I noticed the same problem with the same graphics adapter (lspci output). For me it stopped crashing when I added the "dri" module to the section:
Section "Module" Load "i2c" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "int10" Load "type1" Load "vbe" Load "glx" Load "dri" load "GLcore" load "v4l" EndSection Section "Device" identifier "Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS Default Card" boardname "SiS Real256E" busid "PCI:1:0:0" driver "sis" screen 0 vendorname "SiS" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Now glxinfo doesn't crash the X server anymore, but delivers this output: $ glxinfo name of display: :0.0 X Error of failed request: GLXBadContext Major opcode of failed request: 143 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 5 (X_GLXMakeCurrent) Serial number of failed request: 17 Current serial number in output stream: 17 Google Earth also won't crash anymore, but it runs (as before) very jerky, almost unusable. I fear there is no solution for that problem with my graphics adapter though, as it probably is not good enough to support 3D acceleration. -- glxinfo crashes X with SiS661GX graphics https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115609 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
