Bug#999447: Boinc won't resume from suspend when computer is not in use

[Sven K]

Package: boinc-manager
Version: 7.16.16+dfsg-1
Severity: important

maintainer,

I believe this is the correct package to report this bug to.

When option, "suspend when computer is in use," is set to, true, boinc never resumes from the suspended state, stating, indefinitely, 'suspended - computer is in use.  Obviously, if after the designated 3 minutes have elapsed without any keyboard or mouse input, the program should resume computing.  This does not happen.

The current kernel version is 5.10.0-9-amd64
The issue wasn't resolved by booting with the 5.10.0-8 kernel, either.

Current libc is libc-2.31.so

I tried completely purging the program, and reinstalling, and the problem persists.

I wouldn't think any, 'log,' information would be useful or relevant here, if I could find a log file for boinc-client; however, when changing settings and saving them in boinc-manager, the following output appears in syslog

Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [Rosetta@home] General prefs: from Rosetta@home (last modified 10-Nov-2021 21:18:48)
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [Rosetta@home] Computer location: home
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [Rosetta@home] General prefs: no separate prefs for home; using your defaults
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---] Reading preferences override file
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---] Preferences:
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---]    max memory usage when active: 16053.88 MB
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---]    max memory usage when idle: 25686.21 MB
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---]    max disk usage: 20.00 GB
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---]    don't compute while active
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---]    don't use GPU while active
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---]    suspend work if non-BOINC CPU load exceeds 25%
Nov 10 22:59:30  boinc[6615]: 10-Nov-2021 22:59:30 [---]    (to change preferences, visit a project web site or select Preferences in the Manager)

That's about it.  Boinc won't resume from suspend when computer is not in use.