[plug] X freezes,

Christian christian at amnet.net.au
Tue Oct 30 13:10:08 WST 2001


On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:18:15PM +0800, Peter Wright wrote:
 
> Well, some screensavers can be a little bit dicey - they do take
> complete control of the display, so it's quite possible that if they
> stuff up it could make your display inaccessible.

They don't, do they?  They just occupy the entire screen but the X
server is still in charge of the display... right?

 
> > I dont have Nvidia hardware
> 
> Oh well, that's my suggestion down the tubes. :)

Nor do I.

> > -- according to XFconfig-4 I have
> >         Device "ELSA GLoria Synergy"
> >         Monitor "Dell Ultrascan 21FS"
> 
> Never heard of a ELSA Gloria Synergy. Oh well, if XFree86 knows it...

Are they the same mob that make the 3D Labs Permedia 2?  If so, the
makers of our video cards are the same.  Possibly using the same X
driver and resulting in the same bugs?

Regards,

Christian. 

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