[ltp] Re: OT: Google Release GoogleEarth Linux

D. Sen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 09 Aug 2006 07:49:22 +1000


Just wondering if there has been any updates/changes to xorg/Mesa that 
resolves the lockup problems discussed below (without the changes 
recommended in xorg.conf below)

Thanks,
DS
Shem Multinymous wrote:
> On 6/28/06, D. Sen <dsen@ieee.org> wrote:
>> Thanks! I commented out that one line and that does help things.
>> Googlearth runs in accelerated mode ....however it crashed
>> twice...locking the machine...requiring a hard reset/reboot.
> 
> Similar problem discussed on irc://freenode/#xorg-devel yersterday,
> and (essentially) the following was suggested. In xorg.conf, add:
> 
> Section "Device"
>  ...
>  Option        "Silkenmouse" "false"
>  Option        "SWCursor" "true"
>  Option       "RenderAccel" "false"
>  Option        "AGPFastWrite" "false"
>  Option        "EnablePageFlip" "false"
> EndSection
> 
> and then run X with the "-dumbSched" command-line option.
> 
> Any change?
> 
> Also, please open a bug report on bugs.freedesktop.org.
> 
>  Shem