20070608: comment on NVIDIA GeForc4 MX 440 card and IDV

Hi Don,

I noticed Brendon's comment that the machine he is attempting to run
the IDV on under Vista has a NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP video card
and have a comment:

An attendee at the Sahel Conference 2007 in Burkina Faso also had a
machine, an HP, with this video card.  My attempts to run the IDV
on his machine failed until I downloaded a new video driver from HP.
Given this, you might want to advise Brendon to see if his computer
manufacturer has an updated video driver for the MX 440 card.

Cheers,

Tom

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>From: Brendon Hoch <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: [IDV #LWU-168763]: IDV Vista support timeline
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200706081202.l58C2Rrt012451

I'm running Vista Enterprise, device manager says the display card is 
"NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP 8X (Microsoft Corporation XDDM)"

BH

Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> Hey Brendon-
> 
> Thanks for testing this.  You've gotten the best results so far!
> 
>> I dared to use the nightly installer, looks like it installed fine
>> without any problems.  I was able to run most of the favorite bundles
>> without any problem, with the exception of the Sea Level Pressure in 3D,
>> which gave me the error below, but still loaded.
> 
> What kind of graphics card do you have on that machine?  Also, what
> edition of Vista is this (i.e. Ultimate, Home Premium, etc)?
> 
> I don't think that's a Vista specific problem, but I'll look
> into it.
> 
> Thanks again.   I'll let you know when I have an updated version if
> you want to test that.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>> at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:394)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.collectOperands(DerivedDataChoice.java:752)
>> at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:844)
>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:550)
>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:239)
>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:203)
>> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:204)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:161)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:142)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:220)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:2747)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2729)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.TopographyControl.setData(TopographyControl.java:132)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.TopographyControl.init(TopographyControl.java:117)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1176)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:929)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1149)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1057)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.instantiateFromBundle(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3360)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.decodeXmlInner(IdvPersistenceManager.java:2857)
>> at
>> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$11.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:2693)
>> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:947)
>>
>>
>> Let me know if you need anything further,
>> Brendon
>>
>> --
>> Brendon Hoch
>> Technology Manager
>> Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute
>> MSC 48, Boyd Hall 321A
>> Plymouth State University
>> Plymouth, NH 03264
>> (603)535-2818 Fax: (603)535-2723
>> http://vortex.plymouth.edu/~bhoch
>>
>>
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: LWU-168763
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: High
> Status: Open


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Brendon Hoch
Technology Manager
Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute
MSC 48, Boyd Hall 321A
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH 03264
(603)535-2818 Fax: (603)535-2723
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/~bhoch

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Thanks, Tom.  Brendon actually had no problem on his Vista system
with this card.  But, he'll be getting a whole bunch of Vista systems
and I'll be sure to tell him to update the drivers once he gets them
installed.

Don

Unidata Support wrote:
> Hi Don,
> 
> I noticed Brendon's comment that the machine he is attempting to run
> the IDV on under Vista has a NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP video card
> and have a comment:
> 
> An attendee at the Sahel Conference 2007 in Burkina Faso also had a
> machine, an HP, with this video card.  My attempts to run the IDV
> on his machine failed until I downloaded a new video driver from HP.
> Given this, you might want to advise Brendon to see if his computer
> manufacturer has an updated video driver for the MX 440 card.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tom
> 
> ------- Forwarded Message
> 
>> To: address@hidden
>> From: Brendon Hoch <address@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: [IDV #LWU-168763]: IDV Vista support timeline
>> Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>> Keywords: 200706081202.l58C2Rrt012451
> 
> I'm running Vista Enterprise, device manager says the display card is 
> "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP 8X (Microsoft Corporation XDDM)"
> 
> BH
> 
> Unidata IDV Support wrote:
>> Hey Brendon-
>>
>> Thanks for testing this.  You've gotten the best results so far!
>>
>>> I dared to use the nightly installer, looks like it installed fine
>>> without any problems.  I was able to run most of the favorite bundles
>>> without any problem, with the exception of the Sea Level Pressure in 3D,
>>> which gave me the error below, but still loaded.
>> What kind of graphics card do you have on that machine?  Also, what
>> edition of Vista is this (i.e. Ultimate, Home Premium, etc)?
>>
>> I don't think that's a Vista specific problem, but I'll look
>> into it.
>>
>> Thanks again.   I'll let you know when I have an updated version if
>> you want to test that.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>>> java.lang.NullPointerException
>>> at java.util.Hashtable.put(Hashtable.java:394)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.collectOperands(DerivedDataChoice.java:752)
>>> at ucar.unidata.data.DerivedDataChoice.getData(DerivedDataChoice.java:844)
>>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:550)
>>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:239)
>>> at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:203)
>>> at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:204)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:161)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:142)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:220)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:2747)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:2729)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.TopographyControl.setData(TopographyControl.java:132)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.TopographyControl.init(TopographyControl.java:117)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1176)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:929)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1149)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1057)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.instantiateFromBundle(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3360)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.decodeXmlInner(IdvPersistenceManager.java:2857)
>>> at
>>> ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$11.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:2693)
>>> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:947)
>>>
>>>
>>> Let me know if you need anything further,
>>> Brendon
>>>
>>> --
>>> Brendon Hoch
>>> Technology Manager
>>> Judd Gregg Meteorology Institute
>>> MSC 48, Boyd Hall 321A
>>> Plymouth State University
>>> Plymouth, NH 03264
>>> (603)535-2818 Fax: (603)535-2723
>>> http://vortex.plymouth.edu/~bhoch
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ticket Details
>> ===================
>> Ticket ID: LWU-168763
>> Department: Support IDV
>> Priority: High
>> Status: Open
> 
> 

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