It turns out there was already a bug reported for that. I added the new info to https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/1177
I don't know if I can spare the time to investigate but maybe someone on github picks up on this. ** Bug watch added: github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues #1177 https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/issues/1177 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1115607 Title: boincmgr unable to launch a second instance To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/boinc/+bug/1115607/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs