----- "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 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. 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. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.