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Conference giadev::decstation

Title:	DECstation PC Conference
Notice:	register note 2, see notes 3 & 4
Moderator:	TARKIN::LININD

Created:	Tue Jan 10 1989
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	7470
Total number of notes:	34994

7404.0. "Celebris FP590 video drivers, driving me nuts" by TROOA::DAL_MOLIN () Mon Apr 07 1997 10:39

    I have a Celebris FP590 with an S3 864 video card. Using Encarta and my
    CD rom based tax program windows blows up with and Invalid Truetype
    Font detected. I'm running wfw 3.11. I think upgrading my video drivers
    might help. Does anyone know where there is an explanation of what
    the video drivers in the PCBU desktop webpage are and do. All I cand
    find are cryptic one liners. Also which driver should I use (the flat
    memory ones sound good).
    
    Suffering from data overload, need information preferrably knowledge
    and wisdom:
    
    Thankfully yours
    
    Joseph

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
7404.1	http://pcbu.ako.dec.com/	PCBUOA::LIBKIND	Sam Libkind - PC Support Engineering 276-9465	`Mon Apr 07 1997 11:05`	8
	Does not think your problem has anything to do with the Video/Video drivers. Check your fonts. But anyway, the drivers for the S3 Vision 864 can be found on PCBU web page http://pcbu.ako.dec.com/ Select Desktop - Options - Video - Vision864 and download the VS86150F.EXE - WFW 3.11 drivers v1.50.02. Sam.
7404.2	Problem seems to be fixed	TROOA::DAL_MOLIN		`Mon Apr 07 1997 12:10`	8
	I loaded the new drivers and the problem seems to have gone away. it seems that the root cause is the switching from multimedia ie. running an avi file and back to normal operation screws up the font display... atleast that's what the tax software support folks told me. Cheers, Joseph
7404.3	*8]	BSS::PROCTOR_R	PC....Politically Corrupt	`Mon Apr 07 1997 17:46`	5
	are you sure that you didn't get the information from the IRS? (given their spectacular success rate at supplying the Right Answers To The Little People...)
7404.4		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Mon Apr 07 1997 17:52`	4
	Actually, that is indeed a common problem - I used to see it a couple of years back when I ran WFW 3.11 on my Celebris FP590. Steve