OpenGL Issue

[chancey]

Here is the error message I get when starting up SW.

"The Use Software OpenGL option has been enabled because of a recent configuration change. Click Connect for more information."

This is the first time I have seen this. I know of no configuration changes that happened the day before. I have done the following.

1. Reboot
2. Check my driver on SW Site
3. Reinstall Video Card Driver
4. Unsuccessfully tried Windows System Restore with multiple restore points
5. Full System Virus Scan
6. Contacted VAR
7. Tools > Options > Performance > Enable Software OpenGL - Greyed out and checked
8. Scoured NVIDIA setting for anything pertaining to OpenGl - nothing, that worked
9. Sent SW RX info to VAR to send to SW

Here my setup

Solidworks Office Professional 2007 SP1.1
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 (According to Windows this device is working properly)
Driver Version: 7.7.5.6
Driver Date: 7/13/2005
Windows XP
Pentium 4 CPU 3.40 GHz
3.39 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM

Are you smarter than my VAR? If anyone has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[StefanHamminga]

run the opengl extensions viewer, it will show the current registered opengl renderer, if it says 'gdi' then your video card driver is not installed or working properly.

Try upgrading to a new driver version, downgrading drivers is always a bad idea. The reason for upgrading is that the graphics driver contains a list of registry entries used in previous drivers, it clears (and cleans) those settings using that list.
So you can see that when downgrading drivers the list can be incomplete (settings added in the newer driver, not known at the time of compilation of the older driver).
Start with either the 84.26 or the 92.91 driver.


Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

 

[StefanHamminga]

Oh, for those without google :

http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

 

[chancey]

Thanks that's handy info...for future ref. As it would figure, a day of me going completely nuts and it turns out to be something fairly simple. I am running dual monitors and somehow the setting were not the same on each. I made sure application setting on each was set to SW and that seemed to do the trick. Keep me away from sharp objects!

 

[SoilentG]

Why are you using SP1.1 on a 32-bit OS? There's another thread here that shows that SP1.1 should only be used on 64-bit OS. Rollback to SP1.0.

Here's the SP1.1 thread:

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=168204&page=1

Probably not your issue but I would rollback if I were you.

 

[chancey]

Because the new "smart" download manager grabbed it for me. I was not aware of this. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Theophilus]

Mine tried doing that today, too. Had to cancel it--strange. Now that I know how to do the kludge of updating manually, I think I prefer it--less likely to "fix something that isn't broke" that way.

Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Please note the actual wording of the alert;

Note: This update is only necessary if you run the 32bit version of SolidWorks on a 64bit OS (Operating System).

It does not say that SP1.1 should only be used on 64-bit OS."

Of the people I know who are using SP1.1 (myself included) on a 32 bit system, none appear to be having problems. Admittedly this is only a handful of people, but the range of industries they cover is quite diverse.

​

Helpful SW websites faq559-520​

How to find answers ... faq559-1091​

SW2006-SP5 Basic ... No PDM​

 

[SoilentG]

Right, it doesn't say it has to be but why install it when it says it's only needed for 32-bit installs running in a 64-bit OS?

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Agreed ... but if SP1.1 has already been installed and SW is running fine, why remove it? ... "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

 

[SoilentG]

It appears his SW isn't working perfectly, see 1st post

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Read his second post;

chancey (Mechanical) 24 Oct 06 15:27
Thanks that's handy info...for future ref. As it would figure, a day of me going completely nuts and it turns out to be something fairly simple. I am running dual monitors and somehow the setting were not the same on each. I made sure application setting on each was set to SW and that seemed to do the trick. Keep me away from sharp objects!

 

[SBaugh]

SP1.1 is for all seats of SW whether 32-bit on 32-bit OS or not. SP1.0 is no longer avail. If it was then I would see where Sp1.1 was only for 32-bit on a 64-bit machine.

"If it ain't broke don't fix it" - you guys crack me up!

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[SoilentG]

ah crap... I hijacked this thread with nothing useful.

 

[StefanHamminga]

On the (offtopic) subject of service packs, I asked SW about this at the time of the first x64 beta releases (SW2006 SP4), their statement was that they would always release both SPs.
Say they need to bring out SP1.1 for x64, they will release SP1.1 for x86, even if no code needs change.
This is to keep pdmworks compatibility between x86 & x64.


Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Are you running the pre-Alpha version of x86 Stefan?

 

[StefanHamminga]

lol, and I thought I was young compared to most of you! (25), remember the 8086? ;-)
(my parents had one, spent months toying around with gems & msdos!)

x86 is a reference commonly used for the intel 386, 486, 586 & 686 architectures.

Stefan Hamminga
EngIT Solutions
CSWP/Mechanical designer/AI student