[GRASS5] Re: NVIZ crashes

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 07:13:50PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Helena Mitasova wrote:
> 
> > Markus Neteler wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all NVIZ lovers,
> > >
> > > an update on Redhat7.1/Nviz crashes:
> > > It seems to be related to Xfree86. I have a Matrox G450 card
> > > running and Xfree 4.0.3 with DRI activated (= nviz crashes
> > > the server).
> > >
> > > After disabling DRI (direct rendering) it works fine...
> > > In case of this problems, check your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> > > and disable
> > > #       Load "dri"
> > > #       Load  "glx"
> > >
> > > restart the Xserver and try agin NVIZ.
> > 
> > but then I am getting the following
> 
> [snip]
> 
> To both Markus and Helena:
> 
> What happens if you just disable loading "dri", but still load "glx"?
> 
> If there are problems when using the XFree86 GLX extension, that
> should probably be investigated further. OTOH, if the problems are
> limited to DRI, that's to be expected. Although, you might want to add
> a "don't use DRI" notice, just in case anyone still hasn't figured
> that one out for themselves yet ;)

Thanks for the hint, I'll try. However, it must be video card dependent
as I had both "dri" and "glx" active in Hannover.

Later,

 Markus