Bug 678749 - Can not start boinc_client as normal user: "Another instance of BOINC is running."
Summary: Can not start boinc_client as normal user: "Another instance of BOINC is runn...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: boinc-client
Version: 14
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Milos Jakubicek
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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: 678750 (view as bug list)
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-02-19 10:03 UTC by Stefan Parviainen
Modified: 2011-02-19 19:48 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-02-19 10:19:27 UTC
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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)
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