Rendering Problems with v2.5

Discussion in 'NOD32 version 2 Forum' started by tazdevl, May 12, 2005.

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  1. tazdevl

    tazdevl Registered Member

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    Good to know there is a workaround. However, this is still an outstanding issue with NOD32 2.5 that needs to be addressed.

    No one had issues with 2.13.x, other apps are rendering fine, the only app with this problem is 2.5. So this issue is specific to NOD32 2.5.

    Given the fact that Catalyst drivers work fine with 2.13.x and all other apps, I still find it very difficult to believe this is a driver issue as previously mentioned.
     
  2. The Hammer

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    Only partially helped me. While the control center white white patch is replaced by the words CONTROL PANEL. The white patch on the the right hand panel that appears when you click on anything such as scanner logs remains. So I changed back to full acceleration. I figure if I'm going to have one white patch I might as well have the two.
     
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    in my own previous posts, i was unaware that i was running an older driver for my radeon 9200. i just updated to the latest catalyst version and all is well, no work around needed here.
     
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    Thanks!!! No white spot!!!

    Regards,

    Izi
     
  5. ShunterAlhena

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    Luckily I have white patch problem (ATi 9600XT 1024×786 Catalyst5.4 DirectX 9.0), so just a quick suggestion: has everybody updated to the newest Catalyst drivers?
    And wouldn't it be wise to notify ATi? It pretty much seems to be a video card-specific problem.
    (ATi drivers: www.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html)
     
  6. The Hammer

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    Are the latest drivers card specific? By that I mean do I use different drivers for a Radeon 9200 Atlantis than a 9600 card? And how do you update anyway?
     
  7. webyourbusiness

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    Reducing the hardware acceleration a notch fixed the Matrox G550 display issue on my wife's home machine as well - well spotted that man!

    regards

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  8. mesaboogieman

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    Hi
    I'm glad that my workaround suggestion has helped some others get rid of the white area's.

    Regarding the post by 'The Hammer' saying it only partly helped, I forgot to mention that you have to reset your PC after applying the 'fix'. You will then find BOTH white area's will be corrected.
     
  9. tazdevl

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    Running 5.4's which are the latest. Already submitted feedback to the Catalyst Crew. Suggest others do the same.

    Like I said though, if this was a driver specific issue, other apps would be affected. Something has changed in the skinning interface, previous versions look fine. How can you attribute that to the driver if NOD32 is the only thing that changed?
     
  10. The Hammer

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    Hi:
    I thought I had the latest drivers having had a new video card installed near the end of Febuary 2005. But I guess not. I just finished installing the 5.4 drivers and all is well. No white patches. ATi 9200 Atlantis.
    Thanks.
     
  11. The Hammer

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    The patches are back. Did not do anything afterword except run A-squared and got a virus definition update from NOD during a scheduled NOD scan. Guess I 'll try the Hardware accelleration trick.
     
  12. The Hammer

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    Oh Ya I forgot I also enabled outgoing email to be stamped with the "checked by Nod 32" that is seen in incoming email. See posts on EMON. I shut the computer off for about a half hour. Then I turned it back on and they were back.
     
  13. The Hammer

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    Looks like your right. I 'll wait and see if knocking back the hardware accelleration holds. Upgrading the drivers worked temporarily see previous post. I hope this will be addressed in aprogram update and ESET is not hopeping it will go away.
     
  14. blackbox

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    Display glitch in NOD32 2.5 Control Center

    Hi all,

    my Control Center looks like this:
    http://img144.echo.cx/img144/6520/nod323sw.png

    I noticed this since the first public beta of v2.5. I thought it was a glitch that would be fixed in the final version, but it wasn't.
    Some more details:
    • The same glitch was in v2.12 with nod32kui.manifest file applied;
    • I'm using 32bit color depth, when I change to 16bit the glitch disappears;
    • I'm using Microsoft Royale visual style, however with any other VS or Windows Classic mode the glitch stays the same;
    • I tried creating new user profile in Windows with default settings - the glitch is present there as well, so it is not caused by some messed up settings in the registry.

    Not that it impairs usability of NOD32 or something, just annoying to see this glitch every time :mad:
     
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    You say v2.13 didn't have this glitch. This is only partially true.
    v2.12 didn't have support for XP themes. However, as I mentioned here (https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=461309), the glitch also appears in v2.13 with nod32kui.manifest file (that forces XP to use new common controls v6.0).

    So let me sum up:
    • the bug appears on DX8 ATI and Matrox cards
    • the bug appears only in 32bit color depth (24bit for some people)
    • the bug appears only when hardware display acceleration is set to full
    • the bug is not connected with XP skinning engine, because it appears in Windows Classic mode (i.e., visual styles turned off), but is somehow tied with Windows Common Controls v6.0 (comctl32.dll)
    • installing latest video drivers does not solve the problem
    • this glitch hardly can be attributed to driver/hardware problem, because the glitch does not appear in ANY other program except NOD23.
     
  17. RejZoR

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    It appears to me as Alpha blending problem (or w/o Alpha textures).
     
  18. ronjor

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    I had to look it up. :)

    alpha channel

    In graphics, a portion of each pixel's data that is reserved for transparency information. 32-bit graphics systems contain four channels -- three 8-bit channels for red, green, and blue (RGB) and one 8-bit alpha channel. The alpha channel is really a mask -- it specifies how the pixel's colors should be merged with another pixel when the two are overlaid, one on top of the other.

    Typically, you wouldn't define the alpha channel on a pixel-by-pixel basis, but rather per object. Different parts of the object would have different levels of transparency depending on how much you wanted the background to show through. This allows you to create rectangular objects that appear as if they are irregular in shape -- you define the rectangular edges as transparent so that the background shows through. This is especially important for animation, where the background changes from one frame to the next.

    Rendering overlapping objects that include an alpha value is called alpha blending.
     
  19. Blackspear

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    Re: Display glitch in NOD32 2.5 Control Center

    Blackbox, as your post was regarding an existing thread (which you noted), I have merged your thread with the current discussion,

    Cheers :D
     
  20. The Hammer

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    As Colonel O'Neil would say to Major Carter: I don't know what you said, but if it's a problem when will it be fixed? Stargate SG1
     
  21. Firecat

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    I looked it up one and a half year ago :)

    You beat me to the post ;)
     
  22. The Hammer

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    Has anyone from Eset contacted ATi. If I bought a Ford and the paint was peeling off the car. I would expect Ford to deal with with the paint supplier and get back to me with a solution.
     
  23. Firecat

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    Is Eset using DirectX or DirectDraw in any way? If not, the interface was probably designed using Windows' GDI (In Windows XP's case, GDI+).

    If this bug does not happen on Windows 98/2000/Me, and only on Windows XP and above, its probably something with the way GDI+ was/is used......

    Read here for more info on GDI/GDI+:

    http://www.answers.com/topic/gdi?method=6
     
  24. The Hammer

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    Quite frankly Eset should huddle with ATi. this is not really something we should have to figure out.
     
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    :D :D :D

    "Indeed" :D
     
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