The screensaver coordinator controls the screensaver, selecting either the default screensaver or project graphics.The project graphics display the graphics for one of the currently running tasks, e.g., However, many projects do not have screensaver graphics.The overview screensaver displays general information, such as the BOINC status, a list of projects, etc.NOTE: BOINC runs even if you don't use the screensaver. When the graphics application window has been found, it will be embedded into the XScreenSaver-provided fullscreen-window, the root window, the preview window or a newly created window, depending on the environment, using the XEMBED method. Not every graphics application seems to support this, but this method has been successfully tested with and.
The window created by the graphics application is then searched for using X11 window properties, such as "WM_COMMAND". When run, this screensaver connects to the BOINC client via RPC, asks for graphics providing tasks and starts a random graphics application. If your BOINC directory differs from /var/lib/boinc, you can use the -boinc_dir command line argument. To use this screensaver, please add the following to the 'programs' preference in your. This is a XScreenSaver compatible BOINC screensaver for Unix/X11.
Boinc projects with screensavers mac os x#
The BOINC client software on Windows and Mac OS X includes a screensaver program, which you can select as your screensaver.
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