Hi!

Boinc version 6.10.17
Ubuntu 10.04
i7 920 4 GB Ram

Boinc was running great for me, but now it won't run at all.

WHen I start boinc manager, it sits for awhile and then says error and unable to connect to localhost...

there is nothing useful in advanced view, simply blank areas of the manager window under each tab, so nothing is done (just greyed out buttons, etc.)

when I checked to see if the actual boinc program was running, it wasn't, so I tried starting it through nautilus. It would start and then promptly disappear from the system monitor window.

I then tried running it from the terminal window and got this...

glen@glen-desktop:~$ /usr/bin/boinc
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Starting BOINC client version 6.10.17 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8k zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.15
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Data directory: /home/glen
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Processor: 8 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         920  @ 2.67GHz [Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 4]
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Processor: 8.00 MB cache
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vm
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] OS: Linux: 2.6.32-24-generic
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Memory: 3.86 GB physical, 25.17 GB virtual
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Disk: 34.60 GB total, 5.27 GB free
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Local time is UTC -6 hours
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce 9600 GS (driver version unknown, CUDA version 3000, compute capability 1.1, 767MB, 120 GFLOPS peak)
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Not using a proxy
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] No general preferences found - using BOINC defaults
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 1977.09MB
14-Oct-2010 20:49:24 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 3558.76MB
*** buffer overflow detected ***: /usr/bin/boinc terminated
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x7f822e895207]
/lib/libc.so.6(+0xfe0c0)[0x7f822e8940c0]
/lib/libc.so.6(+0xfd529)[0x7f822e893529]
/lib/libc.so.6(_IO_default_xsputn+0xcc)[0x7f822e80bd1c]
/lib/libc.so.6(_IO_vfprintf+0x3d34)[0x7f822e7df0d4]
/lib/libc.so.6(__vsprintf_chk+0x99)[0x7f822e8935c9]
/lib/libc.so.6(__sprintf_chk+0x7f)[0x7f822e89350f]
/usr/bin/boinc[0x45f9db]
/usr/bin/boinc[0x45f9fe]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-0048f000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 19269                              /usr/bin/boinc
0068e000-0068f000 r--p 0008e000 08:07 19269                              /usr/bin/boinc
0068f000-00690000 rw-p 0008f000 08:07 19269                              /usr/bin/boinc
00690000-0069a000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
01eb6000-01f33000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0                                  [heap]
7f822ba2b000-7f822c0a5000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 25360                      /usr/lib/nvidia-current/libcuda.so.195.36.24
7f822c0a5000-7f822c1a4000 ---p 0067a000 08:07 25360                      /usr/lib/nvidia-current/libcuda.so.195.36.24
7f822c1a4000-7f822c23b000 rw-p 00679000 08:07 25360                      /usr/lib/nvidia-current/libcuda.so.195.36.24
7f822c23b000-7f822c265000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
7f822c265000-7f822c271000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 1782723                    /lib/libnss_files-2.11.1.so
7f822c271000-7f822c470000 ---p 0000c000 08:07 1782723                    /lib/libnss_files-2.11.1.so
7f822c470000-7f822c471000 r--p 0000b000 08:07 1782723                    /lib/libnss_files-2.11.1.so
7f822c471000-7f822c472000 rw-p 0000c000 08:07 1782723                    /lib/libnss_files-2.11.1.so
7f822c472000-7f822c475000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 1782535                    /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
7f822c475000-7f822c674000 ---p 00003000 08:07 1782535                    /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
7f822c674000-7f822c675000 r--p 00002000 08:07 1782535                    /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
7f822c675000-7f822c676000 rw-p 00003000 08:07 1782535                    /lib/libgpg-error.so.0.4.0
7f822c676000-7f822c6eb000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 1782449                    /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.5.2
7f822c6eb000-7f822c8ea000 ---p 00075000 08:07 1782449                    /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.5.2
7f822c8ea000-7f822c8eb000 r--p 00074000 08:07 1782449                    /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.5.2
7f822c8eb000-7f822c8ee000 rw-p 00075000 08:07 1782449                    /lib/libgcrypt.so.11.5.2
7f822c8ee000-7f822c8fe000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 18800                      /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.1.7
7f822c8fe000-7f822cafd000 ---p 00010000 08:07 18800                      /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.1.7
7f822cafd000-7f822cafe000 r--p 0000f000 08:07 18800                      /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.1.7
7f822cafe000-7f822caff000 rw-p 00010000 08:07 18800                      /usr/lib/libtasn1.so.3.1.7
7f822caff000-7f822cb01000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 1782462                    /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
7f822cb01000-7f822cd00000 ---p 00002000 08:07 1782462                    /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
7f822cd00000-7f822cd01000 r--p 00001000 08:07 1782462                    /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
7f822cd01000-7f822cd02000 rw-p 00002000 08:07 1782462                    /lib/libkeyutils-1.2.so
7f822cd02000-7f822cd09000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 19852                      /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
7f822cd09000-7f822cf08000 ---p 00007000 08:07 19852                      /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
7f822cf08000-7f822cf09000 r--p 00006000 08:07 19852                      /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
7f822cf09000-7f822cf0a000 rw-p 00007000 08:07 19852                      /usr/lib/libkrb5support.so.0.1
7f822cf0a000-7f822cf0d000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 1782493                    /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
7f822cf0d000-7f822d10c000 ---p 00003000 08:07 1782493                    /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
7f822d10c000-7f822d10d000 r--p 00002000 08:07 1782493                    /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
7f822d10d000-7f822d10e000 rw-p 00003000 08:07 1782493                    /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1
7f822d10e000-7f822d132000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 20125                      /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
7f822d132000-7f822d332000 ---p 00024000 08:07 20125                      /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
7f822d332000-7f822d333000 r--p 00024000 08:07 20125                      /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
7f822d333000-7f822d334000 rw-p 00025000 08:07 20125                      /usr/lib/libk5crypto.so.3.1
7f822d334000-7f822d3ee000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 19851                      /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
7f822d3ee000-7f822d5ee000 ---p 000ba000 08:07 19851                      /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
7f822d5ee000-7f822d5f7000 r--p 000ba000 08:07 19851                      /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
7f822d5f7000-7f822d5f8000 rw-p 000c3000 08:07 19851                      /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3.3
7f822d5f8000-7f822d694000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 18302                      /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.14.12
7f822d694000-7f822d893000 ---p 0009c000 08:07 18302                      /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.14.12
7f822d893000-7f822d899000 r--p 0009b000 08:07 18302                      /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.14.12
7f822d899000-7f822d89a000 rw-p 000a1000 08:07 18302                      /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.26.14.12
7f822d89a000-7f822d8b3000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 17027                      /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.23
7f822d8b3000-7f822dab2000 ---p 00019000 08:07 17027                      /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.23
7f822dab2000-7f822dab3000 r--p 00018000 08:07 17027                      /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.23
7f822dab3000-7f822dab4000 rw-p 00019000 08:07 17027                      /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2.0.23
7f822dab4000-7f822daca000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 1782897                    /lib/libresolv-2.11.1.so
7f822daca000-7f822dcc9000 ---p 00016000 08:07 1782897                    /lib/libresolv-2.11.1.so
7f822dcc9000-7f822dcca000 r--p 00015000 08:07 1782897                    /lib/libresolv-2.11.1.so
7f822dcca000-7f822dccb000 rw-p 00016000 08:07 1782897                    /lib/libresolv-2.11.1.so
7f822dccb000-7f822dccd000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
7f822dccd000-7f822dd00000 r-xp 00000000 08:07 18860                      /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
7f822dd00000-7f822deff000 ---p 00033000 08:07 18860                      /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
7f822deff000-7f822df00000 r--p 00032000 08:07 18860                      /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2SIGABRT: abort called
Stack trace (14 frames):
/usr/bin/boinc(boinc_catch_signal+0x4d)[0x45e1fd]
/lib/libpthread.so.0(+0xf8f0)[0x7f822f2d68f0]
/lib/libc.so.6(gsignal+0x35)[0x7f822e7c9a75]
/lib/libc.so.6(abort+0x180)[0x7f822e7cd5c0]
/lib/libc.so.6(+0x6d4fb)[0x7f822e8034fb]
/lib/libc.so.6(__fortify_fail+0x37)[0x7f822e895207]
/lib/libc.so.6(+0xfe0c0)[0x7f822e8940c0]
/lib/libc.so.6(+0xfd529)[0x7f822e893529]
/lib/libc.so.6(_IO_default_xsputn+0xcc)[0x7f822e80bd1c]
/lib/libc.so.6(_IO_vfprintf+0x3d34)[0x7f822e7df0d4]
/lib/libc.so.6(__vsprintf_chk+0x99)[0x7f822e8935c9]
/lib/libc.so.6(__sprintf_chk+0x7f)[0x7f822e89350f]
/usr/bin/boinc[0x45f9db]
/usr/bin/boinc[0x45f9fe]

Exiting...
glen@glen-desktop:~$ 

I noticed it doesn't give info about the video driver in the dump... so here it is (from glxinfo):

OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 9600 GS/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 195.36.24

ideas?

btw... running aqua@home

Boinc was running great for me, but now it won't run at all.

Thus, boinc had been running OK, then something has changed system-wise; boinc segfaults for now. You should recall what has changed at step two.

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I'm counting for science,
points just make me sick.

I have encountered this problem when my internet connection is down. Somehow, the boinc manager gets confused when starting up. I think it shares sockets or something.

If this is not it, then I would next reinstall libc.so.6 since that is the module that spits up.

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