On Thursday 07 October 2004 22:46, Mark Stosberg wrote: > et wrote: > > 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.... > > I found out the Video card is an NVidia Riva 128. This video card does not > need special Nvidia drivers or kernel modules, and should be supported by > the default "nv_drv" driver for X. > > Since I don't recall fussing with Nvidia drivers where I did the 9.2 > install, this makes sense. > > Are there other things I could be looking for that might cause this kind of > freeze? > > Thanks again! > > Mark this card sure shoulda had the NVidia Closed source drivers, perhaps you had a powerpack in 9.x that had the drivers included, and I promise, with this weak (as in not much memory, in relation to what cards today have) and old of a video card, if you want open GL games to run at a usable speed at all, you are gonna want to mess around and get the propriety drivers from NVidia. just go to NVidia's website and download the *.run file and download the kernel source for your default kernel from a Mandrake mirror. follow the instruction, and I bet you see a load of difference in open GL games. it is possible you have some services running that are eating your system memory too, so you might want to run 'top' from a text term, adn see if you have something chewing your CPU cycles, or eating memory space. but that will not make as much a diff as getting the closed source drivers for your video card. ET -- linux counter #167806
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