Opened 10 years ago

Last modified 10 years ago

#1338 new Defect

BOINC screen saver flickers

Reported by: Ageless Owned by: romw
Priority: Major Milestone: Undetermined
Component: Client - Screen Saver Version: 7.2.39
Keywords: screen saver Cc:

Description (last modified by Ageless)

As has been reported through ​https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/forum_thread.php?id=8915 at first, when upgrading from an older BOINC version to 7.2.39 or when doing a clean install of 7.2.39, the screen saver will flicker.

What we actually see is that the screen saver starts normally, then it'll start to switch between the Boincscr.exe and Boinc.scr screens in rapid fashion.

Mostly noticed on Windows 7. Reports are that when going back to 7.2.33 or earlier, that the problem ceases immediately.

I've found out that only the BOINC screen saver has to run, BOINC doesn't even need to run.

Attachments (2)

BOINC_flicker.mp4​ (453.8 KB) - added by Ageless 10 years ago.
A video showing the actual effect in action.
BOINC_flicker2.mp4​ (452.4 KB) - added by Ageless 10 years ago.
Another video showing the problem.

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Change History (4)

Changed 10 years ago by Ageless

Attachment: BOINC_flicker.mp4​ added

A video showing the actual effect in action.

Changed 10 years ago by Ageless

Attachment: BOINC_flicker2.mp4​ added

Another video showing the problem.

comment:1 Changed 10 years ago by Ageless

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