Celestia crash

[selden]

(Reposted here for guest "col" by Selden:
the FAQ thread is for Frequently Asked Questions WITH answers, not for questions that don't have an answer yet.)

Whenever I start Celestia it crashes, heres the erroe report-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<DATABASE>
<EXE NAME="celestia.exe" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_PRIVACY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="celestia.exe" SIZE="1536000" CHECKSUM="0xA7986A7C" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.3.2.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.3.2.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1, 0, 0, 1" FILE_DESCRIPTION="celestia" COMPANY_NAME=" " PRODUCT_NAME=" celestia" FILE_VERSION="1, 3, 2, 0" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="celestia.exe" INTERNAL_NAME="celestia" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright © 2001-2004, Chris Laurel" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.3.2.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.3.2.0" LINK_DATE="08/21/2004 19:07:20" UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/21/2004 19:07:20" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="libpng1.dll" SIZE="94208" CHECKSUM="0x11B40884" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.9.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.9.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="1" FILE_DESCRIPTION="PNG image compression library" PRODUCT_NAME="LibPNG" FILE_VERSION="1.0.9" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="LIBPNG1.DLL" INTERNAL_NAME="LIBPNG1 (Windows 32 bit)" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© 1998-2000 Glenn Randers-Pehrson" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.0.9.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.0.9.0" LINK_DATE="03/14/2001 23:06:30" UPTO_LINK_DATE="03/14/2001 23:06:30" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="unins000.exe" SIZE="76751" CHECKSUM="0x2372C2B1" BIN_FILE_VERSION="51.12.0.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="51.12.0.0" PRODUCT_VERSION=" " FILE_DESCRIPTION="Uninstaller" COMPANY_NAME="" PRODUCT_NAME="Inno Setup" FILE_VERSION="51.12.0.0" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="" INTERNAL_NAME="" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Jordan Russell" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x1" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="51.12.0.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="51.12.0.0" LINK_DATE="06/19/1992 22:22:17" UPTO_LINK_DATE="06/19/1992 22:22:17" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="zlib.dll" SIZE="53248" CHECKSUM="0x29B5417C" BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.1.3.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.1.3.0" FILE_DESCRIPTION="zlib data compression library" PRODUCT_NAME="ZLib.DLL" FILE_VERSION="1.1.3" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="zlib.dll" INTERNAL_NAME="zlib" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="(C) 1995-1998 Jean-loup Gailly & Mark Adler" VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x10004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="1.1.3.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="1.1.3.0" LINK_DATE="03/14/2001 23:06:23" UPTO_LINK_DATE="03/14/2001 23:06:23" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="atioglxx.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="atioglxx.dll" SIZE="4706304" CHECKSUM="0xB0826C9C" BIN_FILE_VERSION="6.14.10.3803" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="6.14.10.3803" PRODUCT_VERSION="6.14.10.3803" FILE_DESCRIPTION="ATI OpenGL driver" COMPANY_NAME="ATI Technologies Inc." PRODUCT_NAME="ATI OpenGL driver" FILE_VERSION="6.14.10.3803" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="atioglxx.dll" INTERNAL_NAME="atioglxx.dll" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="Copyright (C) 1998-2002 ATI Technologies Inc." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x0" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="6.14.10.3803" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="6.14.10.3803" LINK_DATE="06/03/2003 03:29:09" UPTO_LINK_DATE="06/03/2003 03:29:09" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="kernel32.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="kernel32.dll" SIZE="926720" CHECKSUM="0x6262EEA5" BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.0" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.0" PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.0" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Windows NT BASE API Client DLL" COMPANY_NAME="Microsoft Corporation" PRODUCT_NAME="Microsoft® Windows® Operating System" FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148)" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="kernel32" INTERNAL_NAME="kernel32" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x40004" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0xE8792" LINKER_VERSION="0x50001" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="5.1.2600.0" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="5.1.2600.0" LINK_DATE="08/18/2001 05:33:02" UPTO_LINK_DATE="08/18/2001 05:33:02" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>


Any ideas?

[selden]

Col,

Your dump reveals that you have an ATI graphics card and that the drivers are more than a year old: atioglxx.dll v6.14.10.3803.

You need to update your graphics drivers to the most recent version: 6.14.10.6467. Older ATI drivers have buggy vertex shader routines which can cause the crashes you are having.

Updated drivers can be downloaded for free from ATI's Web site at http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

I hope this helps.

[col]

Thanks for your help, you were spot on. I updated the driver and everything is working great . Sorry about postng on the wrong thread, I couldnt find my backside with an atlas sometimes.