stop the bouncing screen saver!!!

Questions and Answers : Preferences : stop the bouncing screen saver!!!

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Mike Send message Joined: 11 Sep 12 Posts: 1 Credit: 2,207 RAC: 0	Message 1282482 - Posted: 11 Sep 2012, 2:48:54 UTC
	how in the world do i stop the graph on the screen saver from bouncing around like some childish animation and remain stationary like a true scientific tool for observing my work in action? i like to read the stuff on there and watch as i lay near the beast of a laptop i run seti on. it just irritated me to no end that i have to lay a weight on the stupid mouse key to hold it still1!!!!! help please!
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Gatekeeper Send message Joined: 14 Jul 04 Posts: 703 Credit: 139,798,655 RAC: 222,849	Message 1282500 - Posted: 11 Sep 2012, 3:50:49 UTC - in response to Message 1282482.
	how in the world do i stop the graph on the screen saver from bouncing around like some childish animation and remain stationary like a true scientific tool for observing my work in action? i like to read the stuff on there and watch as i lay near the beast of a laptop i run seti on. it just irritated me to no end that i have to lay a weight on the stupid mouse key to hold it still1!!!!! help please! I'm reasonably certain that the answer to your question is: You can't. It is after all, a screen saver, designed to prevent burn-in on your display. If it stayed in one place, its purpose would be defeated. ____________
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Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3075 Credit: 341,354 RAC: 88	Message 1282528 - Posted: 11 Sep 2012, 5:58:32 UTC - in response to Message 1282500.
	It is after all, a screen saver, designed to prevent burn-in on your display. If it stayed in one place, its purpose would be defeated. That is correct, but you can stop the screensaver from bouncing nonetheless. Go to your SETI@home preferences and select "custom" for "Graphics preferences". After updating the preferences, you can set all the "time" and "period" fields to zero and update the preferences again. Now connect your client to the server once again ("Update" button) and the screensaver stops bouncing. Gruß, Gundolf ____________ Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours
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Stephen Send message Joined: 20 Sep 12 Posts: 7 Credit: 18,658 RAC: 6	Message 1290609 - Posted: 3 Oct 2012, 7:07:35 UTC - in response to Message 1282500.
	Aaah! But what about people like myself who turn off their monitor when they are away from their machine? I see no sense in wasting power and it is the ultimate screensaver. Would not disabling the screensaver completely allow that extra few clock cycles to help with the number crunching? Stephen[/quote]
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Bernie Vine Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 5666 Credit: 14,151,407 RAC: 50,748	Message 1290745 - Posted: 3 Oct 2012, 14:32:54 UTC - in response to Message 1290609. Last modified: 3 Oct 2012, 14:33:16 UTC
	Aaah! But what about people like myself who turn off their monitor when they are away from their machine? I see no sense in wasting power and it is the ultimate screensaver. Would not disabling the screensaver completely allow that extra few clock cycles to help with the number crunching? Stephen [/quote] Yes it would and if you use your GPU to crunch it is recommended that you turn it off. Most serious crunchers here haven't used the screensaver in years. ____________
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,953,818 RAC: 59,357	Message 1290799 - Posted: 3 Oct 2012, 16:12:23 UTC - in response to Message 1290745.
	Then what is the opposite of a serious cruncher? A silly one? ;-D Call me silly then because I like to have the screen saver running on my HTPC as something cool to look at when I'm not using my LCD TV.
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Bernie Vine Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 5666 Credit: 14,151,407 RAC: 50,748	Message 1291131 - Posted: 4 Oct 2012, 11:22:22 UTC - in response to Message 1290799.
	Then what is the opposite of a serious cruncher? A silly one? ;-D Call me silly then because I like to have the screen saver running on my HTPC as something cool to look at when I'm not using my LCD TV. "Serious crunchers" as opposed to "normal crunchers" are ones who build fearsome PC's just to crunch and nothing else. It is an affliction best avoided as it can consume time and money. ____________
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Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 11987 Credit: 17,953,818 RAC: 59,357	Message 1291138 - Posted: 4 Oct 2012, 12:11:26 UTC - in response to Message 1291131.
	Then what is the opposite of a serious cruncher? A silly one? ;-D Call me silly then because I like to have the screen saver running on my HTPC as something cool to look at when I'm not using my LCD TV. "Serious crunchers" as opposed to "normal crunchers" are ones who build fearsome PC's just to crunch and nothing else. It is an affliction best avoided as it can consume time and money. I guess I can't afford 'serious'.
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Thomas Arnold Send message Joined: 10 May 12 Posts: 1 Credit: 318,032 RAC: 996	Message 1292023 - Posted: 6 Oct 2012, 12:57:13 UTC - in response to Message 1291138.
	Then I am Absurdly seriously normal. (^)chirp chirp (sic)
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Questions and Answers : Preferences : stop the bouncing screen saver!!!