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OS: LMDE 7 (gigi) x86_64
Host: Nobilis
Kernel: Linux 6.12.57+deb13-amd64
Packages: 2085 (dpkg), 6 (flatpak)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Display (DELL S2425HS): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz in 24" [External]sdoohyoydyso/.
DE: Cinnamon 6.4.13
WM: Muffin (X11)
WM Theme: Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua (Mint-Y)
Theme: Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua [GTK2/3/4]
Icons: Mint-Y-Sand [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Ubuntu (14pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Terminal: GNOME Terminal 3.56.2
Terminal Font: DejaVu Sans Mono (14pt)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100 (4) @ 3.90 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3 [Discrete]
Memory: 1.50 GiB / 7.71 GiB (20%)
Swap: 0 B / 8.10 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 12.60 GiB / 449.40 GiB (3%) - ext4
Locale: en_US.UTF-8

New install (sudo apt install boinc-manager). BOINC task freezes when attempting to add projects - repeatedly. Even after reboots. Have to kill the PID. Specifically, the freeze occurs when adding a project as an existing user, it freezes when verifying the user name and password. Have tried purging and reinstalling BOINC (after rebooting) when same result.

Which projects have you tried?

Try install vanilla BOINC client from here.

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DENIS@home, RNA World, SiDock@home, and World Community Grid

My BOINC app was installed using apt (for LMDE).

In reply to Tex's message of 29 Dec 2025:

My BOINC app was installed using apt (for LMDE).

Which installed what version?

FRI Denis has not had work in months and RNA announced they will not have any more work.

8.0.4 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Didn't know that about Denis or RNA. Thanks for the info.

Tex

Just attempted to add another project on a DIFFERNT machine with same results :



OS: LMDE 7 (gigi) x86_64

:oo:.` -+oo: Host: MS-7C91 (2.0)
`+o/` .::::::-. .++-` Kernel: Linux 6.12.57+deb13-amd64
`/s/ .yyyyyyyyyyo: +o-` Uptime: 2 days, 4 hours, 3 mins
`so .ss ohyo` :s-: Packages: 2879 (dpkg), 17 (flatpak), 10 (snap)
`s/ .ss h m myy/ /s`` Shell: bash 5.2.37
`s: `oo s m Myy+-o:` Display (DELL S2425HS): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz in 24" [External]sdoohyoydyso/.
:o. .:////////++: DE: Cinnamon 6.4.13
`/++ -:::::- WM: Muffin (X11)
`++- WM Theme: Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua (Mint-Y)
`/+- Theme: gtk2 [Qt], Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua [GTK2/3/4]
.+/. Icons: Mint-Y [Qt], Mint-Y-Sand [GTK2/3/4]
.:+-. Font: qt5ct [Qt], Ubuntu (14pt) [GTK2/3/4]
`--.`` Cursor: Bibata-Modern-Classic (40px)
Terminal: GNOME Terminal 3.56.2
Terminal Font: Monospace (14pt)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G (12) @ 4.46 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series [Integrated]
Memory: 4.85 GiB / 13.55 GiB (36%)
Swap: Disabled
Disk (/): 179.75 GiB / 517.17 GiB (35%) - ext4
Disk (/media/skytex/E- 3Tb Drive): 2.17 TiB / 2.50 TiB (87%) - fuseblk
Disk (/media/skytex/I- 5Tb Movies): 3.13 TiB / 4.55 TiB (69%) - fuseblk
Disk (/mnt/D- 1Tb Data): 784.97 GiB / 931.51 GiB (84%) - fuseblk

Froze up when verifying the username and password (existing account). Let me know if there is other information you need from either system.

You can stop posting all that system info. The boinc client version would actually be useful.

I believe I had the same thing happen on Mint 21.
All of a sudden I got http transient errors when uploading WUProp results on Mint 21 and 5x Raspberry Pi
I believe it was on 8.0.4 and tried upgrading to 8.2.8 but could not add any project back after a boinc purge. The client would shut down when adding projects.
Currently updating Mint packages and will try an older boinc client version if I can get one besides 7.18 thats available with Mint 21.

It was either updating Mint 21 or 7.18 that worked for me.

BOINC client is the same as the manager - 8.0.4

In reply to Tex's message of 30 Dec 2025:

BOINC client is the same as the manager - 8.0.4

First of all, this is an old version.
Second, we don't support builds that are not built by us (check my previous post with the link).
If you don't want to install our vanilla build - then please report this error to the package maintainer of your distro

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In reply to mmonnin's message of 30 Dec 2025:

All of a sudden I got http transient errors when uploading WUProp results on Mint 21 and 5x Raspberry Pi

Recently WUProp changed their URL. Please check if you still have an old URL and change to the new one.

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My bad - I didn't check to see what version was the new version. Thanks for all your help. I'll give the new version a try.

WUprop also had a wobble with SSL earlier today, now fixed.

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Paul.

In reply to Vitalii Koshura's message of 30 Dec 2025:

In reply to mmonnin's message of 30 Dec 2025:

All of a sudden I got http transient errors when uploading WUProp results on Mint 21 and 5x Raspberry Pi

Recently WUProp changed their URL. Please check if you still have an old URL and change to the new one.

The URL change was not related.

Older versions should be made available for DL in the PPA. 7.18 fixed the issue for me until WUProp's SSL completely broke today

In reply to mmonnin's message of 30 Dec 2025:

Older versions should be made available for DL in the PPA. 7.18 fixed the issue for me until WUProp's SSL completely broke today

We decided to support 4 latest stable versions. Main reason for that is that we don't support older versions, and we will not release any patches for them.
Also, we do encourage users to use the latest versions of our software that includes a lot of new functionality that is very valuable for the projects (e.g. with client version 7.18 you have no possibility to run any task from BOINC Central).
Regarding PPA, we support our own storage that includes all the OSs we support, and this is much easier than support several different solutions for different OSs.
Also, since a while, we publish all the packages on GitHub, so if you are really interested in some completely outdated build - you can try to find it there and install manually.

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BOINC maintainer.
For any insight, check my BOINC Development Blog.