GL Kills my box?

[Robert Marcano]

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 

> 
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> Fritz Whittington
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