Hi all,
on predictor@home got a boinc 4.43 version as recomended so i got it and installed. now while CPDN is running the screensaver does not shows the globe but just a black/blank screen.

is it a known bug? i could not find any info on this.


dany

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just to add, when i try do "show graphics" nothing happens.

my graphic card is not ATI - i think, but saphire radeon 9250 on AMD 3000, winXPpro, 1GB RAM.

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> my graphic card is not ATI - i think, but saphire radeon 9250 on AMD 3000,
> winXPpro, 1GB RAM.
>
All Radeons use ATI chipsets (and thus drivers), it's just the card itself is manufactured by another company. So with ATI chipsets and drivers, it will display the same problems as ATI manufactured cards.

Well,I have the same problem
With BOINC 4.19 I see the viz but with BOINC4.43 I see nothing at all :o(
(same thing with E@H)

> All Radeons use ATI chipsets (and thus drivers), it's just the card itself is
> manufactured by another company. So with ATI chipsets and drivers, it will
> display the same problems as ATI manufactured cards.
>
ok, thanks. i did not know that. will wait for fix

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if you really want to be able to "see" something, use the advanced visualization package. I have an ATI card on the laptop and after upgrading to 4.25 I use the package. I don't run the screensaver anyway...
http://www.climateprediction.net/AdvancedVisualisation/advancedvisualisation_install_boinc.php

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WinXP Home, P4 3.2GHz HT, 512Mb RAM. Running SETI, CPDN, Predictor, LHC, Einstein, Orbit, Lattice and Folding

&gt; if you really want to be able to "see" something, use the advanced
&gt; visualization package. I have an ATI card on the laptop and after upgrading to
&gt; 4.25 I use the package. I don't run the screensaver anyway...
&gt;
&gt; http://www.climateprediction.net/AdvancedVisualisation/advancedvisualisation_install_boinc.php
&gt;
thanx, i have that one allready. but i liked the screensaver.

&gt; &gt; if you really want to be able to "see" something, use the advanced
&gt; &gt; visualization package. I have an ATI card on the laptop and after
&gt; upgrading to
&gt; &gt; 4.25 I use the package. I don't run the screensaver anyway...
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;
&gt; http://www.climateprediction.net/AdvancedVisualisation/advancedvisualisation_install_boinc.php
&gt; &gt;
&gt; thanx, i have that one allready. but i liked the screensaver.
&gt;
&gt;

I liked the screensaver, too, even if I rarely used it. I hope they will fix the problem with ATI cards in a future BOINC release... :)
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WinXP Home, P4 3.2GHz HT, 512Mb RAM. Running SETI, CPDN, Predictor, LHC, Einstein

&gt; just to add, when i try do "show graphics" nothing happens.
&gt;
&gt; my graphic card is not ATI - i think, but saphire radeon 9250 on AMD 3000,
&gt; winXPpro, 1GB RAM.
&gt;
I have the same problem. I do hope they fix this graphics bug. as it is I don't have any progress display apart from the one line in boinc manager sayin x.xx% complete.

The Adv Vis is something I installed, then uninstalled. I don't -need- an advanced analysis tool (that's terribly slow, eats memory, and takes away from actually calculating on the model), just a basic display of what it's doing!

So please CPDN team, fix this bug??

As it happens, one of the criteria I use to distribute resource share is whether or not there is a working screensaver. I have allocated CPDN and Einstein less resource share until they come up with a screensaver that works with my ATI card. I'm sure others will either pull out or reduce their share if this is not fixed soon, as the screensavers are a major attraction.

Please fix.

See Carl's post http://climateapps2.oucs.ox.ac.uk/cpdnboinc/forum_thread.php?id=2879

(dated yesterday)

&gt;(that's terribly slow, eats memory, and takes away from actually calculating on the model)
Think the inbuilt visualisation does that too.
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&gt;(that's terribly slow, eats memory, and takes away from actually calculating on the model)


Maybe you want something like CPFarmView?
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm/cpdn.html
a display of global average temperature is a very basic display of what your model is doing. No time consuming (nor pretty) graphics.

I am not sure whether this works with boinc yet.
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&gt; Maybe you want something like CPFarmView?
&gt; http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm/cpdn.html

I think you meant CPView Chris.

&gt; I am not sure whether this works with boinc yet.

It does on my system, but a few have reported problems with the installation.