[Bug 1900803] Re: BOINC client fails to detect when the system is idle

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

** Description changed:

- BOINC client 7.16.6 packaged for Ubuntu 20.04 fails to detect when the
- system is idle. So, if you set your projects to run after the system has
- been idle for x minutes, computations will never start and remain in
- status "Suspended - computer is in use" state forever.
+ [ Impact ]
+ BOINC client 7.16.6 packaged for Ubuntu 20.04 fails to detect when the system is idle. So, if you set your projects to run after the system has been idle for x minutes, computations will never start and remain in status "Suspended - computer is in use" state forever.
  
  This is a regression compared to older versions (7.16.3 for instance).
  Seems to be fixed upstream in 7.16.11, see: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/3715
  
+ 
+ [ Test case ]
+ * Open boinc and set to run only if the system is idle, in syslog you will spot lots of "permission denied" and it won't detect the idle time without starting
+ 
+ [ Regression Potential ]
+ * Low, the current code looks broken due two bugs, one permission denied issue fixed with a service file change, and the other in the detection code due to a wrong variable being used
+ 
+ [ Other info ]
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: boinc-client 7.16.6+dfsg-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-51.56-generic 5.4.65
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-51-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Wed Oct 21 09:17:09 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-05 (15 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
  SourcePackage: boinc
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  modified.conffile..etc.boinc-client.gui_rpc_auth.cfg: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permesso negato: '/etc/boinc-client/gui_rpc_auth.cfg']
  mtime.conffile..etc.boinc-client.global_prefs_override.xml: 2020-04-22T12:16:59

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