windows 7 error message

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 20:56 — landononthemoon
I just downloaded the latest posted version of electric sheep for my new windows 7 laptop. I have used electric sheep for years on my old macbook but cannot get it to work on windows 7. the problem is that it keeps giving me an "es.scr has stopped working" message. It then tells me that windows can't figure out the problem and has to close it. this happens every time I load the screen saver from either preview in control panel or just by letting the SS turn on by itself. What could be causing this problem?
‹ Repeated Sheep Screensaver will not kick off ›
Sat, 04/17/2010 - 10:48 — Hoof

I have a very similar

I have a very similar problem, mine will actually run for about 5 minutes then it will crash with the same error. Hopefully a fix is released soon.
Sat, 04/17/2010 - 11:26 — spot

what version of the sheep

what version of the sheep client do you have? what is your graphics hardware? if you turn on logging in the advanced settings, do you see a stack trace in the log?
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 13:37 — QTS2

I have the exact same error

I have the exact same error with b24.On one pc it works great as always, on my other rig ES crashes upon launch. I see a black screen, then a windows error msg. Here's the log file:

[-19:30:25]: '' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'AttachLog()' [INFO-19:30:25]: '******************* Windows 2.7 (Beta 24) (Built Mar 7 2010 / 15:58:37)... ' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '-------------------' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '' [FATAL-19:30:25]: 'Error occured on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 19:12:50.' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '' [FATAL-19:30:25]: 'C:\Windows\es.scr caused an Access Violation at location 00340b93 in module C:\Windows\es.scr Reading from location 00000000.' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '' [FATAL-19:30:25]: 'Registers:' [FATAL-19:30:25]: 'eax=00000000 ebx=00000153 ecx=bbc96f44 edx=00812bc4 esi=009f7a10 edi=63148220' [FATAL-19:30:25]: 'eip=00340b93 esp=0027f204 ebp=0027f2cc iopl=0 nv up ei ng nz na po nc' [FATAL-19:30:25]: 'cs=001b ss=0023 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=003b gs=0000 efl=00010286' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '' [FATAL-19:30:25]: 'Call stack:' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '00340B93 C:\Windows\es.scr:00340B93' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '0033E5C4 C:\Windows\es.scr:0033E5C4' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '0033475C C:\Windows\es.scr:0033475C' [FATAL-19:3 [19:35:06] >> 0:25]: '00335601 C:\Windows\es.scr:00335601' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '00519B35 C:\Windows\es.scr:00519B35' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '0034B4B3 C:\Windows\es.scr:0034B4B3' [FATAL-19:30:25]: 'A1C30063' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '007ADE00 C:\Windows\es.scr:007ADE00' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '5E146A56' [FATAL-19:30:25]: '' x2 [INFO-19:30:25]: 'Working dir: C:\Program Files\Electric Sheep\' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'Commandline: C' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting(g_Settings.settings.player.screen, 0)' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting returned 0' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting(g_Settings.settings.player.width, 0)' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting returned 800' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting(g_Settings.settings.player.height, 0)' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting returned 592' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting(g_Settings.settings.player.directdraw, false)' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting returned false' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'Attempting to open Windows DirectX display...' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting(g_Settings.settings.player.MultiDisplayMode, 0)' [INFO-19:30:25 [19:35:06] >> ]: 'g_GetSetting returned 0' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'Creating first IDirect3D9 object' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'Direct3D Initialized from old IDirect3D9 object' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting(g_Settings.settings.player.vbl_sync, false)' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting returned false' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'DX: Hardware vertex processing' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'CRendererDX::Defaults()' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting(g_Settings.settings.player.DisplayMode, 0)' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'g_GetSetting returned 2' [INFO-19:30:25]: 'Using piecewise cubic video display...'

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 12:12 — apsandd

Exactly the Same Problem - New Version Fails on Windows 7

I was previously running 2.7b21 just fine.

Uninstalled it and installed 2.7b24.

Complete failure of es.scr to start, as described above.

Turned on logging, but no log generated - probably is failing before log is set up.

Nvidia GS7900 with latest Nvidia driver. Windows 7 Ultimate X86 on Intel Q9550, current on Windows Update patches as of March 7.

Removed 2.7b24, reinstalled 2.7b21, running fine again.

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 22:16 — spot

what is your graphics chip

what is your graphics chip and what version drivers do you have?

try turning on logging and see if you can see a problem there (post it here).

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 23:05 — landononthemoon

I have an ATI Radeon HD4200

I have an ATI Radeon HD4200 graphics card and I have version V2.7b24 for windows. How do I turn on logging/find some way to view it on a windows? sorry if that is a dumb question but it is not apparent to me how to do that
Wed, 03/10/2010 - 23:58 — spot

go into the advanced

go into the advanced settings, there's a checkbox for logging.
Thu, 03/11/2010 - 00:24 — landononthemoon

Ok I turned on the log but I

Ok I turned on the log but I don't see any way to actually view it. Do I need to know how to use command prompt to do that? I don't really know anything technical...

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