Its too bad this bug didn't show in 12.04 before its final release, otherwise I would have reported it before 12.04 got locked. But for whatever reason it worked fine until 12.04 was final and I reinstalled boinc, it was only then that the bug showed On May 9, 2012 2:55 PM, "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]> wrote:
> LocutusOfBorg: I will research as well, but an SRU would need to be > filed for any updates to Precise, and the Packaging-Specific notes for > this bug (see comment 81) apply: the package name would change. > > Considering this is in Universe, I can poke the MOTUs to help out in > getting the SRU through, but someone will need to file the SRU. > > As well, the patch issue in Precise (may) need changing in Quantal as > well, but I'll check with the MOTUs first, they'd know (since boinc is > in Universe). > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991179 > > Title: > 7.0.24 "computation error" bug > > Status in “boinc” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Hi. Repository versions 7.0.24, (I assume 7.0.25) and 7.0.26 have a > known bug which affects users with various hardware running Ubuntu > 12.04. The bug makes the boinc software unable to process any work- > units. > > This is a known bug by a growing group of S@H Boinc users running > Ubuntu 12.04 and other Debain variants. > > As soon as there is a version out which overcomes this bug, the > repository package may want to be changed. > > Thanks. > > [edit] it seems this bug is only caused by the repository installs of > Boinc. When one installs Boinc from the Berkeley website the issue does not > exist. > Also, the bug only seems to exist for seti@home users, apparently all > other projects are unaffected? (I'm now curious it may affect "Quake > Catcher Network") > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/991179/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991179 Title: 7.0.24 "computation error" bug To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/991179/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
