I have noticed in the last couple of days, the Gamma Ray tasks leave the "show graphics" button and I can occasionally get the star globe, but when there are tasks other than the Gamma Ray searches, the "show graphics" is grayed out. I have written to the problems board of BOINC and cannot get a reply.
I see in the html file that you sent me it shows the state of the graphics as "false". Should this be set to "true"? If so, can I edit this file, if I can find it, and reset this state?
> but when there are tasks other than the Gamma Ray searches, the "show graphics" is grayed out
Well, sure. As discussed earlier not all tasks do provide graphics. The button will be grayed out, depending on the task running, the task selected and the overall suspension state (see below).
> I see in the html file that you sent me it shows the state of the graphics as "false".
What HTML file are you referring to? Do you mean the link to the BOINC source code I gave you above? No you can't (and shouldn't) change that. It was just meant for informational purposes since some in this community are code-savvy. The code shows the logic that controls the "Show Graphics" button's state.
The screen saver worked very well for a couple of weeks, but now I get a quick screen that says it is loading the screen saver, then a brief flash of the BOINC screen, and a quick flash of the star globe, and it goes back to the loading BOINC page. Any suggestions?
sorry but no. This seems to be a very individual problem that could be caused by any combination of things, from your operating system over the GPU/driver to BOINC, its screensaver, its config or our graphics app. I'm afraid, our app doesn't seem to be at fault here, since it doesn't do any magic as soon as it runs - and it has proven to be working on your system. I can only advise to follow my and other community member's numerous earlier suggestions, in particular to check all the involved config settings and BOINC's internal logging. Hope that will be of any help.
Now, having updated BOINC Manager to the latest version for Ubuntu 20.10 to 7.16.16, pushing the “Show Graphics” button on any of the 4 running tasks, nothing happens. That is, no starsphere. So, what am I now missing?
Specs
A Dell Inspiron 5737 notebook computer
Ubuntu 20.10 64bit
wxWidgets version 3.0.5
Computing Preferences are local
Running with a Genuine Intel Core i7 4500 U CPU @ 1.8 GHz 4 cores
pushing the “Show Graphics” button on any of the 4 running tasks, nothing happens
Just to understand better: "pushing" here means that a) you selected a task with graphics support so that b) the "Show Graphics" button was indeed enabled?
What files should I be looking at to find an anomaly? Could I uninstall and reinstall BOINC?
You should first check the BOINC client and screensaver settings to see that they fit your needs. See previous replies to your posts (incl. screenshots).
In terms of logging you want to check BOINC's Event Log and make sure the scrsave_debug flag is enabled (via Event Log Diagnostic Flags from the Advanced menu).
You may of cause try and reinstall (the latest version) of BOINC to see if it fixes things but I'm not very confident that'll help. Again, there can be a large number of factors at play here and fixing the issue requires a detailed analysis that we can't provide beyond what we've already tried.
Well, here I am again with
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Well, here I am again with the Boinc Manager not loading due to some issue with the permissions:
gui_rpc_auth.cfg exists but can't be read. Check the file permissions
My Boinc Manager screensaver was working well. Then yesterday I upgraded my Ubuntu from 20.04lts to Ubuntu 20.10.
So, how do I fix this?
Regards,
JOhn
John Persichilli
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Ctrl + Alt + t
sudo systemctl --no-pager stop boinc-client.service
su
cd ..
cd ..
cd etc/boinc-client/
chmod u=rw,g=rw,o=r gui_rpc_auth.cfg
reboot
Oliver: I have noticed in
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Oliver:
I have noticed in the last couple of days, the Gamma Ray tasks leave the "show graphics" button and I can occasionally get the star globe, but when there are tasks other than the Gamma Ray searches, the "show graphics" is grayed out. I have written to the problems board of BOINC and cannot get a reply.
I see in the html file that you sent me it shows the state of the graphics as "false". Should this be set to "true"? If so, can I edit this file, if I can find it, and reset this state?
Bobby
Bobby
Hi Bobby, > but when there
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Hi Bobby,
> but when there are tasks other than the Gamma Ray searches, the "show graphics" is grayed out
Well, sure. As discussed earlier not all tasks do provide graphics. The button will be grayed out, depending on the task running, the task selected and the overall suspension state (see below).
> I see in the html file that you sent me it shows the state of the graphics as "false".
What HTML file are you referring to? Do you mean the link to the BOINC source code I gave you above? No you can't (and shouldn't) change that. It was just meant for informational purposes since some in this community are code-savvy. The code shows the logic that controls the "Show Graphics" button's state.
Oliver
Einstein@Home Project
Oliver: The screen saver
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Oliver:
The screen saver worked very well for a couple of weeks, but now I get a quick screen that says it is loading the screen saver, then a brief flash of the BOINC screen, and a quick flash of the star globe, and it goes back to the loading BOINC page. Any suggestions?
Bobby
Hi Bobby,sorry but no.
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Hi Bobby,
sorry but no. This seems to be a very individual problem that could be caused by any combination of things, from your operating system over the GPU/driver to BOINC, its screensaver, its config or our graphics app. I'm afraid, our app doesn't seem to be at fault here, since it doesn't do any magic as soon as it runs - and it has proven to be working on your system. I can only advise to follow my and other community member's numerous earlier suggestions, in particular to check all the involved config settings and BOINC's internal logging. Hope that will be of any help.
Best,
Oliver
Einstein@Home Project
Here I go again Gals and
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Here I go again Gals and Guys!
Now, having updated BOINC Manager to the latest version for Ubuntu 20.10 to 7.16.16, pushing the “Show Graphics” button on any of the 4 running tasks, nothing happens. That is, no starsphere. So, what am I now missing?
Specs
A Dell Inspiron 5737 notebook computer
Ubuntu 20.10 64bit
wxWidgets version 3.0.5
Computing Preferences are local
Running with a Genuine Intel Core i7 4500 U CPU @ 1.8 GHz 4 cores
Intel HD graphics 4400 (HSW GT2)
8 GB RAM
1.0 TB HDD
GNOME Version 3.38.3
Windows Version X11
Display 1600 x 900 (16:9) Highest available
Refresh Rate 60.1 Hz
Oliver: I not really adept
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Oliver:
I not really adept at programming. What files should I be looking at to find an anomaly? Could I uninstall and reinstall BOINC?
Bobby
John Persichilli
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Just to understand better: "pushing" here means that a) you selected a task with graphics support so that b) the "Show Graphics" button was indeed enabled?
Oliver
Einstein@Home Project
Bobby Conger wrote: What
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You should first check the BOINC client and screensaver settings to see that they fit your needs. See previous replies to your posts (incl. screenshots).
In terms of logging you want to check BOINC's Event Log and make sure the scrsave_debug flag is enabled (via Event Log Diagnostic Flags from the Advanced menu).
You may of cause try and reinstall (the latest version) of BOINC to see if it fixes things but I'm not very confident that'll help. Again, there can be a large number of factors at play here and fixing the issue requires a detailed analysis that we can't provide beyond what we've already tried.
Best,
Oliver
Einstein@Home Project