On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 10:52, Fritz Whittington wrote: > On or about 2004-03-09 03:22, Adam Cooper whipped out a trusty #2 pencil > and scribbled: > > >On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 13:54, Adam Cooper wrote: > > > > > >>I have been trying to get an opengl game (vegastrike) to run on my > >>system. However whilst i've been trying to get this to work i seem to > >>have lost all opengl capabilities. When running any opengl app the > >>computer immediately freezes with no output to screen. Being a relative > >>newb i have no idea how to exit said freeze (ctrl alt F* doesn't get me > >>anywhere) and so i have to restart. GLXGears as well as tux racer freeze > >>as well. How can I fix this problem? Are there any logs that may be of > >>use? > >> > >>I'm running Kernel 2.6 on a P4 2.6 512MB > >> > >> > > > >I'm sorry to bring this up again guys but it is a continuing problem for > >me. Before this problem I had set a GL screen saver so now when ever > >this kicks in my computer locks forcing a reset. I cannot change the > >screen saver using the screen saver tool as this shows a preview and so > >locks the box forcing a reset. > > > >Added to that the fact I can't play any GL games means this is starting > >to get *very* annoying. > > > >I'm running the Intel 845G chip-set and on-board sound. > > > >Cheers > >Adam > > > > > As a way out of the current box, you might un-install the screensavers > package. Then, if you re-install it, the default screensaver should be > <none>, and you can pick a non-GL one. This will not remove your configuration, you need to delete the file $HOME/.xscreensaver > > -- > Fritz Whittington > Man is by nature a political animal. (Aristotle, Politics)
