boinc-manager

#!/bin/bash
#
# boinc-manager - wrapper for boincmgr to auto-start boinc and fix some issues
#
#    Copyright (C) 2012 Rodrigo Silva (MestreLion) <linux@rodrigosilva.com>
#
#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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#
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#    GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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#
# Workaround the annoying bug where boinc client daemon starts too soon in the
# boot sequence, before GPU driver (or X, or DE) is active, causing boinc not
# to find the GPU.
#
# Also fixes a Manager limitation of not starting the client daemon by itself.
#
# It is recommended to change the Manager launcher at
# /usr/share/applications/boinc-manager.desktop to execute this script instead
# of /usr/bin/boincmgr. Or, better yet, copy the .desktop file to
# ~/.local/share/applications and edit it there. Use the following commands:
# desktop="share/applications/boinc-manager.desktop"
# sed '/^Exec=/s/=.*/=boinc-manager/' "/usr/$desktop" > "$HOME/.local/$desktop"

boinc=/etc/init.d/boinc-client
boincdir=/var/lib/boinc-client

cd "$boincdir"

if "$boinc" status | grep -q 'stopped$' ||
   { boinccmd --get_messages | grep -qi "No usable GPUs found" &&
     lsmod | grep -qi "fglrx" ; }
then
	pkexec "$boinc" restart
fi

/usr/bin/boincmgr "$@"

exit

# For reference: a test for boinc restart to fix 'AMD GPU not found' bug
boinc=/etc/init.d/boinc-client
if  [ -x "$boinc" ]                                           &&  # init script exists and is enabled
    "$boinc" status | grep -qi ': running$'                   &&  # boinc client is running
    lsmod | grep -qi "fglrx"                                  &&  # AMD/ATI proprietary driver is enabled
    boinccmd --get_messages | grep -qi "No usable GPUs found" ;   # but GPU is not detected by boinc
then
	pkexec "$boinc" restart
fi