Stargazerslounge TEST4THEORY, SETI, Milkyway and Folding Team!

[justin138]

Not sure if this is still active but have signed up as well!

Justin

[justin138]

I'm assuming the project URL is http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=117875 as it don't wanna connect for some reason....

Justin

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

The project URL is http://setiathome.berkeley.edu on its own. Once you're up and running you can join the team (option in Boinc). It should be easy enough once you're connected.

Captain Chaos (Jonathan in the SETI team)

[justin138]

Thanks CC, have also just read my e-mails and found one from SETI@Home with the info as well, doh!

Cheers

Justin

[daz]

Good man Justin!

We still need / want more SETI members! Come on, spare us your cycles

[The Warthog]

OK, I finally configured my account. Last February, I ran into a couple of problems with creating it, so with my usual sticktoitiveness, I gave up. SETI wrote me recently to ask me to [removed word] or get off the pot (OK, OK! They didn't really say that!) so I tried again, and was successful this time.

Now I have to leave my computer on at night.

[The Warthog]

When I configured SETI, I asked it to work between 1AM and 7AM. Instead, it works any time the machine is on, unless I suspend it deliberately. I've been bopping around the help files for advice on how this beast works, but I am not seeing anything that really explains what I am doing, except that I am helping SETI. OK, maybe I wouldn't understand, but it is using 100% of my computer time when it is running.

I'm confused! :?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

I think it uses whatever is left over after your computer has done everything you asked it, kind of like the system idle process does normally. If I set mine doing registax or Deep Sky Stacker then Boinc backs off until the important stuff has finished.

Captain Chaos

[Ant]

If you just sit and watch task manager then it will take 99% of your processor. But get something else running in the background - or even just wiggle the mouse around on the screen and you'll see the percentage drop.

BOINC is a very low priority program and as such will only use whats left of the processing power, you could set it to only run when the screen saver kicks in - then you know that it won't be running while you're using the PC>

Ant

[richard42]

i'm off to set it up now, i have a pentium core2 duo thing so hopefuly should get some work done with it

[richard42]

Standing Outage Notice: Every Tuesday at 17:00 UTC we have a regular 4-hour outage for database backup (and other system maintenance). Most servers and web site functions will be out during these outages.

trust me to try and set it up in the only time in the week it is down :D

[The Warthog]

If you just sit and watch task manager then it will take 99% of your processor. But get something else running in the background - or even just wiggle the mouse around on the screen and you'll see the percentage drop.

BOINC is a very low priority program and as such will only use whats left of the processing power, you could set it to only run when the screen saver kicks in - then you know that it won't be running while you're using the PC>

Ant

Hmmm. OK. I set it to use at most 80% of my cycles, and to work between midnight and 7 am. After a while, I realized if I clicked on "run according to preferences" it might do what I asked. It seemed to take four or five days to start doing that, though. I have now changed the preferences again, and it's been several days without any change apparent. I didn't like it running my processor at 100%, 100% of the time, though.

[Ant]

It's strange that some people have issues with it while others don't.

I've always had Seti set to run all the time. Never had any problems - strange...

Hope that you manage to get it sorted WH - this does remind to reinstall the software after the OS re-install.

Ant

[richard42]

yes, think i'm on!

not the easist thing in the world to set-up and i have a hnd in computer studies

now get to work PC :whip2:

[richard42]

why does it not come up that i'm on a team?

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Have you joined the team? Seems like a silly question but you do need to tell it that you want to join.

Captain Chaos

[richard42]

i have told it i want to join the team but on some pages it does not list me as bein gon the team

will i have to finish these work units or what ever it is and start new ones from after i signed up to be on the team?

[The Warthog]

If your machine is currently working on project, go to the 'projects' tab in BOINC manager, highlight the project, and click on 'update.' This will force the system to communicate with the seti server and get your preferences all set up, etc. You may have to do this a couple of times, I find. Your machine isn't in constant contact with seti, it only communicates at the end of a project or when you tell it to. That's as much as I've figured out, anyway.

[richard42]

just finished my first unit

i used this before ages ago and there was a plug-in for starynight that showed you in stary night which bit of the sky you were getting data from, can't find it now??

[richard42]

ok so at the moment i'm showing up as being called home, i've changed this in the account thing and this should update as and when it feels like it?

how do i make a signature for the forum with the stats in? i need a cpid??

[richard42]

well my details are now updated

please how do i get my details into a signature thing ??

[legion48]

I've joined the team. I quit my old team and have brought over 1200 odd credits. I can't seem to get the software working now though, so I may not be able to add any more credits.

[The Warthog]

Since Jan. 2, I haven't got any new work from SETI, nad the server seems to be not responding to my requests. Anyone else finding this?

[daz]

My SETI machine has not been working at home, so I'm just about to install a PC onto the DMZ at work - purely for testing purposes, you understand!!

[Ant]

mine's working fine WH.

Just recently installed the software again and been working fine ever since.

Ant