my opencpn went black HELP

[oceanskipper]

it has worked perfect but when i open it today the screen went Black and i tried reinstalled it but only with the same result. i am running Windows 8 and it has worked
Any idea what could be wrong

[cagney]

Originally Posted by oceanskipper

it has worked perfect but when i open it today the screen went Black and i tried reinstalled it but only with the same result. i am running Windows 8 and it has worked
Any idea what could be wrong

You give us exact zero facts to go on!
Please work through Installing OpenCPN | Official OpenCPN Homepage and see what you come up with.

Thomas

[oceanskipper]

Originally Posted by cagney

You give us exact zero facts to go on!
Please work through Installing OpenCPN | Official OpenCPN Homepage and see what you come up with.

Thomas

ok, when open CPN today, the screen where the charts should be was Black. the only thing i could see was the banner with the different tools. i then tried to install the charts Again but same result. i then removed the program an restarted the computer and installed the program Again and i got the same result.

then i tried to clean the database on the computer and reinstalled the program Again. same result. i have used CPN for a long time and never had any problems with it

[MarkJ]

That used to happen to me ages ago and it was something weird like zooming out too far on a non standard chart (pilot charts I think). I can't remember the exact fix.

If you are not using th e latest beta try upgrading and have it reset your options.

[oceanskipper]

Originally Posted by MarkJ

That used to happen to me ages ago and it was something weird like zooming out too far on a non standard chart (pilot charts I think). I can't remember the exact fix.

If you are not using th e latest beta try upgrading and have it reset your options.

thanks, will try it

[bdbcat]

oceanskipper....

Easy solution:
find and delete the file opencpn.ini, wherever it may be.

If you have the energy, save the file opencpn.ini, say to a thumbdrive, before you delete it. Attach a copy to this thread for our investigation.

Thanks
Dave

[1000 islands]

Did anybody find the cure for this problem?

I tried to find the opencpn.ini file but no luck

[transmitterdan]

Originally Posted by 1000 islands

Did anybody find the cure for this problem?



I tried to find the opencpn.ini file but no luck

What operating system are you running?

[yachtvalhalla]

Originally Posted by 1000 islands

Did anybody find the cure for this problem?

I tried to find the opencpn.ini file but no luck

Launch OpenCPN and click on the icon of a book and question mark.

For your system the location of the opencpn.ini file will be shown in the Config file location.

Terry

[Mike619]

Hit F5...should return you to normal color scheme.