On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Bob Arendt wrote:

>Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 05:49:34 -0700
>From: Bob Arendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
>List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: X error, user session ends abruptly
>
>Bob,
>Probably some of the OpenGL screeensavers are causing the crash.
>
>For immediate relief, set a single screensaver (don't let xscreensaver
>cycle through the list).  You can use xscreensaver-demo to do this.
>
>You can also use xscreensaver-demo to manually cycle through the
>screensavers to confirm this is the problem.
>
>I've got this happening on any multiscreen (matrox) machines with GLX
>support enabled in /etc/X11/XF86Config.  My solution has been to comment
>out these lines in /etc/X11/XF86Config:
>         # Load  "GLcore"        # OpenGL support
>         # Load  "glx"           # OpenGL X protocol interface
>         # Load  "v4l"           # Video4Linux
>Then the OpenGL stuff can't crash the Xserver.

Radeon 9x00 isn't supported in 2D, let alone in 3D, so OpenGL 
screensavers aren't the problem here...


-- 
Mike A. Harris          ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer
XFree86 maintainer
Red Hat Inc.




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