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Message 1852746 - Posted: 4 Mar 2017, 5:17:30 UTC

For quite some time, I have not been able to see the SETI graphics display in my BOINC. The program runs, but "the "Show graphics" button is grayed out. How can I get it to display again? I am able to see graphics from Rosetta@home.

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Message 1852748 - Posted: 4 Mar 2017, 5:38:08 UTC - in response to Message 1852746.  

The graphics aren't available when crunching on your graphics card for SETI@home.
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Message 1854966 - Posted: 12 Mar 2017, 4:13:50 UTC - in response to Message 1852748.  
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I'm not sure I understand your answer. When should I be able to see the graphics? I've been running SETI @home prior to its being made a part of BOINC, and there were always graphics available, even after it was made part of BOINC. Just trying to understand.
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Message 1854967 - Posted: 12 Mar 2017, 4:25:15 UTC - in response to Message 1854966.  

Your computer has an AMD graphics card. SETI@home has the ability to use your graphics card to crunch data. When SETI@home is using your graphics card to crunch data, there are no application graphics.
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Message 1855003 - Posted: 12 Mar 2017, 9:37:21 UTC

To further explain this, you solely run work on your AMD GPU. You run no work on the CPU.
Only the CPU application has a graphics application, and thus can show the graphics. The GPU application doesn't have the graphics application, and so it cannot.
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