Re: Via chipset

Adrian V. Bono (AdrianB@ntsp.nec.co.jp)
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:04:47 +0800


Dan Hollis wrote:
>
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Bob Martin wrote:
> > I have a MSI-6195 slot-A , AMD chipset with a visiontek nvidia vanta 32mb agp
> > [...]
> > related or not, probably not. I suspect xscreensaver is triggering something in
> > the xserver that is not normally getting hit in normal use.
>
> Its probably the vanta.
>
> xscreensaver is most likely starting one of the GL screensavers.
>
> xfree86 opengl does not like the vanta on any of my systems -- intel or
> amd. it locks up after ~10-15 sec of running a gl app.
>

I think i'd have to disagree. I have a PII-450 with a cheapo Vanta card
in it, and i run GL apps ranging from Quake 3 to various GL programs of
my own... no hangs. And i leave my system for days on end with a GL
screensaver running. Still no hangs. I've used NVidia drivers all the
way from 0.9-6 to 1.0-1251 and i never got that kind of instability.
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