On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 12:02 -0700, Dan Hensley wrote: > On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 16:50 +0000, Scott van Looy wrote: > > Today Dan Hensley did spake thusly: > > >> > > >> Any idea what's happening??? > > > > > > Ok, as soon as I sent this I suspected the screensaver, and that is > > > exactly what it is. When I try to change my screensaver in System | > > > Preferences, I get logged out as soon as the config panel shows up. So > > > my next question is, where are the screensaver preferences stored, and > > > how can I change them manually? > > > > > > And of course my next question is, why is the stupid screensaver logging > > > me out? > > > > Am guessing you're not actually being logged out (ie you don't see the > > logout screen) but everything just goes black and then the login screen > > appears? What graphics card do you use? Are you trying to run a 3d > > screensaver? It would seem to me to be indicative of a broken OpenGL chunk > > somewhere... > > That's correct. Everything goes black and the login screen appears > after a few seconds. > > I think there was a glibc update yesterday, and that's probably what > broke it. I've been using the same screensaver for weeks, and I have > made no other changes recently. > > I have an NVidia 6600GT card, and I'm using a recent 3D driver from > NVidia. Ironically, I have to use this driver because the x.org driver > will not display at 1680x1050. That's the other issue I have had with > the FC6 upgrade. It seems to insist on displaying 1280x1024, even when > 1680x1050 is the ONLY resolution in my config file. > > Dan Check the kernel log after a "log-out". You should see X.org/nVidia driver crash message. If I'm correct, I'd suggest you file a report in http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 - Gilboa
