On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 16:22 -0500, fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Thomas Cameron wrote: > > > Running FC6 x86_64, updated today. Running the drivers from the > > > NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-9746-pkg2.run script (I prefer my own drivers to > > > a repos) on a GeForce 6200 LE card. > > > > > > I added xscreensaver-gl-extras-gss-5.01-5.fc6, > > > xscreensaver-gl-extras-5.01-5.fc6, xscreensaver-extras-5.01-5.fc6 and > > > xscreensaver-extras-gss-5.01-5.fc6 to my system. > > > > > > I noticed that when I set it to display random screensavers, my machine > > > locks up periodically. > > > > > > Still trying to figure out which one(s) do it, but I wondered if anyone > > > else is seeing this? > > > > > > Ran into the same problem. Stability returned when I got rid of xscreensaver-gl-extras. I had the same result with both the Nvidia binary driver and the nv x.org driver. I didn't try the gss packages but you could pull everything EXCEPT the standard xscreensaver package and then add the others back in one at a time to see if any of them destabilize the system. At least on my box X crashing took the keyboard with it so I could only recover by sshing in and rebooting. > > Too bad. Some nice eye-candy in the 3d stuff. > I've run into the same problem and with a little bit of digging I found the Kaleidoscope was the screen save locking up my machine. I have unselected it and have now been running for 24 hours without a lock-up... HTH... Ed
