[GiDlist] GiD under Windows 2000..?!

[Rajab Said]

Hi,

I get the error message "Swap Buffers failed" whenever
I try to run GiD on a PC with Windows 2000. The machine
has a sufficient amount of RAM, and nothing was running
at the same time. The same version of GiD has been
installed on other machines with (Windows 95 and
Windows NT) where it works fine. Just before I get into
more investigation on that PC, has anyone experienced
any trouble with GiD running under Windows 2000..?

Any comment is appreciated.
Thanks.

_____________________________________________________________
Rajab Said,
Senior Research Assistant,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales Swansea,
Singleton Park, Swansea. SA2 8PP.
_____________________________________________________________
Fax : (44)1792-295676_________Tel : (44)1792-205678 Ext.4183

[Enrique Escolano]

I' work with GiD under Windows 2000 professional, and never it has appeared
this problem.
Perhaps there is some conflict with the graphical card, try to deactivate
the OpenGL graphical acceleration (start with GiD safe mode).

Enrique Escolano
GiD Team

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rajab Said" R.Said at swansea.ac.uk
To: gidlist at gatxan.cimne.upc.es
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:16 PM
Subject: [GiDlist] GiD under Windows 2000..?!


Hi,

I get the error message "Swap Buffers failed" whenever
I try to run GiD on a PC with Windows 2000. The machine
has a sufficient amount of RAM, and nothing was running
at the same time. The same version of GiD has been
installed on other machines with (Windows 95 and
Windows NT) where it works fine. Just before I get into
more investigation on that PC, has anyone experienced
any trouble with GiD running under Windows 2000..?

Any comment is appreciated.
Thanks.

_____________________________________________________________
Rajab Said,
Senior Research Assistant,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales Swansea,
Singleton Park, Swansea. SA2 8PP.
_____________________________________________________________
Fax : (44)1792-295676_________Tel : (44)1792-205678 Ext.4183
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[Miguel A. de Riera Pasenau]

hello,

have you tried 'GiD Safe mode' in the Window's 'Start-Programs-GiD ... - GiD Safe mode'
and choosing 'use software opengl'?

which graphics card are you using? and at what resolution? OpenGl programs experienced
problems with some ATI and Savage cards at 65536 colours/16 bit colour/ Hi-res colours.
have you tried to switch to 'True color' or '16 millions of colors':
'Start-Settings-Control-Panel-Display/Screen' in the 'configuration' panel?

are you using the latest drivers of your card?
if still does not work, in the meantime you can always switch to 256 colors.
in this mode the Windows OpenGL is being used, instead of the graphics card acceleration
and GiD should work without problems.

hope it helps

miguel

Enrique Escolano wrote:

I' work with GiD under Windows 2000 professional, and never it has appeared
this problem.
Perhaps there is some conflict with the graphical card, try to deactivate
the OpenGL graphical acceleration (start with GiD safe mode).

Enrique Escolano
GiD Team

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rajab Said" R.Said at swansea.ac.uk
To: gidlist at gatxan.cimne.upc.es
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 8:16 PM
Subject: [GiDlist] GiD under Windows 2000..?!

Hi,

I get the error message "Swap Buffers failed" whenever
I try to run GiD on a PC with Windows 2000. The machine
has a sufficient amount of RAM, and nothing was running
at the same time. The same version of GiD has been
installed on other machines with (Windows 95 and
Windows NT) where it works fine. Just before I get into
more investigation on that PC, has anyone experienced
any trouble with GiD running under Windows 2000..?

Any comment is appreciated.
Thanks.

_____________________________________________________________
Rajab Said,
Senior Research Assistant,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales Swansea,
Singleton Park, Swansea. SA2 8PP.
_____________________________________________________________
Fax : (44)1792-295676_________Tel : (44)1792-205678 Ext.4183
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GiDlist mailing list
GiDlist at gid.cimne.upc.es
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