On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 10:56:23AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-12-23 at 03:52, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 10:57:22PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 21:17, Warren Turkal wrote:
> > > > Does the reporter of this bug have a Radeon or some type.
> > >
> > > I don't think he got your followup; sending this to -submitter so he
> > > sees it.
> >
> > Nope, don't have a Radeon. The machine is a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop,
> > with an nVidia GeForce2Go.
> >
> > > > Flightgear locks my computer after some time, and I have a Radeon. The
> > > > last version of Flightgear locked my computer up on start.
> > >
> > > If you're using the 3D driver from XFree86 4.3, I'm afraid that's to be
> > > expected.
> >
> > Mine is 4.3.0.1; perhaps this is part of the problem.
>
> The problem is much more likely due to the proprietary nvidia drivers.
<sigh> I was afraid it might be something like that. Grr, I wish I'd
known about nVidia before I bought this laptop; I'd have bought
something else. It irks the hell out of me to be stuck with this
proprietary crud...
> Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hey, you're an X developer - all right! :) *Is* there something I can
use to get out from under nVidia, or am I stuck until I sell this thing?
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