1) Questions and Answers : Unix/Linux : Difficulty with seti@home GPU usage on ubuntu 16.04 LTS under BOINC 7.6.31 (x64) (Message 1813937) Posted 30 Aug 2016 by Bill Roberts Post: Two issues noted: 1. After reboot and starting BOINC Manager, the preferences (Activity) show all 3 options as "always", instead of "use preferences". 2. Even after setting all 3 options to "use preferences", the seti@home project runs tasks that use an extraordinary amount of GPU cycles, enough to noticeably show down response to the mouse, keyboard, running applications, display and Internet activity. If I select "suspend GPU" the problem stops instantly and remains OK until I allow GPU activity again. The problem may be with BOINC instead of seti@home, but I'm not willing to connect another project to experiment. What's happening now is bad enough. I've been a seti@home contributor on dozens of computers since 26 May 1999, so I'd also rather not see answers appropriate to new or inexpert users.

 
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