On Friday 07 February 2003 09:54, Peter wrote: > The question still remains unsolved: why only in RH7.3 and not in RH7.2
Possably because widow managers are of difference, its not only Redhat but other distro's as well. Obviously some peice of code changed and upsets X when dri is used. Its a thing i have personaly have never had an issue with. But then i dont use dri. > > Peter said: > >> Several months ago when I changed from RH7.2 to RH7.3 the keyboard > >> would > >> freeze when trying to open certain games like tuxracer or invoking > >> some > >> screensavers or doing 'blank screen now' in screensaver window. > > >> > >> Now I read in Linux Gazette the suggestion to somebody with a similar > >> problem, no type of video cards mentioned, to disable the line Load > >> "dri" in XF86Config-4. I did it, changed back to SiS630 and it seems to > >> work. Tuxracer comes up nicely and I can't produce any keyboard freeze > >> with screensaver. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Yes, that is one of the biggest problems when using the drivers from > > nvidia as well, i had a friend with the same problem as you had, he > > had the sis630 as well after disabling dri all was well. -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
