Hi guys,
I have another first, at least for me, and I need advice. I managed o get BOINC up and running and I have the client running right now. However, I can't get the GUI up to see how I am doing in a format that is more intuitive than run_client. Every effort comes back to the same error message, as follows:

"Authorization failed connecting to running client.
Make sure you start this program in the same directory as the client."

If I do it in a terminal window, I get the following:

(process:15333): Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library

(boincmgr:15333): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback 'C' locale.
19:58:00: Error: Cannot set locale to ''.
Skin Manager: Failed to parse static line color. Using default.
Skin Manager: Application name was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Failed to load application logo. Using default.

(boincmgr:15333): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qtengine",

(boincmgr:15333): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qtengine",
Skin Manager: Company name was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Company web site was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Project name was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Default tab was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Exit message was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Failed to load attach to project wizard bitmap logo. Using default.
Skin Manager: Attach to project wizard title was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Failed to load attach to project wizard bitmap logo. Using default.
Skin Manager: Attach to project wizard title was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Failed to load 'a' icon. Using default.
connect: Operation now in progress

That is probably too much info, but...

I have a 64X2 AMD 3200+ processor in an ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, with 2GB of RAM. I have a NVidia 7600 GT video card and all the usual atachments. I have a 320 GB SATA drive and a 250 GB ide drive.

Does anyoe have any ideas?

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I just want to die in peace and dignity, surrounded by my all friends, jst like my grandfather did, not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.

The situation has deteriorated. It probably saw me typing and decided t fix me good ad proper. run_client is no longer working. When I try and start it, I get the following:
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.9.4 for i686-pc-linux-gnu
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.16.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8e zlib/1.2.3
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Data directory: /home/dad/BOINC
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ [Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2]
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Memory: 1.96 GB physical, 486.27 MB virtual
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Disk: 195.81 GB total, 159.05 GB free
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [SETI@home] URL: http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/; Computer ID: 3398917; location: home; project prefs: default
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [rosetta@home] URL: http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/; Computer ID: 515755; location: home; project prefs: default
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [malariacontrol.net beta] URL: http://www.malariacontrol.net/; Computer ID: 42119; location: (none); project prefs: default
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] General prefs: from malariacontrol.net beta (last modified 2007-01-13 21:50:03)
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Host location: none
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] General prefs: using your defaults
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Reading preferences override file
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Preferences: limit memory usage when active to 1005.69MB
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Preferences: limit memory usage when idle to 1810.24MB
2007-06-03 20:14:48 [---] Preferences: limit disk usage to 9.31GB
2007-06-03 20:15:17 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98

I just completely reinstalled BOINC last week, losing all kinds of history. I don't want to be doing this every week - it is failing, badly

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I just want to die in peace and dignity, surrounded by my all friends, jst like my grandfather did, not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.

The problem resolved itself after it locked up my machine forcing a reboot, which I avoid like the plague. I try and keep my uptime in big numbers, like 100+ (that is days, for you processing deprived Windoze users). Linux rules!

The Geekosaur

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I just want to die in peace and dignity, surrounded by my all friends, jst like my grandfather did, not screaming in terror like the passengers in his car.

eek...

I don't have any good advice for you as I'm still attempting to get Ubuntu onto my laptop.

But I will say that 5.9.4 is an old alpha version. You might want to try downgrading to the latest stable (5.8.16) or upgrading to the newest alpha (5.10.0 - which probably has major problems of its own).

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Kathryn :o)

Hello,

I've got the same kind of experience.

2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Starting BOINC client version 5.10.7 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Libraries: libcurl/7.15.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8c zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Data directory: /home/otax/BOINC
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Processor: 2 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 2]
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] 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 syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Memory: 1003.52 MB physical, 2.12 GB virtual
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Disk: 11.91 GB total, 7.92 GB free
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [Riesel Sieve Project] URL: http://boinc.rieselsieve.com/; Computer ID: 20699; location: home; project prefs: default
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] General prefs: from Riesel Sieve Project (last modified 2007-06-17 08:06:08)
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Host location: home
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] General prefs: using separate prefs for home
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when active to 501.76MB
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 903.17MB
2007-06-25 20:26:18 [---] Preferences limit disk usage to 5.96GB
2007-06-25 20:26:47 [---] [error] GUI RPC bind failed: 98
gstate.init() failed: -180

and

Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
20:25:51: Error: Cannot set locale to ''.
Skin Manager: Failed to parse static line color. Using default.
Skin Manager: Application name was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Failed to load application logo. Using default.
Skin Manager: Company name was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Company web site was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Project name was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Default tab was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Exit message was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Failed to load attach to project wizard bitmap logo. Using default.
Skin Manager: Attach to project wizard title was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Failed to load attach to project wizard bitmap logo. Using default.
Skin Manager: Attach to project wizard title was not defined. Using default.
Skin Manager: Failed to load 'application' icon. Using default.


First time it ever happens to me.
Crunching on Kubuntu64 Feisty 7.04 / Linux 2.6.20-16-generic
With GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz [Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 2]

My configuration and BoincManager are quite different than you OldseaDog....
So I wonder .....

???

OK, I think having found something.

I had previously in a former session installed Boinc 5.4.11 from Ubuntu repositories.
It seems, even after removing the application (according to Adepte), that it was still working, and launched at start with a new Ubuntu session.
I found that by console when typing "ps aux" I found that :

boinc 5227 0.0 0.9 52416 9332 ? Ss 20:44 0:00 /usr/bin/boinc_client -redirectio -dir /var/lib/b
boinc 5239 0.0 0.1 20468 1440 ? SNl 20:44 0:00 riesel_wrapper_5.36_x86_64_pc_linux_gnu
boinc 5240 0.0 0.1 20472 1440 ? SNl 20:44 0:00 riesel_wrapper_5.36_x86_64_pc_linux_gnu

I could kill it only under root, because belonging to "boinc" user.

After that, I relaunched my Boinc 5.10.7 without anymore problem ;-)