it seems i still have the rendering corruption. i've found that save/exit then relaunch the game/load works. when entering a corrupted area: save, exit the game and reload again then the area will be fine this time. weird.. also key repeat is a problem: "xset r off" to disable it. well, at least it's playable now.. i just have to quit /relaunch the game time to time.. any comment or help appreciated :) tnx