On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:28:30 -0500, Husky <cbminfo@toast.net> wrote:

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.

Then perhaps Boinc is not the program for you and your computer. If
you cannot get it running on your setup the way most people do then
there is a problem. Remove Boinc and go back to a fully working
computer.
Your setup could be unique and maybe it just won't work on your setup.