diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 7c42ed057e..e5fdc19aa8 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -10752,3 +10752,12 @@ David  24 Dec 2009
         user/
             view_profile.php
             create_profile.php
+
+David  30 Dec 2009
+    - client: Unix: if can't create client lock file,
+        report ERR_OPEN rather than ERR_ALREADY_RUNNING
+        fixes #970
+
+    lib/
+        util.cpp
+        filesys.cpp
diff --git a/doc/index.php b/doc/index.php
index f79b3d101c..dbcac7bf9d 100644
--- a/doc/index.php
+++ b/doc/index.php
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ function language_form() {
         ."<option value=es>Espa&ntilde;ol (Spanish)"
         ."<option value=fr>Fran&ccedil;ais (French)"
         ."<option value=el>Ελληνικά (Greek)"
+        ."<option value=it>Italiano (Italian)"
         ."<option value=ja>日本語 (Japanese)"
         ."<option value=ko>한국어 (Korean)"
         //."<option value=lt>Lietuvių (Lithuanian)"
diff --git a/doc/white.css b/doc/white.css
index f3cb2659dd..56912a5716 100644
--- a/doc/white.css
+++ b/doc/white.css
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ span.section_title{
     text-align: center;
 }
 
+span.news_title,
+span.inboxunread {
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
 
 span.note{
 	font-weight: normal;
diff --git a/lib/filesys.cpp b/lib/filesys.cpp
index 98ae0f719a..a6d6fefc6d 100644
--- a/lib/filesys.cpp
+++ b/lib/filesys.cpp
@@ -674,10 +674,10 @@ int FILE_LOCK::lock(const char* filename) {
     }
 
     struct flock fl;
-    fl.l_type=F_WRLCK;
-    fl.l_whence=SEEK_SET;
-    fl.l_start=0;
-    fl.l_len=0;
+    fl.l_type = F_WRLCK;
+    fl.l_whence = SEEK_SET;
+    fl.l_start = 0;
+    fl.l_len = 0;
     if (fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &fl) == -1) {
         return ERR_FCNTL;
     }
diff --git a/lib/util.cpp b/lib/util.cpp
index 02a504848f..06fdb52235 100644
--- a/lib/util.cpp
+++ b/lib/util.cpp
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static int get_client_mutex(const char*) {
     if (IsWindows2000Compatible()) {
         strcpy(buf, "Global\\");
     }
-    strcat( buf, RUN_MUTEX);
+    strcat(buf, RUN_MUTEX);
 
     HANDLE h = CreateMutexA(NULL, true, buf);
     if ((h==0) || (GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)) {
@@ -511,8 +511,11 @@ static int get_client_mutex(const char* dir) {
     static FILE_LOCK file_lock;
 
     sprintf(path, "%s/%s", dir, LOCK_FILE_NAME);
-    if (file_lock.lock(path)) {
+    int retval = file_lock.lock(path);
+    if (retval == ERR_FCNTL) {
         return ERR_ALREADY_RUNNING;
+    } else if (retval) {
+        return retval;
     }
 #endif
     return 0;
@@ -520,13 +523,14 @@ static int get_client_mutex(const char* dir) {
 
 int wait_client_mutex(const char* dir, double timeout) {
     double start = dtime();
+    int retval = 0;
     while (1) {
-        int retval = get_client_mutex(dir);
+        retval = get_client_mutex(dir);
         if (!retval) return 0;
         boinc_sleep(1);
         if (dtime() - start > timeout) break;
     }
-    return ERR_ALREADY_RUNNING;
+    return retval;
 }
 
 bool boinc_is_finite(double x) {