VIC Trouble on NT 4.0

Robert Olson olson at mcs.anl.gov
Wed Jun 14 09:28:44 CDT 2000


What sort of crashes did you get with ddvic?
What video cards do you have? How many? What resolution and color depth?

--bob

At 10:17 AM 6/14/2000 -0400, Bob Riddle wrote:
>I'm now running the noddvic from the download site - no crashes so 
>far.  I've never made it this long with the ddvic stuff.
>
>
>Bob Olson wrote:
>>This is very odd.
>>
>>Bob - did you try both the nodd dd versions? did they act the same way?
>>
>>Please try running these vics as well, as compiled by the UCL folks, and
>>see if they have the same problems.
>>
>><http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/software/vic/2.8ucl-1.1.0/vic-2.8 
>>ucl-1.1.0-win32.exe>http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/software/vic/2 
>>.8ucl-1.1.0/vic-2.8ucl-1.1.0-win32.exe
>>http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/software/vic/2.8ucl-1.1.3/vic-2.8u 
>>cl-1.1.3-win32.exe
>>
>>Allan-- you're still coming in thru the bridge, right? Are you saying that
>>the vic on linux is also only showing local video? This seems to point to
>>a network problem.
>>
>>This code runs great on both win2k nodes here at anl, and on my laptop.
>>Can folks who have the new vic running successfully chime in with what
>>version of NT/Win2k they are running, and whether they are using the dd or
>>nodd versions?
>>
>>--bob
>>
>>On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Bob Riddle wrote:
>>
>> > I've been tryint to run the new vic on win2k with similiar 
>> results.  Can you
>> > tell me where you got the older unpatched version?  I guess I'd like 
>> to try
>> > it and see if it works more reliability.
>> >
>> >
>> > Allan Kenneth Spale wrote:
>> >
>> > > EVL has tried to use the newest version of VIC on NT with more trouble
>> > > than usual.  It seems that the video streams only relevant to EVL have
>> > > trouble staying active for very long.  However, where the video streams
>> > > are originating on a Linux box, the video streams coming into that 
>> VIC are
>> > > ok.  The only thing in the VIC of the Linux box that is different is 
>> that
>> > > the members window only will contain EVL and no one else that was
>> > > previously transmitting on the AG.
>> > >
>> > > Right now we are used the non-patched older version of VIC on the NT 
>> box.
>> > > It has been running ok for a few hours, except when I had to cut the 
>> audio
>> > > on RAT because other people were working on the presentation for 
>> Thursday
>> > > in the room where our AG node is.  I fixed some things, and all 
>> seems ok.
>> > >
>> > > I have downloaded the DebugView for NT.  Have not had a chance to 
>> run it
>> > > because of my lack of administrative privledges.  Will this help 
>> diagnose
>> > > the problem?
>> > >
>> > > If it is possible, anyone with answers should respond by Thursday 
>> morning
>> > > because that is when EVL presents at Chautauqua.  If not, it is not
>> > > serious because the old version of VIC on the NT is ok.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for your time and patience.
>> > >
>> > > Allan (Node-op at EVL)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Bob Riddle (bdr at internet2.edu)  Technologist,Internet2
>> > 3025 Boardwalk, Suite 100       Ann Arbor, Michigan  48108
>> > Phone: 734.913.4257             Fax: 734.913.4255
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>--
>Bob Riddle (bdr at internet2.edu)  Technologist,Internet2
>3025 Boardwalk, Suite 100       Ann Arbor, Michigan  48108
>Phone: 734.913.4257             Fax: 734.913.4255
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