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    Unable to start boinc-client

    When I try to service boinc-client start I get error message:

    Code:
    [root@hp ~]# service boinc-client start
    Redirecting to /bin/systemctl  start boinc-client.service
    Failed to issue method call: Unit boinc-client.service failed to load: No such file or directory. See system logs and 'systemctl status boinc-client.service' for details.
    [root@hp ~]# systemctl status boinc-client.service
    boinc-client.service
              Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
              Active: inactive (dead)
    
    [root@hp ~]#
    dmesg shows nothing. I can't find anything related to Boinc in /var/log/

    I'm using boinc-client-6.12.43-1.r25218svn.fc17.i686 on a system which is updated to the latest fc17 packages. The system was installed from scratch using the F17 KDE Live CD.

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    Re: Unable to start boinc-client

    Boinc runs fine, if I start it with command:

    Code:
    sudo -u boinc /usr/bin/boinc_client --dir /var/lib/boinc
    But I still can't start Boinc using service boinc-client start. It complains No such file or directory (see my first message), but I can't find anywhere information on which file or directory is missing???

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    Re: Unable to start boinc-client

    Maybe boinc wasn't converted over to systemd yet? I installed boinc-client and boinc-manager on my Fedora 16 PC and I see no boinc related files under /lib/systemd or /etc/systemd

    What happens if you call the init.d script directly so you circumvent service?:
    Code:
    /etc/init.d/boinc-client start

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    Re: Unable to start boinc-client

    Quote Originally Posted by marko
    Maybe boinc wasn't converted over to systemd yet? I installed boinc-client and boinc-manager on my Fedora 16 PC and I see no boinc related files under /lib/systemd or /etc/systemd

    What happens if you call the init.d script directly so you circumvent service?:
    Code:
    /etc/init.d/boinc-client start
    I'm using boinc-client-6.12.43-1.r25218svn.fc17.i686 and I think it is converted to systemd:

    Code:
    $ rpm -ql boinc-client
    ...
    /usr/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client
    ...
    $ ls /etc/init.d/boinc-clien*
    ls: cannot access /etc/init.d/boinc-clien*: No such file or directory
    How can I know which file or directory is missing (see the error message in the first message)? Does systemd (or systemctl) have a debugging option or does it write a log somewhere? dmesg shows nothing.

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    Re: Unable to start boinc-client

    Quote Originally Posted by JuhaniJaakola
    I'm using boinc-client-6.12.43-1.r25218svn.fc17.i686 and I think it is converted to systemd:

    Code:
    $ rpm -ql boinc-client
    ...
    /usr/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client
    ...
    $ ls /etc/init.d/boinc-clien*
    ls: cannot access /etc/init.d/boinc-clien*: No such file or directory
    How can I know which file or directory is missing (see the error message in the first message)? Does systemd (or systemctl) have a debugging option or does it write a log somewhere? dmesg shows nothing.
    I get this on Fedora 16:
    ls -l /etc/init.d/boinc-clien*
    -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 4516 2011-08-20 13:15 /etc/init.d/boinc-client*
    so your /etc/init.d script is missing, it should be from your boinc-client:
    rpm -ql boinc-client | grep boinc-client
    /etc/bash_completion.d/boinc-client
    /etc/logrotate.d/boinc-client
    /etc/rc.d/init.d/boinc-client
    /etc/sysconfig/boinc-client
    /usr/share/doc/boinc-client-6.12.35
    /usr/share/doc/boinc-client-6.12.35/COPYING
    /usr/share/doc/boinc-client-6.12.35/COPYRIGHT
    /usr/share/doc/boinc-client-6.12.35/USAGE_FEDORA
    (note /etc/init.d is a link to /etc/rc.d/init.d)

    Maybe you've found a problem with the package in Fedora 17

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    Re: Unable to start boinc-client

    I have preupgraded form F16 to F17 yesterday and also have the same problem.

    $ systemctl status boinc-client.service
    boinc-client.service
    Loaded: error (Reason: No such file or directory)
    Active: inactive (dead)


    ---------- Post added at 06:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 PM ----------

    Boinc started to work again after renaming /usr/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client to /usr/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.service, see BZ 814060.

    HTH,
    Germán.

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    Re: Unable to start boinc-client

    Quote Originally Posted by skytux
    I have preupgraded form F16 to F17 yesterday and also have the same problem.



    ---------- Post added at 06:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 PM ----------

    Boinc started to work again after renaming /usr/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client to /usr/lib/systemd/system/boinc-client.service, see BZ 814060.

    HTH,
    Germán.
    I supposed F17 is different from F16 as to where the service files go, when I do a find on F16 for *.service files under /usr/lib/systemd there are almost none there (just /usr/lib/systemd/user/exit.service ).
    Fedora 16 service files are mostly under /lib/systemd/system/

    Maybe this is because of the F17 file system unification they did

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    Re: Unable to start boinc-client

    Yes I now, but I only added a ".service" suffix to that file.

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