Upgrading to 8.0 broke all my fullscreen OpenGL apps. All my hardware worked
without any trouble, and windowed OpenGL works without a hitch, but going to
fullscreen crashes the X-server. I'm running the default XFree 4.0.3 on a voodoo3 AGP.
Any ideas? I want to try tuxracer!
On Monday 23 April 2001 19:50, you wrote:
> I did a clean install and all went well except that many of the apps I
> selected didn't load during install, like sndconfig- I *think* anything
> from the ext-iso. But I installed from hdd, so I kinda happy <read:
> surprized> it worked at all. I just downloaded anything I noticed I needed
> and installed afterwards-like kdegames. I think a fresh install is the
> key.
>
> All my hardward was automagically configured and worked right out of the
> box! (Except I did need to load nvidia drivers-and had to use rpms, the
> tar.gz wouldn't load.) But I get lots more framerate than ever before.
> Like 2000fps testing with gears, 400 at full screen. (That's about 33%
> better). And gnome actually looks great now. I'm tempted to use it.
>
> No crashes, everything working. Easy, painless. Don't worry about it
> unless you have some of exotic hardware. I recommend it. Can hardly wait
> for the retail package.
>
> -s
>
> On Sunday 22 April 2001 05:17 pm, you wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 April 2001 17:23, you wrote:
> > > Its driving me crazy! Everysince upgrading from 8.0 final from 8.0
> > > beta3, many applications segmet out where before worked. Its seems that
> > > almost all programs that did not come with 8.0 final segment fault. I
> > > have tried recompiling the ones that I could with kgcc, kg++ and the
> > > such. However, I still get most of them crashing. The binary only
> > > packages, such as vmware (workstation or gsx) are hopeless.
> > > My system is a AMD T-bird 1.2 GHz. I basically installed 99% of 8.0
> > > final. PLEASE HELP!! Its driving me crazy... TIA
> >
> >--
> >
> > I'm not very impressed with what people are reporting about their
> > experience
> > with the new stable release of Mandrake, version 8.0. Does anyone have
> > anything *good* to say about it? I might end up just sticking with my
> > 7.2 version, which I've updated with KDE 2.1.1 already. No sense dealing
> > with unnecessary hassle.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
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