SETI@home screensaver

[larry98765]

Hi all,

I'm running SETI@home on OS 10.2.4 and it's set up as a screensaver. After the specified amount of idle time passes, the screensaver kicks in, but then immediately OSX wakes up, ending the screensaver session.

So my question is, what could be going in that's waking up my screensaver?

 

[dixonbm]

what kind of computer is it. Is the computer on the desk with the mouse and keyboard? It could be your hardrive/fan spinning up, vibrating the desk, thus making the mouse move enough to wake the computer from the screensaver.

 

[larry98765]

It's a desktop G4. I doubt that's the issue, because built-in screensavers (i.e. the ones that come with OSX) don't have this problem. It has something to do with the fact that this is a 3rd-party screensaver.