On 30/03/2010 08:24, Bogdan Marinov wrote: > Could you please download and install the test build from here: > https://launchpad.net/stellarium/+download > And report if the problem persists? > > Also, what is the model of your graphics card? > > The problem persists and the log is as follows: 2010-03-31T21:12:50 Windows XP Compiled with GCC 4.4.0 Qt runtime version: 4.6.2 Qt compilation version: 4.6.2 Addressing mode: 32-bit Total memory: 2047 MB (unreliable) Total virtual memory: 2047 MB (unreliable) Physical memory in use: 33% Processor speed: 3192 MHz Processor name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz C:\Program Files\Stellarium\stellarium.exe ------------------------------------------------------------------- [ This is Stellarium 0.10.5 (SVN r6054) - http://www.stellarium.org ] [ Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Fabien Chereau et al ] ------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing log file to: "C:/Documents and Settings/duttz/Application Data/Stellarium/log.txt" File search paths: 0 . "C:\Documents and Settings\duttz\Application Data\Stellarium" 1 . "." Attempting to use an existing older config file. Config file is: "C:\Documents and Settings\duttz\Application Data\Stellarium/config.ini" Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL2" QGLShader::link: " Link successful. The GLSL vertex shader will run in hardware. The GLSL fragment shader will run in hardware." QGLShader::link: " Link successful. The GLSL vertex shader will run in hardware. The GLSL fragment shader will run in hardware." Cache directory is: "C:\Documents and Settings\duttz\Local Settings\Application Data\stellarium\stellarium\cache" Sky language is "en" Application language is "en" Loading Solar System data ... Loaded 38 / 38 planet orbits Loading star data ... QGLShader::link: " Link successful. The GLSL vertex shader will run in hardware. The GLSL fragment shader will run in hardware." "Loading "./stars/default/stars_0_0v0_1.cat": 0_0v0_1; 5013" "Loading "./stars/default/stars_1_0v0_1.cat": 1_0v0_1; 21999" "Loading "./stars/default/stars_2_0v0_1.cat": 2_0v0_1; 151416" "Loading "./stars/default/stars_3_1v0_0.cat": 3_1v0_0; 434064" Finished loading star catalogue data, max_geodesic_level: 3 navigation/preset_sky_time is a double - treating as jday: 2.45151e+06 Loaded 10051 NGC records Loading NGC name data ... Loaded 222 / 222 NGC name records successfully Loaded 88 / 88 constellation records successfully for culture "western" Loaded 85 / 85 constellation art records successfully for culture "western" Loaded 89 / 89 constellation names Loading constellation boundary data ... Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments Loading star names from "./skycultures/western/star_names.fab" Loaded 230 / 230 common star names Loading star names from "./stars/default/name.fab" Loaded 3215 / 4359 scientific star names Creating GUI ... QGLShader::link: " Link successful. The GLSL vertex shader will run in hardware. The GLSL fragment shader will run in hardware." QGLShader::link: " Link successful. The GLSL vertex shader will run in hardware. The GLSL fragment shader will run in hardware." Please note that the graphics card is as follows but there was no issue with Stellarium before Win XP SP3 was installed: Name Radeon X1650 Series PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71C6&SUBSYS_E040174B&REV_00\4&30651773&0&0008 Adapter Type ATI display adapter AGP (0x71C6), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible Adapter Description Radeon X1650 Series Adapter RAM 256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes) Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll Driver Version 6.14.10.6631 INF File oem9.inf (ati2mtag_RV530 section) Color Planes 1 Color Table Entries 4294967296 Resolution 1440 x 900 x 60 hertz Bits/Pixel 32 Memory Address 0xE0000000-0xEFFFFFFF I/O Port 0x0000DE00-0x0000DEFF Memory Address 0xFE9E0000-0xFE9EFFFF IRQ Channel IRQ 16 I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys (6.14.10.6631, 1.60 MB (1,681,920 bytes), 04/08/2004 06:29) Name Radeon X1650 Series Secondary PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71E6&SUBSYS_E041174B&REV_00\4&30651773&0&0108 Adapter Type ATI display adapter Secondary AGP (0x71E6), ATI Technologies Inc. compatible Adapter Description Radeon X1650 Series Secondary Adapter RAM 256.00 MB (268,435,456 bytes) Installed Drivers ati2dvag.dll Driver Version 6.14.10.6631 INF File oem9.inf (ati2mtag_RV530 section) Color Planes Not Available Color Table Entries Not Available Resolution Not Available Bits/Pixel Not Available Memory Address 0xFE9F0000-0xFE9FFFFF Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ati2mtag.sys (6.14.10.6631, 1.60 MB (1,681,920 bytes), 04/08/2004 06:29)