[CentOS] Desktop freeze... now what?

[Niki Kovacs]

Olaf Mueller a écrit :

> Last time I saw something similar was when my harddisk get broken. Are
> there any opcode entries in /var/log/messages or /var/log/dmesg?
> 
Something crosses my mind: could it be related to a faulty video card? I 
vaguely (very vaguely) remember having had similar troubles with an old 
NVidia card a few years ago, and this is an old NVidia card.

I also remember something strange happening. Normally when I install a 
desktop, I begin with a minimal bootable system (everything unchecked in 
the installer). Then I 'yum groupinstall "X Window System"' and go on 
configuring X. Only when TWM is working OK, I install some desktop 
environment (GNOME, KDE, XFCE) and the apps on top.

After I had installed the driver and fired up TWM, I wanted to test 3D 
abilities, so I typed 'glxgears' in TWM's xterm, but I got an error 
message about some missing GLX extension. I didn't investigate this 
further, since it's an install for an office user, and I thought, let's 
install and configure all needed apps, and we'll see for Compiz later 
(even the most serious SOHO users love Compiz) :oD

Niki