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dchmelik

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Registered: 2022-04-02

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4.7x24 GHz & 4 GB RAM not enough to unblank screen?

I use AMD Ryzen 9 3950X & 64 GB RAM to run a few (currently six, in past more) BOINC managers in XFCE... that's all (one maximized visible) except BOINC number-crunching in background: 8/32 threads, 60 GB RAM.  After number-crunching hours, other 24 4.7 GHz threads & 4 GB RAM aren't enough that moving mouse turns screen back on.  I must either ssh in to reboot or hard-reset... on restarting, works fine a while.  I check managers once/day.  Screen comes back on fast if BOINC is off.
    GFlops I left are almost 5,000 times more powerful, and RAM about 1,000 times larger, than my first PC, which had no problem coming out of screensaver--what's world coming to?!  Ideally I'd leave thread fraction--just few MHz (like my first PC)--for other usage: should be enough!
    Is it XFCE and/or Linux kernel issue: should I change pre-emption?  It's default--more for servers, non-power users--not 'voluntary'.

Last edited by dchmelik (2025-03-11 10:25:23)

dchmelik

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From: USA

Registered: 2022-04-02

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Re: 4.7x24 GHz & 4 GB RAM not enough to unblank screen?

Is this more a BOINC forum question?