[Bug 1581029] [NEW] Running BOINC without an X-server (or with PrivateTmp=true in the service file) results in a crash

[Saikrishna Arcot]

Public bug reported:

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.

** Affects: boinc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: xenial

** Description changed:

  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.

** Tags added: xenial

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Title:
  Running BOINC without an X-server (or with PrivateTmp=true in the
  service file) results in a crash

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