| Re: Font problems with version 5.1 under win95 [message #11924 is a reply to message #11918] |
Sun, 31 May 1998 00:00  |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Mark Rivers (rivers@cars3.uchicago.edu) writes in response to
Brian Jackel <jackel@danlon.physics.uwo.ca>:
>> We just last week got a great new PC (300 Mhz, 128 Mb RAM) for
>> analyzing a big data set. Life would be good, except that IDL
>> 5.1 seems to step on the fonts. Specifically, after operating
>> for a while (5-30 minutes) the fonts in the log window get
>> corrupted, sort of like they're missing every other scan line.
>> Following that, _every_ font on the desktop starts to have the
>> same problem. The only cure I've found is to restart win95.
> ...
>> Has anyone seen behaviour like this before, or have any
>> suggestions for a fix? All suggestions are welcome.
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> We have the same problem with a new 300 MHz Windows NT machine. I don't think
> the problem has anything to do with IDL. I can leave the machine doing nothing
> overnight (just login screen and screensaver) and in the morning the fonts are
> screwed up. I am leaning toward the video hardware/driver as the problem.
I've been using IDL 5.1 pretty extensively on a Windows NT
machine and have not see this problem at all.
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Phone: 970-221-0438
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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