Breve screensaver not displayed
I'm running Windows Vista and I previously had breve running without problem.
Then it stopped working (possibly due to my attempts to look under the hood).
I have tried deleting the breve folder, the breve.scr file and glut32.dll (after changing the currently running screensaver to another) and reinstalling. However, this does not solve the problem.
The symptoms are as follows:
1) When breve is selected as a screen saver in vista's screen saver dialogue the computer image used to give a minuture preview of the currently selected screen saver remains black.
2) When the monitor is left running breve does not take control of the monitor. However in task manager under the processes tab I find an entry "breve.scr" appears (taking up ~50% of processor cycles). This process does not disapear when I move the mouse or give keyboard input (I have to stop it using the end process button).
3) When preview is selected in the screen saver dialogue the "settings" and "preview" buttons are greyed out.
4) When I open the screen saver dialogue "breve.scr" appears in the processes tab too but it disapears when the dialogue is closed (which by comparison with other screen savers seems to be correct behaviour).
5) In the screen saver dialogue if I press the "settings" button the breve settings dialogue appears and after exiting this the buttons remain active (also apparently correct behaviour).
6) I have tried resetting the evolution and this does not solve the problem.
I hope my description is sufficiently detailed yet otherwise succint to enable you to correct this bug. Hoping to hear back from you soon.
Good luck,
Barnaby
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Breve screensaver not displayed - Me too
I have a similar problem. Using version 2.7.5, winXP Pro. Same 50% resource usage. For me, it started after upgrading my graphics card, but that might be coincedental. However, when you select breve in the screen saver, it shows nothing and still takes 50% resources. Same when it tries to actually launch.
How can I reset it or otherwise fix it?
I get a problem similar to
I get a problem similar to this but not exactly the same.
breve.scr instead takes up 100% CPU and when I try to access screensaver from display, display crshes (I have to end it in processes and also make sure breve.scr has been ended too).
The simulation used to run but now it no longer works.
I have had a lot of bugs and errors overall with breve, it never runs smoothly even though my PC is way beyond the requires specs and quite well maintained, and I have no problems with any other programs I attempt to run.
I am on a mac and its said
I am on a mac and its said :
"L’économiseur d’écran “breveCreatures” ne s’est pas lancé correctement. Veuillez sélectionner un autre économiseur d’écran.
Erreur : Impossible de charger le paquet"
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