BOINC do not memorize the compute and the network activities preferences. As simple user, I must open BOINC manager to compute in the right mode. In BOINC 7.2.42, on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS updated each day, on ASUS-N56JR.

BOINC 7.2 is no longer being developed. If you want to check if this isn't working, you will have to update to a 7.6 version, which is being developed at the moment.

Locutus of Borg is releasing updated version quite regularly, as can be seen from https://launchpad.net/~costamagnagianfranco/+archive/ubuntu/locutusofborg-ppa.

In any case, the values for the use of the computing- and network activities is stored at the end of the client_state.xml file. This file also holds all the information about the tasks in cache and their applications, so if you have no trouble caching work, there should not be any trouble with the status of the network and computing activity either. Same file.

The below shows the values from my client_state.xml file, state 1 is run always, state 2 is run based on preferences, state 3 is suspended.

<user_run_request>2</user_run_request>
<user_run_prev_request>1</user_run_prev_request>
<user_gpu_request>2</user_gpu_request>
<user_gpu_prev_request>1</user_gpu_prev_request>
<user_network_request>1</user_network_request>

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