On 11/19/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gerald Schepens</b> <<a href="mailto:schepens@shaw.ca">schepens@shaw.ca</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Right you are. glxgears crashes like a Greek plate on a tile floor.<br><br>So, um, what now?</blockquote><div><br>I just stumbled across this:<br> <br></div><a href="http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=81158">
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=81158</a><br><br>Looks like there's a known bug with older GPUs where openGL applications don't work with the newest nvidia driver (9629). I don't think you posted which GPU you had but if it was in the 4xxx series it likely got bitten. They say it should be fixed in the next driver release. Your other option would be to install an older driver, which may or may not be difficult with FC6 due to kernel changes in
2.6.18 (this is discussed a bit in the linked thred).<br><br>Good luck.<br></div><br>-- <br>Dylan<br><br>Type faster. Use Dvorak:<br><a href="http://dvzine.org">http://dvzine.org</a>