VIC Trouble on NT 4.0

Bob Riddle bdr at internet2.edu
Wed Jun 14 09:36:19 CDT 2000


I have a Matrox G200 Quad card, using 16 bit color & 1024x768 for the
screen geography.  I only have 2 monitors currently active.


Robert Olson wrote:

>  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/multim
>> > dia/software/vic/2.8ucl-1.1.0/vic-2.8ucl-1.1.0-win32.exe
>> >
>> > ttp://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/multimedia/software/vic/2.8ucl-1.1.3/vic-2.8ucl-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
>>
>>
>
--
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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