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Thread: Unable to Upload Work Unit Results After Ubuntu Linux Upgrade to 8.10 |
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Former Member
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Those do not appear to be the same errors you reported earlier.
You can ignore the Pango errors. That's just yet another bug that BOINC never bothered fixing. but even as "root" the system will not allow it. This makes no sense. What exactly are you trying to do, and what error do you get? You are, I trust, using the command line? Paste the output for us to review. |
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JmBoullier
Former Community Advisor Normandy - France Joined: Jan 26, 2007 Post Count: 3716 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I am a very basic Ubuntu user, therefore now that our Linux colleague Didactylos is here I will leave him find a solution to this annoying problem.
----------------------------------------I want to thank CM and RtB for their early warning and I advise any basic Ubuntu user like me who has not yet been offered to upgrade to 8.10 to refrain from doing it when the offer comes, at least until Didactylos can give us encouraging news. Cheers. Jean. |
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RhubarbRhubarb
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I managed to get Intrepid's BOINC (6.2.12) client running nicely with WCG here :)
There's a bug submitted on launchpad about this here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/246205 It can be fixed by opening up a terminal, and running: cd /var/lib/boinc-client/ Then reboot, you may need to detach from wcg in the boinc manager, then (re)attach to WCG. It's working fine now on my 64bit Ubuntu 8.10 install here now :D |
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Former Member
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Thanks, RhubarbRhubarb!
We have been puzzling over ca-bundle.crt these last few days. We'll have to get the installation script fixed. Lawrence |
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Former Member
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This is all wrong.
----------------------------------------BOINC is wrong, this Ubuntu package is wrong, and it's all a big mess. :-( RhubarbRhubarb, you have been following my old advice. I'm glad it worked in your situation, but it is a work-around, not a fix*. You do not, under any circumstances, need to detach from WCG to resolve this problem. If the BOINC package is set up correctly, you do not need ca-bundle.crt at all. In fact, I recommend deleting it, since clearly an old or broken version is included with this particular Ubuntu package. Instead, BOINC will use the file that comes with libcurl. The package must have a dependency on libcurl with OpenSSL support. Note: the filename for the internal certificate bundle is different to the BOINC name. Please will somebody tell the Ubuntu folks to get their act together? * A fix on Windows, an ugly work-around on Linux. [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Nov 2, 2008 10:23:32 AM] |
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mike047
Senior Cruncher Joined: Aug 22, 2006 Post Count: 262 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Former Member
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This is indeed a problem with the ca-bundle. I've got it working via these commands
CD /Var/Lib/Boinc-client Sudo wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/browser/trunk/.../ca-bundle.crt?format=raw Sudo cp -a ca-bundle.crt{?format=raw,} Sudo reboot Sudo dpkg -S /Var/Lib/Boinc-client/ca-bundle.crt If the last command says it can't find the bundle check your map for the bundle it may already be there because of the third command. That's it! Good luck everyone. Hollandia |
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Former Member
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Using the command line work around below I have been able to upload the four work units that were waiting in my system.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client stop cd /var/lib/boinc-client/ sudo mv ca-bundle.crt ca-bundle.crt.old sudo wget http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/browser/trunk/.../ca-bundle.crt?format=raw sudo mv ca-bundle.crt?format=raw ca-bundle.crt sudo /etc/init.d/boinc-client start -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, the system did not automatically download new work units. I had to go to the BOINC Manager Projects page and and hit the "Upgrade" command twice to download two new work units which are now processing normally. Apparently, I will have to keep a close eye on this version of BOINC which automatically installed with the latest Ubuntu OS upgrade to 8.10 This message is still shown with each boot: Mon 03 Nov 2008 08:29:12 AM EST||Starting BOINC client version 6.2.12 for i686-pc-linux-gnu Mon 03 Nov 2008 08:29:12 AM EST||This a development version of BOINC and may not function properly It is obvious that WCG, BOINC and Ubuntu need to work together quickly to correct the problem with the Ubuntu upgrade and to push a fix through the Ubuntu Update Manager. Not everybody who uses Linux knows how to copy and paste commands in the terminal window, and their machines may soon be wasted for WCG. I found the "copy and paste" terminal command line entries that worked at this link provided by Mike047 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/246205 The command sequence that worked for me was posted there by Chris_Andrew. Thanks to all for offering your help and advice. Without it those completed work units would still be prisoners on my machine, and I would have been limited to doing my crunching in XP. Thanks again. CM aka Bill |
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Former Member
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World Community Grid have absolutely zero control over the Ubuntu package.
The version supplied by World Community Grid on the download page does not have this problem. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Let me clarify my (and World Community Grid's) position:
Do not use pre-release software. We do not officially support it, and you use it at your own risk. And a personal note, (I am not speaking for World Community Grid here): BOINC 6 is a disaster. A debacle. Countless bugs, and all sorts of mismanagement. The Ubuntu bugs are just the tip of a bigger iceberg. World Community Grid have gone to a lot of effort to fix the worst of the mess before offering BOINC 6 to their members. 6.2.25 is available as a beta, but is unlikely to be the final version. |
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