As far as I know S3 never could deliver a good OpenGL support. I could ran Java3D in S3 Savage 4 only in DirectX. This way run fine, but with OpenGL a good part of my hair fall down...
Alessandro Borges --- Mauricio Vives <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > This is an update to a message I sent on Feb 1 (see > below). IBM has since > released a new driver which appears to solve the > problem. It is version > 7.40.50, and it is available from the IBM support > site. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mauricio Vives [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [JAVA3D] OS Crash with J3D and S3 SavageIX > > > Hey folks, > > This is an FYI for anyone who is running Java 3D on > laptops with the > SavageIX chipset. I have recently discovered a > "blue screen of death" > (BSOD) crash when running a Java 3D-based applet > with the S3 SavageIX > chipset: when I run the applet and close the > browser, the operating system > will crash with a BSOD (no recovery possible). This > will even happen with > HelloUniverse. > > The BSOD mentions the offending DLL is s3avmx.dll, > which is one of the DLLs > for the chipset driver. The driver version number > is 7.40.44 (the latest), > and strangely the previous driver version I have > (7.40.35) works fine. Note > that the SavageIX is a mobile chipset, used only in > laptops, including the > IBM Thinkpad T20 series (T20, T21, and T22), which > is a popular line of > laptops. > > Here are the detailed specs from my test: > > IBM Thinkpad T21 laptop > S3 SavageIX, version 7.40.44 from IBM > Windows 2000 Professional > Internet Explorer 5 > Java Runtime Environment 1.3.1_02 > Java 3D 1.2.1 OpenGL > > If you have seen this problem and know a solution, > let me know. I will > temporarily continue to use the old driver, but that > is a "solution" which > may not work for our customers. Thanks. > > - Mauricio > > > _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Empregos O trabalho dos seus sonhos pode estar aqui. Cadastre-se hoje mesmo no Yahoo! Empregos e tenha acesso a milhares de vagas abertas! http://br.empregos.yahoo.com/ =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
