Stellarium causes the system clock to run fast (ACPI problem)

What about 0.10.4? Qt was updated.

Affects me: Win XP Prof, Dell GX280

10.4 (designated 10.3 in default_config.ini) continues the fast forwarding of the PC system time and Stellarium's.
It also has a virtually indecipherable font - looks like a washed out cryllic.

Ion, for the graphics problems, try the test build available here:
https://launchpad.net/stellarium/+download
It fixes the graphics problems in 0.10.3 and 0.10.4 in most of the cases. If the text is still illegible, open Stellarium's configuration file and add under "[main]" the following line:

use_qpaintenginegl2 = false

As for the timer bug, I can try to make a test case this afternoon (my time).

Phil, Ion: I have uploaded a test build with a possible fix here:
https://launchpad.net/stellarium/+download

The file is:
stellarium-r6080-win32-ACPI-fix-01.exe

Please report if it makes any difference.

Using current 0.10.4 normal distribution:
1) added "use_qpaintenginegl2 = false" to "main" section of "config.ini" - font still unreadable
2) added "use_qpaintenginegl2 = false" to "main" section of "default_config.ini" - font still unreadable

Totally uninstalled current 0.10.4 normal distribution.

Installed "stellarium-r6080-win32-ACPI-fix-01.exe":
1) stellarium time appears to run fast, but PC system time does not appear to be affected.
2) added "use_qpaintenginegl2 = false" to "main" section of "config.ini" - font is now readable - THANKS !
3) Stellarium time starts up about 1 sec. more than PC system time, after about 15 min. Stellarium time appears to have gained about 1/2 sec. more - not a problem ! - THANKS !
4) after 15 min. in Stellarium and exiting Stellarium PC system time is unaffected - FIXed ! -= THANKS !

The fix has been committed to Stellarium's code repository at SourceForge as revision 6100:
http://stellarium.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/stellarium?view=rev&revision=6100

Well done Bogdan,
Did you consider issuing a bug report on Qt trackers for that?
Fab

Yes, I did, actually, but I'm not sure if the problem is in Qt. One of the possible reasons may be the implementation of QTimer on Windows, but another one is the use of some Windows time functions. I need to write a few small tests and ask Ion to run them.

Hi Bogdan,
Drop me a line anytime, I'll be glad to run the test cases.
John (Ion)

Hi to all. Thanks for your help Bogdan. Sorry for the delay but I've been playing with my telescope and didn't check. I just installed "stellarium-r6268-win32.exe" and the clock issue and the font issue were solved. I didn't need to do anything else. Thanks. Phil.