Grid, constelation and equitorial lines missing

There are some known graphics problems with versions 10.3 and 10.4. You could try disabling the latest graphics routines by:
a/ Add the start-up option "--safe-mode", i.e. run
    "c:\Program Files\Stellarium\stellarium.exe" --safe-mode
OR
b/ Add "use_qpaintenginegl2 = false" (no quotes) to the 'main' section of the 'config.ini' file.

If that doesn't work, it would be best to provide details of your graphics card and the 'log.txt' file.

P.

I should have added...
Disabling the OpenGL2 routines only works on later development versions of Stellarium, not the official 0.10.4. You can download a later version from https://launchpad.net/stellarium/+download.

I've tried all the potential solutions listed above with no success. I also played with my screen resolution but that did not help at all. My graphics driver is listed as "Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family". Screen resolution is 1280x800. The log is below.

Upon further inspection, it looks like grid lines are there, but they are too faint/too thin to be visible. Is there a way to adjust the config.ini file with new line colors and especially thicknesses?

Thanks,
E

2010-05-11T21:34:45
Windows Vista
Compiled with GCC 4.4.0
Qt runtime version: 4.6.2
Qt compilation version: 4.6.2
Addressing mode: 32-bit
Total memory: 2012 MB (unreliable)
Total virtual memory: 2047 MB (unreliable)
Physical memory in use: 57%
Processor speed: 1995 MHz
Processor name: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 575 @ 2.00GHz
C:\Program Files\Stellarium\stellarium.exe
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[ This is Stellarium 0.10.5 (SVN r6268) - http://www.stellarium.org ]
[ Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Fabien Chereau et al ]
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Writing log file to: "C:/Users/Ed/AppData/Roaming/Stellarium/log.txt"
File search paths:
  0 . "C:\Users\Ed\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium"
  1 . "."
Config file is: "C:\Users\Ed\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium/config.ini"
Qt GL paint engine is: "OpenGL"
Cache directory is: "C:\Users\Ed\AppData\Local\stellarium\stellarium\cache"
Sky language is "en"
Application language is "en"
Loading Solar System data ...
Loaded 38 / 38 planet orbits
Loading star data ...
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_0_0v0_1.cat": 0_0v0_1; 5013"
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_1_0v0_1.cat": 1_0v0_1; 21999"
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_2_0v0_1.cat": 2_0v0_1; 151416"
"Loading "./stars/default/stars_3_1v0_0.cat": 3_1v0_0; 434064"
Finished loading star catalogue data, max_geodesic_level: 3
navigation/preset_sky_time is a double - treating as jday: 2.45151e+06
Loaded 10051 NGC records
Loading NGC name data ...
Loaded 222 / 222 NGC name records successfully
Loaded 88 / 88 constellation records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 85 / 85 constellation art records successfully for culture "western"
Loaded 89 / 89 constellation names
Loading constellation boundary data ...
Loaded 782 constellation boundary segments
Loading star names from "./skycultures/western/star_names.fab"
Loaded 230 / 230 common star names
Loading star names from "./stars/default/name.fab"
Loaded 3215 / 4359 scientific star names
Creating GUI ...
Downloaded 0 files (0 kbytes) in a session of 118.517 sec (average of 0 kB/s + 0 files from cache (0 kB)).

Ed,
The line colours are stored in the config file and could be adjusted to make them brighter. I don't believe the line weight can be changed via the config file.

Under Vista the config file should be at 'C:\Users\{USER_NAME}\Appdata\Roaming\Stellarium\config.ini'. As shown by your log file, this is 'C:\Users\Ed\AppData\Roaming\Stellarium\config.ini' for you.

Be sure to close Stellarium before modifying the config file. And, as always, make a backup before making any changes (although you can always delete this file and Stellarium will revert to the defaults).

The settings you are looking for are in the '[color]' section. They are 'azimuthal_color', 'const_lines_color', etc. There are three values for each setting, corresponding to the intensity of red, green and blue, with a scale of 0.0 to 1.0 (0.0 is none of that colour, 1.0 is full intensity). Increasing the values will make them brighter and hopefully easier for you to see.

While in the config file, check that the screen resolution settings exactly match you actual screen res; find the '[video]' section and check the 'screen_h' and 'screen_v' settings.

P.