[naprestsleep]

I realize that people have asked time for crunching a seti packet in other post but I thougt I would ask again.

I have a QS 800DP (with 1.25gb ram) and run SETI on it whenever its on, which is most fo the time. When I not at my machine and at night I close all the other apps except SETI. It still takes my machine almost 16 hours to crunch a SETI packet which seems slow to me. Ive checked and I have the latest gui and terminal versions of SETI. I usual run the gui minimized becuase it seem faster than that terminal app.

Anyone have any ideas as to why SETI is so slow?

Also I have kernel panic daily on my machine, it started after I ungraded to 10.1. I can not figure out what causes them and the only app thats always running is SETI. Anyone have simialr problems or should I contact Apple and see if its a hardware problem?

Thanks
Joe

[reader50]

Try turning off the GUI client, and running two copies of the CLI version. In 6-7 hours on your QS, both should finish up a work unit each.

If they seem to be running slow, open a 3rd terminal window, and type "top" followed by Return. You will get a process listing, including the percentage of CPU each process is using. The two SETI processes should be about even at 40-48 percent each.

Kernel panics are usually caused by unsupported hardware issues (usb devices, sometimes), or hardware faults. If you really suspect a hardware fault, run your Hardware Test CD on your unit. To test for unsupported hardware, try pulling 3rd party PCI cards and peripherals. Run without them for a day or two, see if the panics go away. If they do, you will have to try a few 3rd party addons at a time, until you find the problem one(s).

[cdhostage]

Jesus. I get 16 hours with my 500 iMac. Your top of the line G4 should be severaal times faster than mine.

[gumby5647]

iBook 300mhz, 192MB, OS 9.1 20hours