[ltp] T30 glxgears hangs, other 3D works

[Alex Deucher]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:53:41 +0800, Dexter Ang <thepoch@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I have a T30 right now running Ubuntu Hoary (which comes with x.org
> 6.8.1). Strange problem I have is that when running glxgears, my x.org
> immediately locks up after showing glxgears' window but not showing
> the gears. I can't switch to a console, but I can press the power
> button and have acpi shutdown the machine properly. When I run a 3D
> screensaver (GLMatix, for example), there are no problems. What's
> strange is that I have a default xorg.conf, which is very similar with
> my old Warty XF86Config file. Small differences are no refresh rates
> for the monitor, and disabled horizontal scrolling on the synaptics
> touchpad.
> 
> Unfortunately I'm not on my laptop right now so can't attach any
> config files, logs, etc. But I'd be grateful for any help in
> troubleshooting this. This is the first time I've had this happen.
> I've run FC2 before (which I believe comes with x.org 6.7.0) which
> worked perfectly.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> dex

Does your laptop have an M7?  There's known bug that glxgears causes
hangs with some rv200 chips.

Alex