls with 4-8kb/s
> across the Atlantic. We should really find a way to have their
> application in boinc-app-seti distributed distributively through
> Debian/Ubuntu again :o) ... Update: the download made it and SETI works,
> albeit with a more minimal set of patches.
>
> Steffen
>
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> Title:
> 7.0.24 "computation error" bug
>
> Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Hi. Repository versions 7.0.24, (I assume 7.0.25) and 7.0.26 have a
> known bug which affects users with various hardware running Ubuntu
> 12.04. The bug makes the boinc software unable to process any work-
> units.
>
> This is a known bug by a growing group of S@H Boinc users running
> Ubuntu 12.04 and other Debain variants.
>
> As soon as there is a version out which overcomes this bug, the
> repository package may want to be changed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> [edit] it seems this bug is only caused by the repository installs of
> Boinc. When one installs Boinc from the Berkeley website the issue does not
> exist.
> Also, the bug only seems to exist for seti@home users, apparently all
> other projects are unaffected? (I'm now curious it may affect "Quake
> Catcher Network")
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