Bug 678749

Summary:	Can not start boinc_client as normal user: "Another instance of BOINC is running."
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Stefan Parviainen <pafcu>
Component:	boinc-client	Assignee:	Milos Jakubicek <xjakub>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	14	CC:	cheekyboinc, mmahut, xjakub
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Description Stefan Parviainen 2011-02-19 10:03:28 UTC

Description of problem:
When I try to run boinc_client as a normal user I always get the message "Another instance of BOINC is running.". However, no instance seems to actually be running, and no mention of boinc can be found in the output of "px ax"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
6.10.58 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run "boinc_client" as a normal user
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Actual results:
The text "Another instance of BOINC is running." is outputted

Expected results:
The program starts normally

Additional info:

Comment 1 Milos Jakubicek 2011-02-19 10:19:27 UTC

You cannot run boinc as normal user, it has its own boinc user and group.

Please follow https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mjakubicek/HowToUseBoinc.

Comment 2 Milos Jakubicek 2011-02-19 10:20:37 UTC

*** Bug 678750 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Stefan Parviainen 2011-02-19 19:48:31 UTC

Seems to me that the erroneous error message is a bug if there is, in fact, not another instance running (as the program claims)