I pushed on yakkety, debian git and trusty. thanks for the fix and the useful bug report!
** Description changed: + [Impact] + * crash on non-X servers or with PrivateTmp systemd option set + + [Test Case] + * run boinc with idle detection code enabled + + [Regression Potential] + * none, just a NPE fixed. + + Fixed in yakkety 7.6.32+dfsg-2~build1 + When running BOINC without an X-server, or under systemd with PrivateTmp set to true, a crash occurs (after about 5 minutes). This is because the idle detection code is trying to open /tmp/.X11-unix, and the error case (the case where the directory doesn't exist or isn't accessible) isn't handled correctly. This is documented upstream at https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/1530, and fixed with the commit https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/commit/8416d8a1a423535fbc5d4e7416d6eac8ac5c050b, but hasn't made into a release yet. This is under Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial), with version 7.6.31+dfsg-6. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581029 Title: Running BOINC without an X-server (or with PrivateTmp=true in the service file) results in a crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/boinc/+bug/1581029/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
