On Sunday 03 October 2004 22:20, Mark Stosberg wrote: > Hello, > > I'm helping my friend Kurt Ritchie who recently switched to Linux. > ( His Linux switch story is here: > http://mark.stosberg.com/Tech/linux_switch/ritchie.html ). > > I recently gave him my 10.0 CD set as I anticipate the new release > coming out. > > So here's the 9.2 -> 10.0 upgrade problem I'm trying to troubleshoot: > > Launching some games, like Maelstrom, now completely freezes the machine, > when it didn't before. The cursor quit moving, and the keyboard > completely quit responding. (Pressing "Caps Lock" doesn't even turn > on the Cap Lock light). > > I tried capturing the output of the launch in a file: > > Maelstrom 2>&1 >file.txt > > After the necessary hard reboot, my "file.txt" isn't created. > > I tried using both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels with the same result. > > What else could cause something like this? > > There is one thing that is a little unusual about the machine: It was > 200Mhz processor that I used a special upgrade kit to allow to take a > 700Mhz processor. That has worked great, and has not been responsible for > any problems that I've aware of. > > I checked the ChangeLog for Maelstrom and didn't see anything unusual > around the 9.2 -> 10.0 releases. Considering that other games have > the problem, I imagine it's something more general. > > If you have ideas about the general direction I could look in, that > would be appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Mark what video card? NVidia? download matching kernel source (to what ever kernel you are booting) and the respective NVidia *.run installer from NVidia to update the video to match the updated kernel might want the open GL files etc.... -- linux counter #167806
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