[scilab-Users] JOGL & SciLab Problems

[Tyrel Beede]

WOO HOO!!!  SUCCESS AT LAST!!!

I can confirm the bug in the latest nVidia graphics drivers for the
consumer series graphics cards.  My GeForce GT 9500 would crash with a
plot command using these two drivers

260.99      October 25, 2010
260.89      October 18, 2010

The fix was to download and install this driver.  You have to find the
"advanced driver search" feature on the website to get access to the
archived drivers.

258.96 	July 19, 2010

On another note I can say that the latest version of the workstation
graphics card drivers is working fine with a Quadro FX570 card on my
co-workers computer.  The workstation cards use a different branch of
drivers.

Thanks,
Ty


On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Sylvestre Ledru
<sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org> wrote:
>
> 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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