Yes indeed, that is strange; what version of openoffice and googleearth are you using? I've seen my problems happen on two different X60s laptops, one with centos 5.2+updates and one with rhel 5.2+updates. Kind regards, Rubin. Vaclav Mocek wrote: > Hi, > > it is strange, I have the laptop Acer 5204 and the desktop with the same > GPU (945GM and 945G). OpenOffice and GoogleEarth work fine without any > problem. > > Vaclav > > Rubin wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm experiencing odd behaviour with various OpenGL apps I'm (trying >> to) use. I have an IBM Thinkpad X60s with the Intel GMA chipset, the >> 945GM to be precise. I have glxinfo/glxgears working normally, >> disabled composite in xorg.conf and everything seems fine. >> >> However, there are a few applications that I use that show rather >> strange behaviour that I think is related to the same underlying (as >> yet unidentified) problem. Here is my list: >> >> * Google Earth 4.3 >> Installed in /opt/googleearth. Starts, but with extremely slow >> performance. Unusable, Closing the window takes about 10 seconds. >> >> * OpenOffice 2.4.0 >> Installed in /opt/openoffice. Failed to start when using the "intel" >> or "i810" Xorg driver. "vesa" driver works fine. Later learned that >> setting GTK_MODULES="" works around the problem while using the >> "intel" or "i810" drivers and that it might have to do with the gnome >> integration stuff in OpenOffice. >> >> * Maya 2008 >> Installed in /opt/maya. Fails to start (sig 11) when using the "intel" >> or "i810" Xorg driver. "vesa" driver works fine (but with abominable >> 3D performance obviously). A gdb backtrace tells me: >> #0 0x00000000 in ?? () >> #1 0xad1e3427 in _mesa_endDispatchOverride () from >> /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so >> #2 0xad1e3c54 in _mesa_make_current () from /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so >> #3 0xad1beb18 in intelMakeCurrent () from /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so >> #4 0xad1a4531 in __driUtilUpdateDrawableInfo () from >> /usr/lib/dri/i915_dri.so >> #5 0x00aa8c5c in glXDestroyContext () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 >> #6 0x00aaae3f in glXMakeCurrentReadSGI () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 >> #7 0x00aab0e3 in glXMakeCurrent () from /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 >> #8 0xb48cf778 in GlXCreateMDraw () from /opt/maya/lib/lib3dGraphics.so >> #9 0x07e7f4e1 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #10 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #11 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #12 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #13 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #14 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #15 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #16 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #17 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #18 0x07e7f663 in XtUnrealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #19 0x07e7f91e in XtRealizeWidget () from /usr/lib/libXt.so.6 >> #20 0xb54900d2 in Twindow::unStow () from >> /opt/maya/lib/libExtensionLayer.so >> #21 0xb547162e in TiceShowWindowCmd::doCommand () from >> /opt/maya/lib/libExtensionLayer.so >> #22 0xb5ac16f1 in Mel_Command_Dispatch () from >> /opt/maya/lib/libCommandEngine.so >> #23 0xb5ae4160 in node_exec () from /opt/maya/lib/libCommandEngine.so >> #24 0xb5b060eb in fc_if () from /opt/maya/lib/libCommandEngine.so >> #25 0xb5ae4160 in node_exec () from /opt/maya/lib/libCommandEngine.so >> #26 0xb5ae4326 in sophia_call_executable () from >> /opt/maya/lib/libCommandEngine.so >> #27 0xb5b0085a in SophiaExecutable::evaluate () from >> /opt/maya/lib/libCommandEngine.so >> #28 0xb5ac6e43 in TcommandEngine::sourceFile () from >> /opt/maya/lib/libCommandEngine.so >> #29 0x08059e66 in TmayaApp::initGUI () >> #30 0xb533bc10 in Tapplication::start () from >> /opt/maya/lib/libExtensionLayer.so >> #31 0x08054e96 in appmain () >> #32 0x080640d6 in main () >> >> >> I'm fairly sure this has something to do with the mesa 3d driver for >> the Intel 945GM but I cannot confirm this and I would like to search >> further. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I could look next? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> Rurib. >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >