7.2.42 won't go into screensaver mode

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Message 53165 - Posted: 14 Mar 2014, 20:48:34 UTC

This new .42 release sounds like a winner from all the bugs. I looked around and didn't see anyone dealing with this one:

When screen saver mode kicks in, I see minimizing and maximizing windows, the screen goes black, I get the red dot globe for all of a second, then back to the desktop, flashing black screen, and windows minimizing and maximizing. It never goes into full ss mode and lets the red dot pattern rotate on screen. I never had this problem with prior versions.
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Message 53175 - Posted: 15 Mar 2014, 18:57:03 UTC

Well, I uninstalled and reinstalled .39, and same problem. The globe never appears.

Any suggestions?
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Message 53176 - Posted: 15 Mar 2014, 19:50:16 UTC - in response to Message 53175.  

Since the BOINC screen saver does not have a red ball, you must be talking about a project screen saver. That there is a problem with the screen saver flickering under 7.2.39 and 7.2.42 is known. It switches quickly between the desktop and the screen saver window. Want to get rid of that? Reinstall 7.2.33

7.2.39 released to the public has the first reports on that, while in BOINC 7.2.42 released to the public I did post it isn't fixed in this version.
It won't be fixed in the upcoming 7.2.43 version either.
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Message 53178 - Posted: 15 Mar 2014, 22:36:57 UTC - in response to Message 53176.  

All right, I'll step back one rev.

And yes, the red ball reference was too the screen saver. I thought that was obvious.
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Message 53180 - Posted: 15 Mar 2014, 23:13:38 UTC - in response to Message 53178.  

And yes, the red ball reference was too the screen saver. I thought that was obvious.

It's still not obvious what you mean. Look, BOINC has its own screen saver built-in, it will also show between shots of a project screen saver. This is done because not all projects have a screen saver, so when people chose to run with a screen saver, that there is something on the screen at all times.

The BOINC screen saver is merely black, with a BOINC logo, and showing per project your name, your team name, your credit and RAC amount and when there's work crunching for it, how far into the task the progress is.

I said that the BOINC screen saver does not have a red ball, so it must be some project's screen saver that does so. Is all I said. I didn't even ask which project.
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