Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] [fwd] Re: [SDL] Tux Paint rebooting WinXP!?
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From: John P. <jo...@jo...> - 2005-10-17 14:52:31
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 12:15:30AM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote: > FYI > > ----- Forwarded message from Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> ----- > > Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:09:45 -0700 > From: Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> > Subject: Re: [SDL] Tux Paint rebooting WinXP!? > To: "A list for developers using the SDL library. (includes SDL-announce)" <sd...@li...> > > On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 01:10:39PM -0400, Ryan C. Gordon wrote: > > > > >In the meantime... anyone here have ANY clues!? > > > > Buggy DirectX drivers? Can you build him a version of SDL that forces > > windib and waveout instead of directx for video and audio? > > I cannot, as I don't have XP at home. :^/ No time to figure out how > to cross-compile the libs again, either. > > Here are some details he sent about his system, though: > (minus stuff like floppy drive specs. ;^) ) > > --- begin --- > > I've had a look at the machines in question. For graphics they use the Intel > 826X /G/ GV/GL chipset family. To answer the questions > > > Does it do this in Windowed mode? > Yes > > > Does the configuration program work? > Yes > > > Is it being installed by a "Poweruser", > Yes > > > and then run by that same "Poweruser"? > Yes > > Info regarding the model computer is detailed below: > > System > IBM ThinkCentre S51 > 8172-XXX (TBA) > > Processor > Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz with Hyper Threading Technology > > Motherboard > PXE Enabled, Wake on LAN Support, 800MHz Front Side Bus > > Memory (RAM) > 512MB DDR SDRAM > > Chipset > Intel 915G > > Video-Graphics Card > Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 > > Sound Card > SoundMAX Cadenza > > Operating System provided and installed by Vendor > Microsoft Windows XP Home license, Microsoft Windows XP Professional > > Link to Vendor website > www.ibm.com/solutions/au/publicsector/edu_sol/t4l > > --- end --- > > Any ideas? Anyone have any WinDIB-compatible SDL DLLs that would work > with Tux Paint that I can have him try?! > Using the version of Tux Paint from the web (0.9.14) it's possible to set the driver by using an environment variable. Open up a command prompt, change to the directory where Tux Paint is installed (e.g. cd "c:\Program Files\TuxPaint") Use the 'set' command to set the environment variable like this: set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib the default is directx in place of windib. Check that it has taken like this: set you should see something like: ... PROMPT=$P$G SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib SESSIONNAME=Console SystemDrive=C: ... Now run Tux Paint by typing: tuxpaint You could try with the sound disabled: tuxpaint --nosound Be careful though. This version of Tux Paint has an annoying bug that forces you to wait 30s between runs. It returns without running, leaving a text file 'stdout.txt' containing: You're already running a copy of Tux Paint! even when you aren't(!) I checked that the environment variable trick works on XP Pro using the 'testvidinfo' program, which is part of the SDL source distribution, cheers, John Popplewell. > Thanks! > > -bill! > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > -bill! > bi...@ne... > http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Tuxpaint-devel mailing list > Tux...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tuxpaint-devel > |