>>>>> "Geoffrey" == Geoffrey Romer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Geoffrey> I have the same problem. Here's a quote from the Geoffrey> xscreensaver FAQ: Geoffrey> ---snip--- Try editing your .xscreensaver file and Geoffrey> changing the memoryLimit setting to 0. Thanks for the suggestion. Will try it ASAP. Geoffrey> However, apparently certain OpenGL libraries (notably Geoffrey> nVidia) do something strange that makes them appear to Geoffrey> allocate more than 128M of memory for every OpenGL Geoffrey> program! Consequently, those programs die on startup Geoffrey> because they aren't able to allocate memory. Weird. I thought using hardware acceleration would decrease it, not increase it... Geoffrey> ---snip--- I can reproduce this here, but only when Geoffrey> using nVidia's GLX libraries. Unfortunately, nVidia Geoffrey> can't play nice with everyone else who's writing GLX Geoffrey> implementations for Linux. So, if you really want things Geoffrey> to work, you'll either have to convince nVidia to do Geoffrey> something right, or download the source and compile your Geoffrey> own. Sorry. ---pins--- Geoffrey> Sigh... The joys of closed-source drivers... Is the any chance in a future of an open source driver, ie. independent of nVidia's implementation? All so, some thing else I found strange: The kernel module is still getting used despite the fact I have rebooted and loaded X with the standard nv driver. What loads the kernel module? NVdriver 658880 2 (autoclean) Geoffrey> I don't recognize the name, but I'll bet anything that Geoffrey> has something to do with 3Dfx video cards (Voodoo and Geoffrey> its successors), in which case you certainly don't need Geoffrey> it unless you have a 3Dfx card installed. Where did you Geoffrey> see that? pluto:~# dpkg -s device3dfx-source Package: device3dfx-source Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: graphics Installed-Size: 68 Maintainer: Zephaniah E. Hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: device3dfx Version: 2000.11.02-0.1 Depends: make, m4, debhelper Recommends: kernel-package Description: Device driver source for 3Dfx boards for 2.x kernels This package is the source for the 3Dfx device driver to allow access to 3Dfx boards without the user having root privileges. It should work on 2.0/2.1/2.2/2.3/2.4 kernels and set the MTRR settings correctly. It should also work with SMP kernels (2.1/2.2/2.3/2.4). >>>>> "johanc" == johanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: johanc> I have experienced the same problem on a RIVATNT2 johanc> delivered on a Dell station, except I had green/black johanc> stripes. johanc> If I don't remember wrong I think I found the solution in johanc> the README's from nvidia. In hindsight, I didn't reboot after disabling AGP. Perhaps that was the problem. johanc> Johan, who got rid of it but can't remember how. Do you have any of these in your XF86Config-4 file? Option "NvAgp" "0" ... disables AGP support Option "NvAgp" "1" ... use NVAGP, if possible Option "NvAgp" "2" ... use AGPGART, if possible I think 1 is the default. -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>