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by vince_lewis
Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:12 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Linux - How to fold only when screensaver is on - RESOLVED
Replies: 0
Views: 629

Linux - How to fold only when screensaver is on - RESOLVED

Just FYI I am running Ubuntu Studio, and FAH version 7.5.1, and I'm using xscreensaver as my screen saver. Some users (myself included) find the the fold when Idle on linux doesn't work - it never starts. I've written a script that I run on startup that addresses this. #!/bin/bash sleep 90 xhost + D...
by vince_lewis
Fri May 11, 2018 8:01 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Unexpectedly low PPD from Nvidia 1050 GTX
Replies: 4
Views: 1731

Re: Unexpectedly low PPD from Nvidia 1050 GTX

Okay, I've done that now. I did finally find this page: viewtopic.php?p=261088&f=24#p261088 I wonder how many people like me either failed to see that at all, or didnt get as far as section 9. Also,the bit about the Nacl client in Chrome is really important. I realise this is going off topic,may...
by vince_lewis
Fri May 11, 2018 7:44 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Unexpectedly low PPD from Nvidia 1050 GTX
Replies: 4
Views: 1731

Re: Unexpectedly low PPD from Nvidia 1050 GTX

no,not set a passkey. Does that make a difference? I never set one before when I was just CPU folding.
by vince_lewis
Fri May 11, 2018 6:10 am
Forum: Problems with NVidia drivers
Topic: Unexpectedly low PPD from Nvidia 1050 GTX
Replies: 4
Views: 1731

Unexpectedly low PPD from Nvidia 1050 GTX

Can anyone assist? I just installed a Palit Geforx GTX1050 card in my machine. Looking through the forums they say that this card should get me approx 130K PPD It's currently running at 35K PPD, so I'm getting about 1/4 of what I'm expecting. Box: CPU is AMD FX-8350 eight core @ 4GHZ per core Runnin...
by vince_lewis
Mon Apr 17, 2017 9:42 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: I want to help folding@home get more client machines
Replies: 6
Views: 1403

Re: I want to help folding@home get more client machines

well, I had a reply from Alzheimer's society that they are researching the Folding @ Home project, and that they'll get back to me in a few days. I'll post back when I hear more.
Hopefully someone there is already aware of it.
by vince_lewis
Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:08 am
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: I want to help folding@home get more client machines
Replies: 6
Views: 1403

Re: I want to help folding@home get more client machines

Jimbo, Bruce - excellent comments and stuff I'd not thought about (esp power saving settings and heat). These are exactly the kind of comments I was hoping for. And I knew it wasn't foolproof hence asking for help from more intelligent people than me. Bruce - as Site Admin - are you actually part of...
by vince_lewis
Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: I want to help folding@home get more client machines
Replies: 6
Views: 1403

I want to help folding@home get more client machines

I'd like to help get you more client machines added to this fabulous project. I am an English IT professional of many years and as such have worked in large blue chip organisations. Some of these have thousands of employees and hundreds or thousands of servers. I have also made contacts with senior ...
by vince_lewis
Fri Dec 09, 2016 11:48 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: Points not going to my team?
Replies: 4
Views: 1091

Points not going to my team?

I'm setup as user Vince_Lewis. I setup a team called TeamLewis, team # 232108. However, my points are still getting allocated to team 0. How do I assign myself to my own team? I'm using ubuntu studio desktop Also, FAH never ends. Even when I use the web client and say "Stop Folding" (which...