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17 May 2024 16:39:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Moray crashes on WinXP laptop when loading OpenGL  
From: avblaptop
Date: 12 Aug 2004 19:40:00
Message: <web.411bff6e9eba5295c40541c30@news.povray.org>
"David Wimp" <Spa### [at] spamexcom> wrote:
> > I have corresponded with you via email about a very similar problem on a
> > system with an ATI Radeon 7000 card.  Moray worked before, but I had not
> > run it in a while and had changed cards (and manufacturers software) since.
> >  There is no "options" key in my registry.  I thought maybe you meant
> > "configuration" so I tried putting the binary value there. That had no
> > effect.
>
> I turned all harware acceleration off via the control panel and now Moray
> runs.  I have various example programs that use OpenGL and they worked with
> acceleration on.  Maybe they aren't  using the right function calls.  Maybe
> something is being done in hardware on the new card that was done in
> software before and it isn't the same somehow.


If you follow the directions for editing the registry, just ad the folder
and the binary word to force open gl it will work. Worked great on my HP
laptop with the ati 320 graphics card.


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