BVision strange vision

[Nick]

Hello

My BVision is going through a stage of being weird again. This weirdness is strange! It did this a
few months ago, and has gone through stages of doing this since I got it, or at least not long after
I got it. Well this is hard to explain.

I get a load of vertical lines. Not on the whole display, unless it gets really bad, which isn`t all
the time. It most commonly infests places where a redraw has happened. Places like where a window
was moved from. Sometimes another redraw in that place can make it better or worse. Also on scrolly
sections the sections of lines act basically the same. When you scroll you may wipe them out, or
make new ones. They are mostly fixed to the scrolly section, and move with it. Also it doesn`t
always infect all screen the same. Some aren`t effected straight away at all.

Hmm does that make sense? Anyway its annoying th hell out of me as it won`t go away! resetting and
turning it off doesn`t work. So I`m stuck with it 99% of the time.

Thanks
Nick

[Nick]

OK so nobody has had this problem. DOH!!!!!!

[Ryu]

I would guess its probably the connection between the Bvision and BPPC being a bit faulty, or the connection between the VGA cable and the socket on the BPPC. I get strange artifacts on my Bvision when its cold, I have to wait a few minutes for the connector to warm up so it makes a good contact, I sometimes get strange dots on screen on some boots, I think thats also related to the connector. However im not prepared to fiddle with it, It works in a fashion so thats okay for me :-)

[Nick]

Hmm that the sort of thing I thought too. I will have to turn it off and let it cool down first, before I start fiddling with it.

[HolgerB]

I've got the same problem with my BVision. AFAIK it's a problem of the
graphics memory. It only occurs if the tooltype bitmapcache is set.
Sadly this is needed for Warp3D but you can turn it off when you are
using other applications. (You need to reboot after changing the
option). Just take a look at sys:Prefs/CyberGraphX.

[Mad-Matt]

Check also that you dont have any remaining AGA patches in the system, that may have lingured since you upgraded to bvision.

Also,  it sounds like an effect that can accur with the ever so buggy mui

Make sure refresh is set to Simple as Apposed to Smart and see if that helps clear it up abit.

[Nick]

I have fiddled with my BVision and it now works. I was thinking before posting on here that it could
be a bad connection. Thats the only thing which could explain this. The fact that it goes through
periods of doing this here and there. Also when its doing it, it keeps doing it. Thing is it has
been over a year since it last did it, and I couldn`t remember what I did.

@Mad-Matt

Hehe, My OS has absolutely nothing in common with my old AGA OS. I haven`t had an AGA only computer
for a few years now. Yuk! :-) Thanks anyway.

Thanks people

[djnick]

I had the same probs. So here is the
temp. solution until you fix the problem:

Go to DEVS:monitors & select icon info
for BVisionPPC monitor. Then there you should
have following tooltypes:

BITMAPCACHE=YES
BOOTLOGO=YES
PACKED24=NO
SCROLLMASK=YES
PASSTHROUGH=NO
VLAYER=DESTRUCTIVE

If you set BITMAPCACHE to NO - there will be
no vertical lines. Or you can chose 16bit
screen.

If you have some more probs, email me.

[mikeymike]

I would have thought VERTICALLINES=NO solving the problem would have been more amusing.  Akin to nosmoke.exe.

[Nick]

Hehe

Problem is I`ve solved the problem. Lose connection. Well so it would seem. I fiddled with it then turned it on. Hey presto, Robert`s your father`s brother. Fixed.

Thanks

PS do you have a cure for Cockney? I seem to have gained some from somewhere. :-)

[GPT]

I do got the problem you hade.

But I have fiddled with it for a will and I'm comm
ing nowere.

Help?

[Nick]

Have you followed the advice from the other guys?

[GPT]

Yup

[Nick]

Hmm. Maybe theres something wrong with your BVision->PPC connector. If its exactly the same as mine, then it seemed that all it was was a bad connection. Maybe yours is just worse.

[GPT]

I don't think it's the connection.

The lines is visible on screenshots and the blanker is recating at them (can't realy explain that one).
Ans I have sent it back ones to the retailer and he had no problems with it.

So I do think it's a software problem.
The only thing I can come up with after dissabling everpatch and program except setpatch appart from os3.9 itself is BB2 update.