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I am having no success plotting<br>with 64-bit Scilab 5.3.0. Bugs 8384 and 8586 also<br>have mentioned this problem for others.<br>It seems that some have had success<br>working around this problem while I presume<br>others have not. I am too new to both<br>Scilab and Windows 7 to solve this problem<br>on my own so I will give the particulars of<br>my system to see if any of you have had<br>success plotting with a configuration similar<br>to mine:<br><br>1. HP computer model dm3-3012nr (equivalent to dm3-3010us)<br>2. Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit<br>3. Intel HD Graphics driver 8.15.10.2202 (latest Win 7 compatible)<br>4. Scilab 5.3.0 64-bit <br><br>The Scilab download site also has a 32-bit Win 7 version<br>which it says is recommended. That brings to<br>mind a number of questions: Will the 32-bit version of<br>Scilab work on a 64-bit hw/sw configuration? Might that<br>solve the plotting problem? Why specifically<br>is the 32-bit version of Scilab recommended?<br><br>As a workaround for the plotting problem in the 64-bit<br>version of Scilab, someone recommended right clicking on <br>the Scilab .exe file (located at C:\Program Files\scilab-5.3.0\bin)<br>to change its properties to 'run in 256 colors'.<br>I tried to do this, but the box to select it was grayed<br>out and could not be selected.<br><br>Others have recommended changing the video driver (either<br>to an earlier one or to a later one), but Win 7 compatibility<br>could be an issue for other apps. I would be willing to<br>try this if someone more experienced than I has had some success.<br><br>Finally, I have read that the real problem is that the Intel HG Graphics<br>card has insufficient support of the pixel buffer (pbuffer) in the OpenGL driver<br>upon which Scilab is presently based and that the Scilab developers intend to <br>address the problem by using JoGL 2 in the future Scilab 5.4.0 version.<br><br>Any suggested work-arounds for 5.3.0 in the meantime are appreciated.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Jan M. Hollis<br><br></body></html>