I have also heard that if you create a file called desktop in
/etc/sysconfig and put the line DESKTOP=GNOME that this will enable gdm
assuming have Gnome installed. Then you can run OpenGL apps from there
without issue from runlevel 5. So I've heard.
John w
> > This is really odd... I hope someone can help me!
> >
> > I got the nVidia drivers working... but OpenGL applications die or
> > segfault whenever I try to run then *when I'm in runlevel 5*!!
> >
> > that is, if I go to runlevel 3 and type in "startx" to get to X, I can
> > run whatever openGL I want without any problems, but if I do it through
> > the login screen (kdm) they go nuts, and generally take the entire
> > X-server with them!!
> >
> > Anyone have any idea's? It's not too horrible coz I can just quit to
> > console mode then re-load X whenever I want to do something with GL...
> > but that's going to get really tedious REALLY fast.
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
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