Video Problems

thenay · Post by **thenay** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:42 am

Used the latest WIP build from July 2005.
Using Windows XP Pro with SP2.

Upon clicking on zsnesw.exe, automaticlly I
get a black windowed screen.

To close it, I have to open Taske Manager and end the process
zsnesw.exe.

P4 1.7ghz
512mb ddr ram
S3 SuperSavage IXC 1179 (video card)
1024x768 resolution @ 60hertz on 32bits color
*its a laptop*

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:13 pm

thenay wrote:useless stuff

CRASHING, you fool.
We're not asking for non-existent problems that are solved with a single press on 2 keys.
We want info on zsnes CRASHING. Can't you read ?

Can't you really ?
Straight from the FIRST post of this thread:

Nach wrote:Crashing is when in DOS you get booted to DOS prompt with numbers on the screen. In Windows you have ZSNES close down on you and Xp users get a message about calling home. In Linux you get the SDL Parachute Deployed.

I don't care if some random game gives you a black screen or freezes in game and you have to go back into the GUI and load something else.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:33 pm

For the windows version, if I start a game, exit to the GUI, then leave it in the background for ten or fifteen minutes, when I come back to ZSNES, it's all black, and I have to kill it from task manager. It's happened for as long as I can remember, but it's not a major annoyance, so I never paid much attention to it.

EDIT: Interestingly, I can hit Escape, and it will go back to the game or something, because sound will start playing again, and I can use the keyboard to move through the menu and quit normally. So it's only the display engine and whatever handles mouse input that's screwing up.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:04 pm

@Noxious Ninja: I should slap you. CRASHES. NOT black screens.

Fuck.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:31 pm

grinvader wrote:@Noxious Ninja: I should slap you. CRASHES. NOT black screens.

So lockups don't count? This definately isn't a "d'oh my drivers don't like ZSNES's video mode" problem.

thenay · Post by **thenay** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:07 pm

Where the hell do I post this issue then?
Nice to see this so-called 'great' program crash
whenever I open it

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:10 pm

thenay wrote:Where the hell do I post this issue then?
Nice to see this so-called 'great' program crash
whenever I open it

Have you tried pressing Alt+Enter right after you open it? That fixes just about every occurance of this case. In fact, I'm almost certain we address this issue in the documentation - even the "old" documentation that comes with 1.42.

Post by **Nach** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:14 pm

thenay wrote:Where the hell do I post this issue then?

In the bug forum, not my crash thread.
You should also read the docs, as this is covered.

thenay wrote: Nice to see this so-called 'great' program crash
whenever I open it

Learn to tell the difference between a crash, and having video issues.

thenay · Post by **thenay** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:19 pm

Sorry, I'm new to figuring out this program.
Thanks for the info, sorry for ruining the thread.

I'll try Alt+Enter, thanks Noxious Ninja