On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 03:05, Frans Pop wrote: > I have tried the following: > - commented out the line for dri in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > - /etc/init.d/kdm restart > - select kumppa from KDE's Configure screensavers > > Both in the preview pane and when run in the root window, the system does > _not_ freeze anymore. > However, the screensaver runs very much stop and go (somewhat irregular): > runs > for 1-2 seconds, stops for a second, starts again.
[...] > I have just also tested kumppa (using xscreensaver-demo) under Woody with dri > enabled. It runs OK (no freeze), but also with the pauses. > After I got back to my console I saw the following messages: > - several GetModeLine listings > - (EE) R128(0): FIFO timed out, resetting engine > I would say the second line was shown about once for every pause. Could be related to http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271 . -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
