Stellarium

NO SKY ON SCREEN

Asked by Doug Rennie

I JUST DOWNLOADED STELLARIUM ON A WINDOWS 8 LAPTOP. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE, BUT ONCE I CHANGED THE LOCATION FROM PARIS TO PORTLAND, OREGON, THERE IS NO SKY ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN, ONLY A SOLID GLOWING GREEN BACKGROUND. ALL THE WINDOWNS (LOCATION, TIME, CONFIGURATION, ETC) OPEN UP FINE, BUT I CANNOT GET ANY NIGHT SKY PANORAMA ON MY SCREEN. IT'S EMPTY/BLANK AND SOLID GREEN.

IS THERE SOME BUTTON I NEED TO PUSH, OR SOMETHING TO CLICK ON?

THE SKY WAS THERE FINE ONCE THE DOWNLOAD WAS FINISHED AND THE PROGRAM OPENED UP, BUT NOW IT HAS VANISHED AND I CANNOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE SKY BACK ON.

HELP ME OUT HERE. PLEASE.

THANKS

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Khalid AlAjaji (kajaji) said : 		#1

press the letter [A] on the keyboard to turn the atmosphere off.

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Doug Rennie (rainguy) said : 		#2

Thank you, Khalid, but the atmosphere was already turned off. So this isn't the issue.
On Feb 22, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Khalid AlAjaji wrote:

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Doug Rennie (rainguy) said : 		#3

Should I just delete the entire program and reinstall it, since it worked initially?
On Feb 22, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Khalid AlAjaji wrote:

> Your question #222598 on Stellarium changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/stellarium/+question/222598
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> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Khalid AlAjaji proposed the following answer:
> press the letter [A] on the keyboard to turn the atmosphere off.
>
> --
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Doug Rennie (rainguy) said : 		#4

No, it's the same question, i.e. I have no sky on my screen, and what do I need to do to get the sky on the screen. Since the solution of pressing the A key did not work, I was just wondering if possibly there was no solution other than deleting and reinstalling.
On Feb 22, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Doug Rennie wrote:

> Your question #222598 on Stellarium changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/stellarium/+question/222598
>
> You gave more information on the question:
> Should I just delete the entire program and reinstall it, since it worked initially?
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Khalid AlAjaji wrote:
>
>> Your question #222598 on Stellarium changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/stellarium/+question/222598
>>
>> Status: Open => Answered
>>
>> Khalid AlAjaji proposed the following answer:
>> press the letter [A] on the keyboard to turn the atmosphere off.
>>
>> --
>> If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
>> know that it is solved:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/stellarium/+question/222598/+confirm?answer_id=0
>>
>> If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
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Bogdan Marinov (daggerstab) said : 		#5

If you answer the notification e-mails, please have in mind that this will post your answers to the original question at Launchpad. :)

Can you try selecting another location to see if the problem persists?
Can you also try zooming out to see if the green background is limited to a particular area? There used to be a bug where the landscape wouldn't be rendered, resulting in a green "wall" around the horizon.
You can also try running Stellarium from the "no OpenGL2" / "fallback mode" shortcut in the Start menu (or whatever Windows 8 uses).

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