[scilab-Users] JOGL & SciLab Problems

[Sylvestre Ledru]

I don't know if it is the case for you here but there is a critical bug
in the latest version of the NVidia driver under Windows.
Allan reported a bug to Nvidia.

Sylvestre

Le vendredi 19 novembre 2010 à 13:19 -0800, Tyrel Beede a écrit :
> No problem... I'm pretty sure it is something unique to my computer.
> I installed it on my co-workers computer just a second ago and he has
> the same hardware and software except for a different x58 Mobo and
> nVidia Graphics card.  Works perfect for him.  I uninstalled and
> reinstalled the graphics card drivers on my PC and it still isn't
> working.  I tried 5.3 beta, 5.1.1, 5.0.3.  Nothing works.  Scilab
> 4.1.2 works great but it uses the older graphics engine to my
> knowledge.  My computer and the co-workers computer both have the
> latest version of Java installed v6 update 22.  I'm kinda running out
> of ideas.  I guess I'll be using 4.1.2 for the time being.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Mathieu Dubois
> <mathieu.dubois at limsi.fr> wrote:
>         I'm not sure I can help you more... Maybe you can have a look
>         at the log file (when scilab crashesit generates (in the
>         working directory) a file called hs_xxxx.log.
>         
>         Did you try the scilab 5.3 bêta? I use it at work and it is
>         pretty stable.
>         
>         Mathieu
>         
>         
>         On 11/19/2010 08:06 PM, Tyrel Beede wrote: 
>         > Thanks for the reply,
>         > 
>         >   I'm pretty confused at this point.  I've got the same
>         > version of SciLab 5.2.2 64 bit working just fine on my home
>         > workstation.  My home workstation has the same exact
>         > graphics card as my work PC.  Same windows 7 64 bit.  Its
>         > even almost the same hardware otherwise.  Both have the full
>         > windows updates at the latest version.  Works great at home,
>         > crashes with any type of plot command at work.
>         > 
>         > Ty
>         > 
>         > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Mathieu Dubois
>         > <mathieu.dubois at limsi.fr> wrote:
>         >         Hello Tyrel,
>         >         
>         >         I don't use windows but precompiled linux version
>         >         comes with JOGL so I think that Windows' version
>         >         too.
>         >         
>         >         Usually Scilab crashes are caused by out-of-date
>         >         drivers. See
>         >         http://wiki.scilab.org/Graphical_issues_with_Scilab_5.0 for more details.
>         >         
>         >         HTH,
>         >         Mathieu 
>         >         
>         >         
>         >         On 11/18/2010 10:16 PM, Tyrel Beede wrote:
>         >                 Hey Guys,
>         >                 
>         >                  I just spent the last hour googling around
>         >                 and reading anything I could find to help
>         >                 diagnose my problem with SciLab.  I don't
>         >                 think it is a bug.  The problem seems to be
>         >                 related to JOGL.  I've installed a fresh
>         >                 copy of SciLab 5.2.2 x64 to match my x64
>         >                 Windows 7 install.  Everything works great
>         >                 with SciLab until I try to issue a
>         >                 "plot(x,y)" command at which point SciLab
>         >                 crashes.  Even something simple like this
>         >                 causes problems
>         >                 
>         >                 x = 0 : 0.1 : 10
>         >                 y = sin(x)
>         >                 plot(x,y);
>         >                 
>         >                 I've tried all the different usecanvas(%T)
>         >                 tricks I can find.  Then I noticed in some
>         >                 of the bug reports the developers were
>         >                 asking people to check the JOGL demo
>         >                 programs and verify that JOGL is working.  I
>         >                 went to the JOGL site and tried the gears
>         >                 demo and sure enough the gears demo crashes
>         >                 out.  It seems like JOGL isn't installed or
>         >                 it can't be found.
>         >                 
>         >                 In short,
>         >                 
>         >                 1.  Are the JOGL binaries installed with
>         >                 SciLab?
>         >                 
>         >                 2.  Is there a path issue that might be
>         >                 causing them to be hidden?
>         >                 
>         >                 Thanks,
>         >                 Ty
>         >         
>         >         
>         > 
>         
>         
> 

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