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Hans Send message Joined: 21 Sep 13 Posts: 1 Credit: 666 RAC: 0 |
Hello everyone. I'm pretty new to this project (or anything like this, for that matter), and I have a question: Is there a way to set the SETI@home animation screensaver as my wallpaper? It'd be pretty cool if I could see that pulse model thingamajig at all times. Thanks! |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
No. The screensaver format is completely different from the supported background formats. |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
But what you can do is: Simple View: open BOINC Manager->On a running CPU task either click Task Commands->Show graphics. Advanced View: open BOINC Manager->Tasks tab->click a running CPU task so it hi-lights->click Show graphics. The window that now opens can be set to full screen. When you then press ALT+PrtScr (Print Screen) simultaneously, a copy of the screen is written to clipboard. You can next open Paint, do CTRL+V to paste the image and save it as a JPG file and set that as your desktop's wallpaper. It won't move, but it'll have your name on it. |
Jay Hotti Send message Joined: 14 Oct 13 Posts: 1 Credit: 250,554 RAC: 0 |
The "Show Graphics" button is grayed. How do I get it active? Thanks |
Gundolf Jahn Send message Joined: 19 Sep 00 Posts: 3184 Credit: 446,358 RAC: 0 |
You'll have to click on (select) a running task first, in order to enable the 'Show graphics' button. Gruß Gundolf Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz) SETI@home classic workunits 3,758 SETI@home classic CPU time 66,520 hours |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
Also, it'll only be available tasks running on the CPU, not on tasks running on the GPU. You can recognize the GPU tasks because they;ll show e.g. in your case Running (0.04 CPU + 1 Nvidia GPU). Back in the day when doing calculations on the GPU first came into swing, it was decided not do add the graphics application to the GPU science application, as both these programs would then be fighting for the same resource. This could increase the amount of errors. Thus it was decided that the --then-- CUDA application was released without a graphics application. The present range of CUDA, CAL and OpenCL applications all stem from that one CUDA application, with the same decision behind it not to do a graphics application alongside it. Even when other projects (Einstein and WCG) have shown that it won't be a problem on present day videocards. |
chobanilla Send message Joined: 31 Aug 08 Posts: 1 Credit: 210,393 RAC: 0 |
I have Boinc since 2008. At one point I changed the computer and since then the screensaver is missing the RFI graph. I tried all the solutions I could find in settings but I still can't get the seti@home classic screensaver. Is there a way to fix that? |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Many of the latest integrated Intel graphics chips, known in Intel parlance as HD2000, HD2500, HD3000, HD4000, and HD5000 or somewhere in between, are unable to display the RFI graph properly. I have the same issue on my Core i7 2600 that powers my Media PC connected to my TV to show the screen saver. The issue seems to lie within the Intel graphics drivers (this isn't their only bug either, many of my uncompressed Blu-Ray rips into .MKV format have graphical artifacts that do not show up on other computers that don't have Intel graphics). [Edit] Ah, found what I was looking for. You are using an Intel Pentium CPU model B960, which is a Sandy Bridge class mobile CPU with integrated HD graphics. So my explanation above about the drivers is going to be accurate. |
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