Bug 719880

Summary: GPU computing does not suspend when needed
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Germano Massullo <germano.massullo>
Component: boinc-clientAssignee: Milos Jakubicek <xjakub>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Germano Massullo 2011-07-08 09:24:11 UTC
I selected the option to suspend GPU calculus while the computer is in use.
The BOINC client should start again using the GPU only after 3 minutes of computer inusage.
I see that 90% of times it does not respect this rule, and continues running the GPU calculus with all the conseguencies (slow window transactions and so on).

Boinc Client: 6.10.58
nVidia driver version: 275.09.07 on a Geforce GTX 260
Kernel: 2.6.38.8-32.fc15.x86_64

Comment 1 Milos Jakubicek 2011-08-20 18:17:30 UTC
Can you please retry with an updated version of boinc I submitted for testing?

See https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/boinc-client-6.12.35-1.r24014svn.fc15

Comment 2 Germano Massullo 2011-08-23 11:12:52 UTC
Nothing had changed

Comment 3 GuL 2011-12-23 09:58:44 UTC
Hello Caterpillar,

It depends upon the project you are calculating on and also if it uses an app_info.xml file. Milkyway is not very good for stopping the calculation but primegrid is much better, even on very upowerfull graphic cards.

I think it is not due to boinc itself but to the way the projects are programmed.

Comment 4 Germano Massullo 2011-12-23 10:10:30 UTC
Ok, actually I am manually suspending GPU when I need it for games or other things

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