Ainsi parlait _ cosmicflo : > I you don't have OpenGL working well with your 3D graphic card, the OpenGL > programs (3D games, xtraceroute,...) crash without an error message ! network applications without network too. X applications without X too.
> You only can see that this is an OpenGL error if you launch the programs by > a console :( As any other application. > In the view of a lambda user without an OpenGL working system on Linux, he > can think that Linux software often crash :( Does 3D apps works better on other operating system without hardware acceleration ? > A message box saying that there is a problem with OpenGL could be welcome. > It was just a little reflexion. Ask OpenGL applications developpers to do it, there is no point tracking each potential problem at the distribution level. -- Guillaume Rousse It's not the one with your name on it; it's the one addressed "to whom it may concern" you've got to think about -- Murphy's Military Laws n°51