Bug#540461: boinc-client is making machine to freeze on amd64

[Sandro Tosi]

Hello,

On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 10:18:42AM +0200, Jan Prunk wrote:
> Package: boinc-client
> Version: 6.4.5+dfsg-2
> Severity: normal
>
> Hello !
>
> I experienced the same problems, when running boinc-client (boincmgr) on two AMD64
> machines. After a while when doing the calculation the machine "freezes", the only
> solution to restore access is to reboot it. I have tested this with Boinc projects,
> like climateproduction.net and worldcommunitygrid.org. Doing calculation on other
> platforms works without problems (i686).

Are you still facing this problem? I run boinc on amd64 since years
and I've never this problem, but I'm not subscribed to those projects.
The only thing I can think is that you might need to tune the memory
params in boinc-manager.

Regards,
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