FBlit hates me

[TheGoose]

NovaCoder started a great thread here on WB performance here:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=50414


I was trying to take a few baby steps, installing FBlit. I added it to the startup-sequence like the guide says. When I re-boot a requester pops up and informs me that "FBlit is not an executable file."

Unbelievable said I! Any clues / ideas? I downloaded it from the links in the that thread, and the files all seems fine, .guide, icon and so forth. Does not appear to be a corruption thing.

[TheGoose]

Um, it is in .lha - I downloaded it to PC-card (CF adapter) from a PeeCee and then moved it over to the miggy. I don't normally have any problems this way.


EDIT

"Workbench highlight FBlit and then select Infomation from the Icons menu. It will allow you to activate the Execute bit of the file and try again"


@ SamuraiCrow: Oh hell - that did it - and now I'm in love with FBlit goodness!

Thank you guys

[TheGoose]

One other note to those with AGA Indivision; I ended up needing to set WB to use Chip Mem for the icons. When it was set to use 'Other' memory, I was seeing some garbage lines on the screen when I would click on an icon.

This cleared it up and still seems to be quick.

[TheGoose]

@NovaCoder

"But doesn't Fblit work by copying everything that needs to be rendered to FASTRAM"

That's the impression I was getting, so these two would be kinda doing the same thing. And so having both switched on may be causing the junk on the screen

Note that the garbage lines only appear when an icon is clicked on, as I said above. That's a clue.

Oh, and sorry I don't read everything I read these days you know, ADD.