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Mandlebrot example displays no output

Posted:
Wed May 21, 2014 6:57 am
by Annirak
I've just built the mandlebrot example, but I'm not getting any output. It just sits at the terminal, with a blinking cursor.
Matmul16 seems to work. As does aobench.
When I run matmul16's run_allnight variant, I get the occasional screen flicker. Likewise with mandlebrot. Could this be power related?
Re: Mandlebrot example displays no output

Posted:
Wed May 21, 2014 8:02 am
by hamster
You did press alt-f1, and run it on a console window, as per the README?
(No, I didn't either....)
Re: Mandlebrot example displays no output

Posted:
Wed May 21, 2014 10:25 am
by Annirak
I did read the readme... Twice. I must have missed the step because it's under build, not run...
I'll give it a try later today, though I'm still concerned about the flickering display.
Re: Mandlebrot example displays no output

Posted:
Wed May 21, 2014 6:24 pm
by slowboy
I got it working with ctrl-alt-F2 to turn output on and ctrl-alt-F7 to go back to GUI.
I started it from a terminal window, if that makes a differance.
Pretty impressive graphics, though some flicker.
slowboy
Re: Mandlebrot example displays no output

Posted:
Fri May 23, 2014 9:26 pm
by Reiner
I wanted to test the mandelbrot example as well but realized that ctrl-alt-F2 [ or any other F-key] doesn`t do anything. What did i mess up?
Re: Mandlebrot example displays no output

Posted:
Sat May 24, 2014 6:53 am
by shodruk
Re: Mandlebrot example displays no output

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Sun May 25, 2014 3:18 pm
by Reiner
Thank you Shodruky!
It works and Mandelbrot-example is quiet impressive!
But it would be much more comfortable if the ctrl-alt-function shortcut would work. Do you have an idea why it doesn't? I guess that there are lot of possible reasons why it doesn't work but what would be the most likely reason?
Thanks in advance!
Reiner
Re: Mandlebrot example displays no output

Posted:
Tue May 27, 2014 7:28 pm
by Reiner
I found an easier and more comfortable workaround for my problem without needing to actually stop lxdm:
I just open a virtual terminal:
sudo chvt 2From there i can start the mandelbrot example.
To get back to lxdm without the need of restarting it:
sudo chvt 7That might only work in the standard configuration- but hey it works!

Re: Mandlebrot example displays no output

Posted:
Wed May 28, 2014 3:35 pm
by shodruk
Thanks! I didn't know that command.
