>>You should try to get a backtrace with xserver-xfree86-dbg. (Or just use >>xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk :) > >well, the dri-trunk did the trick. blender works now! thank you! > of course, now x crashes while loading the graphical login manager. but i can still log in the old fashioned way, and then startx. good enough for me. maybe i can even figure out that small problem. > > >thanks, >jim
What does it mean to "use xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk"? I'm using Gentoo linux and am having the same problem with Blender killing the Xserver. -- Jakob Malm