seti@home screensaver constantly restarting

Author	Message
QSilver Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 232 Credit: 6,452,764 RAC: 0	Message 1555720 - Posted: 12 Aug 2014, 15:43:21 UTC I thought having the screen saver engaged would reduce the amount of work that could be completed? ID: 1555720 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 1556359 - Posted: 13 Aug 2014, 19:43:19 UTC - in response to Message 1555720. I thought having the screen saver engaged would reduce the amount of work that could be completed? Not by much. It is true that the graphics application runs on the CPU and that it therefore takes CPU cycles away from the science applications, but these cycles are minute in number. When you run the graphics application and check the amount of CPU cycles it takes in the monitor (or top, or Windows task manager), you'll see that it's perhaps 1 to 3 cycles every minute. Not much. ID: 1556359 ·

Bruce Send message Joined: 13 Jan 13 Posts: 4 Credit: 9,363 RAC: 0	Message 1565020 - Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 17:29:53 UTC Thanks Bob. I just did the same (upgraded to 7.4.12) and agree that the screensaver (at least so far) works normally. Thank you! ID: 1565020 ·

George Krompacky Send message Joined: 1 May 01 Posts: 1 Credit: 387,843 RAC: 0	Message 1577115 - Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 15:47:55 UTC Last modified: 24 Sep 2014, 16:03:59 UTC I have the most recent version of BOINC and I'm still having the problems described above, so I don't think the problem is fixed. This is the first time I'm running it on my new Macbook Pro; on my previous machine, with a previous BOINC version, it worked without a hitch. Edit: forgot to add the important part. Uninstalling the new version and downgrading to 7.0.65 eliminated the screensaver problem. ID: 1577115 ·

Jord Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3	Message 1577166 - Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 17:04:51 UTC - in response to Message 1577115. I have the most recent version of BOINC The 'most recent version of BOINC' on the Mac is also still 7.2.42, which has the problem. It is fixed in the present 7.4 betas. But just hold off on updating till that's released. ID: 1577166 ·

rustic39 Send message Joined: 24 Jan 06 Posts: 2 Credit: 220,215 RAC: 0	Message 1589243 - Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 12:51:27 UTC Regarding the screen saver: I've temporarily uninstalled Boinc (slowing my machine down too much - I'll be back later) - I still get a 'you cannot use the boincsaver screen saver with this version of Mac OSX, etc' on my screen when I'd ordinarily go to the screensaver. I've deleted everything I can find that related to Boinc, but the message persists. How can I get rid of it? ID: 1589243 ·

arkayn Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 May 99 Posts: 4438 Credit: 55,006,323 RAC: 0	Message 1589342 - Posted: 20 Oct 2014, 17:21:40 UTC - in response to Message 1589243. Regarding the screen saver: I've temporarily uninstalled Boinc (slowing my machine down too much - I'll be back later) - I still get a 'you cannot use the boincsaver screen saver with this version of Mac OSX, etc' on my screen when I'd ordinarily go to the screensaver. I've deleted everything I can find that related to Boinc, but the message persists. How can I get rid of it? It should be in either the /Library/Screen Savers or ~/Library/Screen Savers You should be able to trash it from there. ID: 1589342 ·

rustic39 Send message Joined: 24 Jan 06 Posts: 2 Credit: 220,215 RAC: 0	Message 1590137 - Posted: 22 Oct 2014, 12:42:57 UTC - in response to Message 1589342. Thanks - I've dumped everything relevant from Library, but the problem persists. ID: 1590137 ·

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seti@home screensaver constantly restarting - BOINC 7.2.42 on Mavericks