> On 08/02/2009 03:53 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 15:19 -0400, Max Pyziur wrote: >>> Any chance of there being a version of Google Earth for x86_64 that >>> doesn't freeze X? >> >> It's not Google Earth, it's the blasted Intel driver. The current one >> breaks when using OpenGL (the Mesa library). I've reported this, as have >> other people, but had no reaction so far. > > It also happens with the radeon driver as well.... > > Whether or not the drivers support or don't support 3D, it shouldn't > cause X to hang. It takes out both the mouse movement and the keyboard > with it. I can still see disk activity, so I can only assume that my > direct interface to the laptop is useless when this happens. It would > be nice if I could at least change to another VT and bag X.... Given the fact that it takes out the keyboard and the mouse and all activity stops onscreen, I remotely ssh from another box to reboot the machine. fyi, Max Pyziur pyz@xxxxxxxxx >> Feel free to add your comments at: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510948 >> >> It's beyond a joke that this should be so completely broken. Some people >> have had luck downgrading to the previous stable version ("yum downgrade >> mesa\*") but YYMV of course. >> >> poc > > -- > Kevin J. Cummings > kjchome@xxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
