Rom has already upgraded the severity and priority of this issue. As I mentioned in another thread, he feels this is something to do with recent changes to the BOINC graphics API, since it is the science app that is relied upon for the screensaver graphics.
So as Bruce has stated, it does not appear to be an E@H issue, but a BOINC issue. The graphics work with 4.19, not with 4.25. If it were an E@H issue, 4.19 would be hosed as well.
> > > This is a bug in BOINC, not in Einstein@Home.
> >
> > Are you certain of this, Bruce? I mean, LHC, Seti, CLimate and another
> project
> > all show their graphics correctly when asked for (I don't use the
> > screensaver), but Einstein@Home doesn't open a seperate window to show
> the
> > graphics.
> >
> > I would think that if it were a BOINC problem, that none of the projects
> I am
> > attached to would show graphics.
>
> The 'other projects' are typically using very old versions of the BOINC API
> library in building their graphics. We are using a version that's now about 3
> weeks old (from mid-February).
>
> Since we call the BOINC API as documented, and since the graphics DOES work
> correctly with the 4.19 client and earlier clients, I don't see how the
> problem can be in the application.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
>
On my machines E@H is one of the best running screensavers. I always thought it was because it uses this later API. The others that run well are seti alpha and cpdn alpha even the released seti version does not seem to use the latest API even though it did when it was in alpha.
Rom has already upgraded the
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Rom has already upgraded the severity and priority of this issue. As I mentioned in another thread, he feels this is something to do with recent changes to the BOINC graphics API, since it is the science app that is relied upon for the screensaver graphics.
So as Bruce has stated, it does not appear to be an E@H issue, but a BOINC issue. The graphics work with 4.19, not with 4.25. If it were an E@H issue, 4.19 would be hosed as well.
> > > This is a bug in BOINC,
)
> > > This is a bug in BOINC, not in Einstein@Home.
> >
> > Are you certain of this, Bruce? I mean, LHC, Seti, CLimate and another
> project
> > all show their graphics correctly when asked for (I don't use the
> > screensaver), but Einstein@Home doesn't open a seperate window to show
> the
> > graphics.
> >
> > I would think that if it were a BOINC problem, that none of the projects
> I am
> > attached to would show graphics.
>
> The 'other projects' are typically using very old versions of the BOINC API
> library in building their graphics. We are using a version that's now about 3
> weeks old (from mid-February).
>
> Since we call the BOINC API as documented, and since the graphics DOES work
> correctly with the 4.19 client and earlier clients, I don't see how the
> problem can be in the application.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruce
>
On my machines E@H is one of the best running screensavers. I always thought it was because it uses this later API. The others that run well are seti alpha and cpdn alpha even the released seti version does not seem to use the latest API even though it did when it was in alpha.
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> 4.19=screensaver > 4.25=no
)
> 4.19=screensaver
> 4.25=no screensaver
>
> What happened to it?
>
>I have the same problem. No screen saver just blank screen