Re: Desktop freeze... now what?

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----- "Niki Kovacs" <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Olaf Mueller a écrit :
> 
> > Last time I saw something similar was when my harddisk get broken.
> Are
> > there any opcode entries in /var/log/messages or /var/log/dmesg?
> > 
> Something crosses my mind: could it be related to a faulty video card?
> I 
> vaguely (very vaguely) remember having had similar troubles with an
> old 
> NVidia card a few years ago, and this is an old NVidia card.
> 
> I also remember something strange happening. Normally when I install a
> 
> desktop, I begin with a minimal bootable system (everything unchecked
> in 
> the installer). Then I 'yum groupinstall "X Window System"' and go on
> 
> configuring X. Only when TWM is working OK, I install some desktop 
> environment (GNOME, KDE, XFCE) and the apps on top.
> 
> After I had installed the driver and fired up TWM, I wanted to test 3D
> 
> abilities, so I typed 'glxgears' in TWM's xterm, but I got an error 
> message about some missing GLX extension. I didn't investigate this 
> further, since it's an install for an office user, and I thought,
> let's 
> install and configure all needed apps, and we'll see for Compiz later
> 
> (even the most serious SOHO users love Compiz) :oD
> 
> Niki
> 
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Niki,

It could be a faulty video card, however, I think the error message about no GLX extensions is standard when you are not running a proper 3D accelerated driver. Happy to be corrected.

Cheers.




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