Voodoo 3 pci

[Michael Kronsteiner]

everytime :)

is there something i can actually do to help?

i just want some "nice" alpha to "play" around a bit..

btw i think i could provide some packages as i built mplayer 1.0-rc1 on
my machine for example... just a thought


On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 15:53 -0400, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> 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 had this in mind from somewhere.... uhh better dont ask as the old
binary-only nvidia drivers were somehow "special"...... i may be
altogether false also

> 
> > 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!).

- as hell :D
> 

> > 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++
> 

greetings and thanks for your patience with me jay ;)