[Bug 1009536] Re: Ubuntu 12.04/7.0.24/ Seti at home

[TheDreamer]

I have Test4Theory working on other systems (10.04LTS), even better now
that it has a headless option...otherwise there was tweaking to allow
boinc to pop the VM window onto my desktop, and have myself
automatically log in...so it could maybe work if the system rebooted
when I wasn't there.

But, VirtualBox & QuakeCatcherNetwork don't get along.  Something about
the USB sensor, causes the kernel to panic when VirtualBox is starting
(and none of the VMs use USB and the presence or absence of the
extension pack doesn't make a difference. )

This was the only reason I set up a 12.04LTS box to play with....

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Title:
  Ubuntu 12.04/7.0.24/ Seti at home

Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “boinc” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  We already had a bug opened for this issue. But it was marked as "fix
  released" (I don't know why as no change ever happened to the
  repository package)

  The Boinc package (7.0.24....precise1) in the 12.04 Ubuntu repository
  doesn't work for seti at home, it just produces "computation errors".

  The package needs to be changed, perhaps to Debians SID 7.0.27, or
  backported from Quantal if that package has been confirmed to be in
  good working order.

  Currently, 12.04/seti at home and lhc at home users are still unable to run
  Boinc without using the PPA alternatives.

  -Dave

  [Edited for clarity]

  
  Please SRU

  [Impact]
  This bug affects all users of Precise attempting to run Boinc 7.0.24 for the Seti at home project.

  [Test case]
  Bug can be reproduced by installing Boinc 7.0.24 in Ubuntu 12.04 and connecting to the seti at home project.
  Downloaded work-units will instantly error upon attempting to run. In other words the Boinc package currently in the precise repository is unusable for Seti at home, and a couple others.

  [Regression Potential]
  Quantal has had it's version of boinc changed to 7.0.27 from Debian SID. As far as I'm aware it fixes this bug.
  7.0.27 has many upstream fixes for several issues, I think that the change may bring a few new bugs, but should fix far more issues than it causes, again the current package is unusable for one of the largest projects running on Boinc.

  https://launchpad.net/~blueyed Daniel Hahler has agreed to sponsor the
  upload for SRU

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