[CentOS] Desktop freeze... now what?
redhat at mckerrs.net
redhat at mckerrs.net
Fri Jan 18 06:08:37 UTC 2008
----- "Niki Kovacs" <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote:
> 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
>
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Niki,
It could be a faulty video card, however, I think the error message about no GLX extensions is standard when you are not running a proper 3D accelerated driver. Happy to be corrected.
Cheers.
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