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| [ARS]odessit 2002-08-12 10:26:06 | Stephen, some of my team mates have problem with graphical client. All they get is a blank screen and nothing else. can you stop by this thread and see if you can help us out? Thanks Odessit Intel P3-M 866 MHz Duron 1000 MHz XP 1600+ @ 2000+ |
| amarok 2002-08-15 04:21:53 | I have the same problem. All programs (foreground, background and viewer) start and then hang. Those with graphics also open a window with the taskbar tag 'Oh Sod it'. The problem started with the last 4.1x version. I'm using NT with Service pack 4. |
| Stephen Brooks 2002-08-15 04:57:48 | If you can somehow manage to minimise the window that's making the screen black, you'll see that the error window contains a couple of numbers, which would tell me which part of the code is going wrong. Try setting the config.txt resolution to 320x200 because this will sometimes make a smaller graphics window that does not obscure the error window. "As every 11-year-old kid knows, if you concentrate enough Van-der-Graff generators and expensive special effects in one place, you create a spiral space-time whirly thing, AND an interesting plotline" |
| Orbi-tel 2002-08-15 06:15:43 | Had a similar problem on a previous version of the viewer when on NT 4 SP5. since then I have upgraded to SP6 and the latest viewer works ok. |
| amarok 2002-08-16 00:08:46 | After some experimenting with TaskManager I managed to get rid of the black window. The 'Od sod it' window contains the following message - " DirectDraw error 88760078 @ 3 " Hope it helps |
| amarok 2002-08-16 01:55:31 | I have to correct myself - the PC is running with NT with SP6. The whole thing is called : Microsoft (R) Windows NT (R) Version 4.0 (Build 1381: Service Pack 6) |
| Orbi-tel 2002-08-16 12:42:17 | When I spoke to Stephen about this at the time, he said it may be because NT4 uses DirectX5 (there is no later version for NT to upgrade to that I know of) so he may be using features that did not exist. However, as I said, the latest version works ok for me so it may be some other dll compatibility problem or even your graphics card drivers - see if there are later versions available - which may be performing some of the direct draw functions themselves rather than the DirectX dll. Cheers Orbi  [This message was edited by Orbi-tel on 2002-Aug-16 at 22:09.] |
