On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 16:35 -0500, Michael Klinosky wrote: > I installed F8 (fresh) on one of my machines (not my primary box!), and > BOINC seems to have some issues now. > > After I cleaned up the install to my prefs, I downloaded the latest & > greatest BOINC software (5.10.21). When I tried to run the manager, I > got "Assertion `!c->xlib.lock' failed." A search turned up some issues > with F8 - here is one relevant to mine: > http://staff.science.uva.nl/~hveerten/linux.html > > Well, I can't use that version. So I tried the former version (I left > /home intact). However, its gui freezes as soon as it appears. If > there's another window over it, and I bring it to the front, it's not > updated. And, I have to force quit. > > A terminal works, as does Firefox. > > What's going on? > Known issue. [1] Seems the BOINC (like java) is incompatible with new(er) X.org releases. - Gilboa [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=301691
