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GPL BUG: black screen at GPL shutdown

7 posts by 5 people · 08 Oct 1998 - 11 Oct 1998

One problem I'm experiencing with GPL is that it will not shutdown properly. It goes to the credits screen, and if I hit return, the screen goes black with a white cursor (stays at 640x480, versus my normal 1024x768 res), with no sight of good old Win95. CTL-ALT-DEL has no effect. The only way out is a hard reset of the PC. Anyone got any ideas? Hardware: P133, V1000, 32 meg EDO SIMMS, P5STE mb w/512 L2 NAR Northeast Regional Contest Board site - points and more...
John Parke 08 Oct 1998#425617
I think GPL doesn't like hihger WINX screen resolutions. I run in 1280x1024 and I have to re-arrange my icons after EVERY GPL session!! Eric, any ideas??? -- John Parker Route 66 Racing (R66R) Team "JP-Bogart" on TEN/Nascar Racing Online Series Sponsored by: Digital Edge (Indy/F1 SIM) Racing Wheels Digital Edge Web Site: http://www.indysim.com/ > One problem I'm experiencing with GPL is that it will not shutdown >properly. It goes to the credits screen, and if I hit return, the >screen goes black with a white cursor (stays at 640x480, versus my >normal 1024x768 res), with no sight of good old Win95. CTL-ALT-DEL >has no effect. The only way out is a hard reset of the PC. Anyone >got any ideas? >Hardware: P133, V1000, 32 meg EDO SIMMS, P5STE mb w/512 L2 >NAR Northeast Regional Contest Board site - points and more...
< 08 Oct 1998#425618
Try hitting the ESCAPE key after the credits not ENTER.......works just fine for me.
Quoted text (12 lines)> One problem I'm experiencing with GPL is that it will not shutdown >properly. It goes to the credits screen, and if I hit return, the >screen goes black with a white cursor (stays at 640x480, versus my >normal 1024x768 res), with no sight of good old Win95. CTL-ALT-DEL >has no effect. The only way out is a hard reset of the PC. Anyone >got any ideas? >Hardware: P133, V1000, 32 meg EDO SIMMS, P5STE mb w/512 L2 >NAR Northeast Regional Contest Board site - points and more...
Eric Busch 08 Oct 1998#425619
This doesn't happen to me at any resolution. What card/drivers do you have? - Eric
Steve K. 08 Oct 1998#425620
Quoted text (12 lines)> One problem I'm experiencing with GPL is that it will not shutdown > properly. It goes to the credits screen, and if I hit return, the > screen goes black with a white cursor (stays at 640x480, versus my > normal 1024x768 res), with no sight of good old Win95. CTL-ALT-DEL > has no effect. The only way out is a hard reset of the PC. Anyone > got any ideas? > Hardware: P133, V1000, 32 meg EDO SIMMS, P5STE mb w/512 L2 > NAR Northeast Regional Contest Board site - points and more...
Using Win98, Stealth2, 800x600, I get the black screens, and sometimes reboots! Steve
I don't know if that's meant for me, but some follow-up info... Intergraph Reactor, V1000 BIOS 1.02.103a (i3db1031.zip) Win95 drivers 4.03.00.3130 (wn953133.zip) The black screen on exit happens (from the credits screen) whether I: hit return, hit escape, or let it exit normally. It only happens when I exit, it doesn't lock up prematurely or anything. It doesn't reboot by itself, just sits there. The hard reboot is required to get any response. It didn't do this when I first installed the game, but had developed over the last several days. NAR Northeast Regional Contest Board site - points and more...
UPDATE: in the process of adding a new Abit BH6 mb, Celeron 300A, and 64 meg of PC100 memory, this problem has disappeared (GPL shutdown brings me back to Windows in my proper resolution now). Oh, and the frame rate seems a bit better now, too. :) :) :) NAR Northeast Regional Contest Board site - points and more...

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