GL Kills my box?

[Adam Cooper]

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

Thanks for any help.
Adam

[ne...]

On Feb 27, 2004 at 13:54, Adam Cooper in a soothing rage 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 
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[Alexandre Strube]

Em Sex, 2004-02-27 às 10:54, Adam Cooper escreveu:
>  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?  
What's your video board? What video driver are you using?

[Adam Cooper]

On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 15:06, Alexandre wrote:
>  What's your video board? What video driver are you using? 
Its an Intel 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] (according to the hardware
browser). So I'm assuming that means it's an on-board 845 chipset.
I'm running the standard drivers that fedora lumped me with. Other then
running the 2.6 kernel i've not changed anything graphics wise, unless
installing the GLUT libs counts.

Thanks for your help.
Adam

[Adam Cooper]

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

[Fritz Whittington]

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.

-- 
Fritz Whittington
Man is by nature a political animal. (Aristotle, Politics)

[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 

>  
>  -- 
>  Fritz Whittington
>  Man is by nature a political animal. (Aristotle, Politics)

[Robin Laing]

Adam Cooper wrote:
>  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
>  
>   
Having had a similar problem I think that the answer is more obvious. 
  3D direct rendering isn't working on your video card.  I had the 
same problems and it wasn't until I wanted to play a specific game 
that I knew this.

What kind of video card do you have?

Try running glxinfo and see what you get for a reading.

I spent a month trying to get an ATI 9600 to work with 3D and gave up. 
  I changed cards to a Nvidia and was running in less than 1 hr.

-- 
Robin Laing

[Michal Zeravik]

I have similar problem, but only with screensaver.
When I click on anyone in kde screensaver chooser,
X crashes and spawn itself to new session.
glxinfo. glxgears and other gl apps are running well.

Running athlon 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl_38.rhfc1.at,
5336 nvidia on geforce4 4800 se.

michal


Robin Laing wrote:

>  Adam Cooper wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>
>  Having had a similar problem I think that the answer is more obvious. 
>   3D direct rendering isn't working on your video card.  I had the same 
>  problems and it wasn't until I wanted to play a specific game that I 
>  knew this.
>
>  What kind of video card do you have?
>
>  Try running glxinfo and see what you get for a reading.
>
>  I spent a month trying to get an ATI 9600 to work with 3D and gave up. 
>   I changed cards to a Nvidia and was running in less than 1 hr.
>

[Adam Cooper]

Hi guys,

This is the last time I'm gonna bring this up. 
I finally managed to fix the problem. Though I don't know why it worked.

I did an "rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL" and a 
"rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGLU" then a 
"yum install" of the above packages.

Now things are working. Something must have been broke in these packages
but the "rpm -V" switch wouldn't tell me anything.

Oh well. I'll just put it down to "voodoo"

Cheers for the suggestions anyway
Adam

[Michael A. Peters]

Sounds to me like something in the %post script of those rpm's is
actually what fixed your box.

Maybe (I don't know - haven't looked at the spec files) they added a
directory to /etc/ld.so.conf or something and then reran ldconfig

On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 10:21 +0000, Adam Cooper wrote:
>  Hi guys,
>  
>  This is the last time I'm gonna bring this up. 
>  I finally managed to fix the problem. Though I don't know why it worked.
>  
>  I did an "rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL" and a 
>  "rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGLU" then a 
>  "yum install" of the above packages.
>  
>  Now things are working. Something must have been broke in these packages
>  but the "rpm -V" switch wouldn't tell me anything.
>  
>  Oh well. I'll just put it down to "voodoo"
>  
>  Cheers for the suggestions anyway
>  Adam
>  
>  
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[Gene Delitzoy]

Thanks, that worked for same problem on fedora core 2 as well, except
the packages are now xorg ones, and when i ran glxgears it would just
stop as well. Card is matrox millennium 6400. 

On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 03:27, Michael A. Peters wrote:
>  Sounds to me like something in the %post script of those rpm's
> is
>  actually what fixed your box.
>  
>  Maybe (I don't know - haven't looked at the spec files) they added a
>  directory to /etc/ld.so.conf or something and then reran ldconfig
>  
>  On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 10:21 +0000, Adam Cooper wrote:
>  > Hi guys,
>  > 
>  > This is the last time I'm gonna bring this up. 
>  > I finally managed to fix the problem. Though I don't know why it worked.
>  > 
>  > I did an "rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGL" and a 
>  > "rpm -e --nodeps XFree86-Mesa-libGLU" then a 
>  > "yum install" of the above packages.
>  > 
>  > Now things are working. Something must have been broke in these packages
>  > but the "rpm -V" switch wouldn't tell me anything.
>  > 
>  > Oh well. I'll just put it down to "voodoo"
>  > 
>  > Cheers for the suggestions anyway
>  > Adam
>  > 
>  > 
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>

[Adam Cooper]

On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 16:01, Gene Delitzoy wrote:
>  Thanks, that worked for same problem on fedora core 2 as well,
> except
>  the packages are now xorg ones, and when i ran glxgears it would just
>  stop as well. Card is matrox millennium 6400.  
Ooh, I did something useful. :D
-- 
Adam Cooper <adam.cooper(a)port.ac.uk&gt;