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btlzu2

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Message 77559 - Posted: 24 Apr 2017, 22:42:54 UTC

Hi All,

I'm using BOINC 7.6.34 on macOS Sierra (10.12.4). Every time I come back when the screensaver/BOINC has kicked in, my mac freezes and I have to hit the power button. I'm stopping BOINC (alas) until I can understand how to stop making it freeze and not wake. Anyone else seeing this?

I'm using SETI@Home.

I tried reducing CPU used to 90%, turning on/off suspend while active, but it locks every time.

Thanks for any advice,
Rob
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Message 77621 - Posted: 26 Apr 2017, 9:12:22 UTC - in response to Message 77559.  

You should be able to disable the screen saver, as it isn't necessary to run to do the science. See http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/BOINC_screensaver#Disabling_screen_saver for how to do so.

I have forwarded this to the developer in question, but do mind that he's on vacation until the start of May.
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Message 79215 - Posted: 22 Jun 2017, 18:08:52 UTC - in response to Message 77621.  

I'm seeing the same error.
I have Sierra 10.12.5. It actually happens without any screen saver. I was just running the application by itself while using the laptop and it would repeatably either freeze (and require power cycle) or just crash and reboot.
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Message 79267 - Posted: 24 Jun 2017, 14:40:37 UTC - in response to Message 79215.  

Can you check the Console app (in /Applications/Utilities)? Do you see any boinc related errors?

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Message 79333 - Posted: 26 Jun 2017, 18:13:30 UTC - in response to Message 79267.  

How should it look like? Nothing BOINC in the name.
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Message 79415 - Posted: 30 Jun 2017, 14:58:33 UTC - in response to Message 79333.  

Do you see something of screensaver. To be clear you first need to open boinc and then the Console

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Message 79563 - Posted: 12 Jul 2017, 22:11:15 UTC - in response to Message 79415.  

Sorry, it seems that updating a Docker, which was sometimes running in parallel, resolved the problem.
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