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I was folding successfully using the current F@H client on Linux. I ran into some internet issues, and since then haven't been able to get the client running again. I suspect a reboot would fix everything, but I'd like to be able to keep the machine on in the meantime. I may have made things worse by using to kill the processes - I hadn't realized it was an init.d process. I've since properly turned the init.d process off, but it fails when I turn it on (). What can I do to try and get it back on?

Maybe you can just start it manually in a cmd shell
cd /etc/init.d/
FAHClient

I've been frustrated by the init.d script saying ...FAIL but I've also stepped through the script manually to figure out what didn't work. Whatever got corrupted probably needs to be fixed but no clues are evident, at this point.

You might start with a simple reboot and see if it recovers whatever is wrong.

I was hoping to avoid reboot, but I guess there's no other easy option right now. Does the init.d script run at startup automatically, or do I need to activate it?

In a default install the init.d script runs at startup, there is/was an option in the installer to disable that action. It has been a while since I did other than a default install, so not certain where that option shows up.

From what you describe, I suspect there is some leftover lock on a file used by the client. This kind of thing usually clears up during a startup's file system checks and can be harder to find and clear otherwise.