Re: [Bug-gnubg] FW: Bug-gnubg Digest, Vol 65, Issue 21

[Christian Anthon]

The 3d board seems to be working on some setups under vista, but not
all. So my guess is that it is graphics card dependent. Once Jon is
able to finish his set of 3d options it should be easier to
investigate. Perhaps we ought to have a "run with no init files"
target in the start menu. This is easily obtained by adding a -r
option to running gnubg.

Christian.

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 6:38 PM,  <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Quick Draw helped a little (the graphics didn't look peculiar and then
> freeze; they were just frozen from the start).  I can find no tab for
> "hardware acceleration".  My Vista machine is a four core machine.  An eight
> core one sounds very impressive.  Once you have it up and running, you
> should be able to see the problem clearly.  In the meantime, I will stick
> with the 2D version, and await your verdict on the situation.
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> Mike
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> From: Jonathan Kinsey [mailto:address@hidden
>  Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:40 AM
>  To: Massimiliano Maini; address@hidden
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>  Subject: RE: [Bug-gnubg] FW: Bug-gnubg Digest, Vol 65, Issue 21
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> I'm here!  Just a bit distracted at present.  I should be getting access to
> a 64bit vista (8 core!) machine soon, so I'll be able to look at this.
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>  As always trying to turn down/off "hardware acceleration" in the display
> properties (no idea if this has changed in Vista), will give an idea if the
> problem is with the graphics driver or the vista opengl driver.
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>  Jon
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>  Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] FW: Bug-gnubg Digest, Vol 65, Issue 21
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>  Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:13:17 +0200
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>  address@hidden wrote on
> 28/04/2008 18:01:32:
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>  > Interesting!  On one of my machines, I am running Vista 64 bit Home
> Premium
>  > SP1 with an Nvidia e-GeForce 8500 GT video card.  On this machine, the 3D
>  > board does not work either.
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>  > I did try running the routine in Windows XP compatibility mode, but it
> still
>  > didn't handle the 3D board properly.  This is a brand new machine with
> all
>  > drivers freshly installed.  I have been running gnubg on it in 2D mode,
>  > assuming that the problem was with Vista 64 bit.  I didn't even bother to
>  > announce the problem because so few people are running Vista 64 bit.
>  > However, the Sony Vaio is almost surely running Vista 32 bit.
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>  > At this point, it looks like the problem has to be some incompatibility
>  > between the graphics routines, Vista, and/or the video driver.
>  >
>  > Mike
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>  Don't know if Jon is online these days, but last time he told me the 3d
> code
>  will undergo some changes. I had some weird issues and one of the thing
> that
>  partially solved them (before a code fix) was to use the quick draw
> function
>  (Settings/Appearance/General, check Quick drawing).
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>  MaX.
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