It would have to be all active tasks and to also include those suspended with keep in memory set ...
On Dec 8, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jack Lambert wrote: > Dear Boinc, > > When i download boinc for the mac (6.10.21) it is a folder with several items > in it other than the actual installer. "extras" as a folder contains COPYING, > COPYING.LESSER, COPYRIGHT, and the uninstall boinc application. When you > click on the item COPYING.LESSER it won't open because the OS apparently > thinks the .lesser is a file extension. I could only read it in OS 10.6.2 > after renaming it copying2.txt and ignoring the OS's warning window that came > up (paraphrasing: are you sure you want to give it a different file > extension?). > > Even if it is true that my specific Uninterruptible Power Supply situation > could not be supported through boinc (which may very well be true due to > Belkin's proprietary bloatware), I still think that there are a lot of people > who run boinc who want at least basic UPS support on the mac via the built-in > API. My power goes out relatively frequently where I live in rural CA, and > most of the time it is for a very short period of time. It would be nice if > boinc waited about five seconds after the computer is detected as being on > battery power until it actually suspends tasks. This would be to prevent > flickering power outages from unnecessarily quitting all tasks. There have > been many situations where the power dies for two or three seconds, or just > dips Enron-brownout style for a couple of seconds before becoming stable > again. > > The other improvement that I want in Boinc manager (all platforms) is the > option to have a RAM column in the Tasks tab of the advanced view. It would > only be applicable to active tasks. rose...@home had some trouble a while > ago with tasks using excessively large amounts of ram. In order to find out > this information you have to go into OSX's activity monitor and look at the > task's Real Mem. Screenshot here: > http://s710.photobucket.com/albums/ww108/bawkbawkboo1/?action=view¤t=ishot-2.png > > Sincerely, > Jack Lambert > _______________________________________________ > boinc_dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev > To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and > (near bottom of page) enter your email address. _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
