I'm on win2k pro and as soon as I install the DLLs from the Universe
Browser, the Squeak screen goes black and the processor pegs 100%. If
I press Ctrl+., the processor relents, but I don't get a refresh.

Troubleshooting steps:

Started with fresh Win32 download and Damien's squeak-web-118.image.
Open Package Universe Browser.
When the Preamble progress bar appears for Installing FreeType Plugins
0.13, Squeak stops responding. If I bring another window across it, it
doesn't redraw the screen.

At this point, I kill the Squeak process (after waiting several
minutes). Looking in the Squeak directory, I see I have a package
cache from the Universe Browser and these files copied in:

BitBltPlugin.dll
freetype6.dll
ft2plugin.dll
msvcr71.dll
credits.txt

Restarting any Squeak image at this point will show only a blank
screen (tried several of mine and Squeak3.9-final-7067.image). So I
think something isn't working at the VM level with the plugins.

I also recreated by trying again and only installing the Plugins. Same result.

I also tried clearing out my fonts (fell back to Arial, Times New
Roman, Courier, Symbol, and Wingdings, a la Windows 3.1; albeit with
OpenType). Also tried rebooting (I am on Windows).

Any ideas?



, starting any squeak image (even if I copy back an image without

On 5/1/07, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sheesh..  Total, utter, maximum Gorgeousity.  Thank you Andy, thank
> you.  This really lurches the look of my image forward a big step.
>
> I spent the whole day looking at my fonts.  I never thought it would
> happen, but I found something I like (a lot) better than Verdana for
> the code font.  It's called "Tw Cen MT (OpenType)" which I guess is
> "Twentieth Century".
>
> The Century fonts for other stuff are really gorgeous too.
>
> I got a new computer a couple of months of go with a high-res screen,
> so I'm enjoying "big" (>= 14-point) fonts with "no hinting".  It's
> high contrast and no jaggies at all.
>
> Thanks again!
>   Chris
>
>
> On 4/28/07, Andrew Tween <amtween at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > This is an official announcement that the FreeType Plus packages are now
> > released.
> >
> > You can download from SqueakMap, or via the Package Universe within a developer
> > Squeak (squeak-dev) image.
> >
> > I will be documenting various aspects of this on the wiki; at present you can
> > view some screenshots, and read some preliminary descriptions, at
> > http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/5984
> >
> > It will work, to varying degrees, on Windows (98, 2000, XP, & Vista); Linux
> > (OpenSUSE, Fedora, Ubuntu, etc.); and Mac OS X.
> >
> > It requires an FT2Plugin, which is shipped with the Mac VM, and is available for
> > Windows/Linux via the FreeType Plus (plugins installer) package.
> >
> > To enable sub-pixel anti-aliasing, the optional, and separate, FreeType Plus
> > (sub-pixel anti-aliasing) package must be installed.
> > This requires a modified BitBltPlugin. This is currently available for
> > Windows/Linux only, and is installed via the FreeType Plus (plugins installer)
> > package. If anybody wishes to attempt compile it for Macs, then please let me
> > know.
> >
> > Rather than try to describe everything, and anticipate every question in
> > advance, I would rather wait to see how people get on with installing/using it,
> > and then update and improve the documentation accordingly. So, if you have
> > problems, then please let me know; and if you have success then that would be
> > nice to hear about too :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>