screensaver setup and tuxracer hang X?

Fulko.Hew at sita.aero Fulko.Hew at sita.aero
Thu Apr 8 13:41:51 UTC 2004



<knxmay001 at mail.uct.ac.za>@redhat.com on 04/08/2004 08:52:01 AM wrote:

> > Bob Barnes <bobarnes at charter.net>@redhat.com on 04/08/2004 08:27:28 AM
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a fix for this, the only way I have to get out of trying to
> > > setup the screen saver is to do a reboot. I have an intel integrated
> > > graphics card (on the mb) and heard this was a bug on some of these.
> > >
> > > The screen locks, no mouse movement, nothing.
> >
> > I have the same symptom now.
> >
> > My video is an ATI Radeon Mobility M9 built into my laptop.
> >
> > In my case, TuxRacer worked fine for the one race, but some of
> > the GL screen savers has caused the machine ? to lockup.  The X cursor
> > still moves, but no keyboard, not mouse clicks, no switching to
> > an alternate screen.
> >
> > Before last nights X update, TuxRacer and the GL screensavers worked
> > really slowly, but at least the machine didn't lock up.
> >
> I had this problem with teh nvidia drivers too. reinstalling the
(proprietary)
> drivers would always fix this. Try reinstalling. it seems to always
happen after
> an update of xorg.

I have never installed 'proprietary' drivers before, I guess I never had
to, and I didn't even know they existed for ATI cards (only nVidia).

So where would I find them, and what the installation process?












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