On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:12:57 -0500, "ytrewq" <ytrewq@poiu.com> wrote:

re-installed seti. Which promptly grabbed 100% of both processors time.

I was cranking out units like flapjacks, but couldn't do anything else. <<

I suspect you may have SETI misconfigured.
I run SETI CLI on several P4 HT machines with 2 instances that max out
"both" processors, with SETI Priority set to "idle" in SETI Driver.
This includes my main home machine (20WU/day) that sometimes is DL'ing from
internet, transferring files across my home network, sending/receiving
faxes, browsing the internet and running Office/Adobe stuff simultaneously.
SETI seems to very gracefully recede into the background when any other
process needs CPU cycles

It turned my P4 into a P1. Giving seti it's own processor allowed normal
operation on the machine. otherwise it was just a drag trying to wrestle time
from and memory from seti for other things. connecting to Internet ALWAYS
turned a good 44k connection into a 9.6k connection.

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"Husky" <cbminfo@toast.net> wrote in message
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I'm just now For the 1st time moving on to boinc. I've been using seti for
years.

Possibly from the setup and the home page, it makes me ask.. Just how do

any of

those other projects

Boinc : BOINC-based distributed computing projects include:
Boinc :
Boinc : Climateprediction.net: Improve the accuracy of long-term climate

prediction.

Boinc : Einstein@home: search data from the Laser Interferometer

Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US and from the GEO 600

Boinc : gravitational wave observatory in Germany for signals coming

>from rapidly rotating neutron stars, known as pulsars.

Boinc : LHC@home: improve the design of the CERN LHC particle

accelerator.

Boinc : Predictor@home: Solve biomedical questions and investigate

protein-related diseases.

Boinc : SETI@home: Analyze radio-telescope data, looking for evidence of

extraterrestrial life.

expect to get ANY processor time to do anything ?

example. When I got this new machine and found I had 2 processors I
re-installed seti. Which promptly grabbed 100% of both processors time. I

was

cranking out units like flapjacks, but couldn't do anything else.

Found a program to limit seti to just one processor and co-existence is

now

possible.
Seti still uses 100% of CPU1, but I have full use of CPU0.

And the above suggests that these other 3 programs can co exist with seti

on a

single processor ? I got news for you it sounds like nothings going to get

done

if I add anything else with seti.
I don't use screen savers. If I'm not at the desk, the machine is OFF!.
It's been known to call out on it's own b4 except when it's off.

I don't know if windows has this option, but Amiga had a program where you
could assign priorities to EVERY program or service running on the machine

if

the Amiga was guessing wrong ie: 99% assigned to a chess game and 1%

assigned

to system. You could take and reverse these two.

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