Voodoo 3 pci

[Jay Estabrook]

Michael Kronsteiner wrote:
> well... err funny...
> 
> i just tried mine and found out that dri can stay enabled (default
> config), but then running glsnake from the xscreensaver package crashes
> the server with following backtrace:

Yes, I saw that too; DRI can stay enabled, but if you do something that
performs 3D, it WILL crash the server, as you found out.

> Backtrace:
> 0: X(xf86SigHandler+0xa4) [0x1200be1a4]
> 1: /lib/libc.so.6.1 [0x20000298b80]
> 2: /usr/lib/dri/tdfx_dri.so [0x200049c16cc]
> 3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [0x2000069df80]
> 4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so(DoMakeCurrent+0x454)
> [0x2000066a084]
> 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so(__glXMakeCurrent+0x2c)
> [0x2000066a2dc]
> 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [0x20000671488]
> 7: X(Dispatch+0x25c) [0x120051a2c]
> 8: X(main+0x5e0) [0x120031440]
> 9: /lib/libc.so.6.1(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0x2000027df30]
> 10: X(__start+0x38) [0x1200302a8]
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Yes, I saw the pretty much the same exact trace here...

> i dont have any problem leaving dri running, but i disabled the glx
> option (as seen in some nvidia-driver install guides IIRC).

Ah; care to share? Is it by commenting out the 'Load "glx"' line?
That's a bit of "the big hammer", isn't it?

> i didnt try disabling only dri at the moment....

If you do that, you can still run OpenGL things in software
emulation mode (read: SLOW!).

> The machine is AlphaPC164SX w/512Mb aha2940u scsi 2
> 
> seems to be somehow machine-dependant what works and what not...???

No, I think you are seeing just what I saw, only I didn't report
all the details.

Thanks for the feedback.

--Jay++

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