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boincsaver not on screen saver
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Michael Herboltzheimer Send message Joined: 16 Jul 08 Posts: 1 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I'm trying to activate the BOINC screen saver, but I don't see it on the list. I'm using the latest version of Leopard. How do I get around this? thanks |
Dotsch ![]() Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 919,393 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Is it not listed on the screensaver / other screensavers / BOINC ? Have you successfull installed BOINC and the attached to the SETI project ? - I did not see any computers listed on your account. Which BOINC version do you use ? |
Harold Send message Joined: 2 Apr 07 Posts: 2 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I also cannot get a saver to run on Mac Tiger 10.4.9 The people at Boinc suggest that seti@home may not have graphics on the mac platform at all. I posted this: Just installed Boinc Manager 5.10.45 on Mac 10.4.9, intel (dual core). I get screen saver/graphics with rosetta@home (protein folding), but not for SETI@home. If I try for SETI, I get Connecting to Boinc Then Project does not support screen saver graphics But I have configured it at SETI@home. Why would one work and the other not. The reply I got was That message says that the Seti science application does not have a graphics module built in for the Macintosh. The web preferences are for general use, for all OSes that support the graphics. This doesn't mean that all OSes also have the graphics. Harold Drabkin Bar Harbor, ME |
Bob Merrill Send message Joined: 7 Jun 99 Posts: 120 Credit: 8,531,677 RAC: 19 ![]() ![]() |
I have been running the SETI screen saver on my 3 Mac's since 99 You must be doing something wrong ![]() |
Harold Send message Joined: 2 Apr 07 Posts: 2 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 ![]() |
I have been running the SETI screen saver on my 3 Mac's since 99 You must be doing something wrong Are they Intel machines? I suspect it might be a question of the machine being an intel When I had the powerPC a few weeks ago, I was running a saver that connected to folding@home, for protein folding. That saver no longer works. Several other savers I have no longer function. Those that had "updates" that were universal builds continue to work. Harold Drabkin Bar Harbor, ME |
Bob Merrill Send message Joined: 7 Jun 99 Posts: 120 Credit: 8,531,677 RAC: 19 ![]() ![]() |
Thel Mac's in question were a G3 iMac, A G5 power Mac, and a dual quad core Mac Pro. ![]() |
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