Thread 'Boinc Manager not Starting on Ubuntu 18.04'

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Lelorrain Send message Joined: 12 May 21 Posts: 1	Message 104369 - Posted: 12 May 2021, 15:01:20 UTC After rebooting, the manager does not start anymore. Is there some logs somewhere? I am on Ubuntu 18.04.5 with Boinc from the repository: boinc/bionic-updates,bionic-updates,now 7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu2 all [installed] metapackage for the BOINC client and the manager boinc-manager/bionic-updates,now 7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] GUI to control and monitor the BOINC core client ID: 104369 ·

Dave Help desk expert Send message Joined: 28 Jun 10 Posts: 2725	Message 104370 - Posted: 12 May 2021, 15:29:48 UTC - in response to Message 104369. After rebooting, the manager does not start anymore. Is there some logs somewhere? I am on Ubuntu 18.04.5 with Boinc from the repository: boinc/bionic-updates,bionic-updates,now 7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu2 all [installed] metapackage for the BOINC client and the manager boinc-manager/bionic-updates,now 7.9.3+dfsg-5ubuntu2 amd64 [installed] GUI to control and monitor the BOINC core client Have you tried going to the /var/lib/boinc-client directory and running in a terminal boincmgr Does it start the manager and if not what is the output? Current version of BOINC is 7.16.x A bit surprised 18.04 doesn't come with a more up to date one. ID: 104370 ·

Bryn Mawr Help desk expert Send message Joined: 31 Dec 18 Posts: 304	Message 104371 - Posted: 12 May 2021, 21:55:12 UTC Is this the lock file problem? ID: 104371 ·

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