nVidia and Starcraft

[Tim Beckmann]

Daniel Foesch wrote:
> 
> Ok... here's my big problem with the nVidia drivers.  Ever since I upgraded to
> 0.9-6  DGA mode with Starcraft has been broken!, and now with the 0.9-767
> drivers Starcraft has refused to work AT ALL.  If I replace the drivers back to
> the 0.9-5 (which are dreadfully unstable with SMP) Starcraft works fine.  Any
> resolution, any color depth.  With 0.9-6 I have to run Starcraft at 8-bit
> depth, else I get strange mirroring effects, showing that it's only writing
> 8-bit information on a 32-bit screen.  With 0.9-767... well, that just crashes
> flat on its face.
> 
> I'm frustrated! I'm pissed! These nVidia drivers are BROKEN!
> 

Interesting.  I updated to wine-20010305 about the same time I updated
to the 0.9-767 drivers.  I received the same results but figured it was
due to a change in wine (I seem to remember some change in the DIB
handling code being mentioned somewhere).  I didn't do any checks to
verify the real cause since running it on an X-server with "-depth 24"
specified lets it work just fine.  No noticeable speed penalty (on a
Athlon 900MHz with a Geforce 2MX card).

Tim