Iain, On 5/11/05, Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is a wierd one - xscreensaver-demo locks up my laptop (for certain > screensavers only) but the actual screensaver works fine. > > eg, I see a working screensaver which is, say, BioF, so I unlock the > screen, log in and then go to xscreensaver-demo, and the whole laptop > locks up (because BioF is automatically selected). Can't even ping it. > > But for others, say anemone, it all works fine. > > I don't quite know what to do next, given that I can't do anything until > I reboot, which is too late to see whats going on... > > Any ideas?
I had a similar problem a while ago... it is basically around the GL screensavers that problems arise. I don't know if this was related to me using the nVidia drivers, but I found that if you recompile the xscreensaver package with lower optimisations, you don't get lockups... I don't know how to debug this to prove it to you... I'm just telling you my experiences... I found that it was most reliable just to run the compilation with: CFLAGS="-O2" HTH, ...Ric -- Ric de France Ph: +61412945554 (international) or 0412945554 (Australia) == Do you, uh... Gentoo? Gentoooo-hooo!! == -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
