Some OpenGL screensavers work, others do not +

[dfknapp]

Hi all,
I've recently installed SuSE 10.0 and have it almost the way I like it

Two questions:
1) When I try some of the OpenGL screensavers, some work and some others do not. (eg, Euphoria which I love works nicely but Gears does not)
The preview shows up in the small viewer, but when I test the full screen, all I get is a black screen. Any suggestions?

2) Using Firefox 1.5.0.7, some php works, some others don't (eg, the link http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/archive/index.php/ doesn't show anything for me) and my site http://dknapp.ca , I can't download the files (which uses a php script) ...in Konqueror, everything works beautifully, so it must be ff, any suggestions?

DK

[bigtomrodney]

It sounds like you don't have 3D drivers installed. This would explain previewing them but not being able to run them.

[dfknapp]

3D drivers are installed as I can fully see and use some screensavers (eg Euphoria)
Actually it's not only some of the OpenGL savers, it's also some of the regular screensavers that aren't working too...

[bigtomrodney]

I'm not big on screensavers, so I can't help with generic screensaver problems. Even without the accelerated drivers running you will see previews and small sized examples of the screensavers. Open a terminal and run

glxgears

and leave it running for about 60 seconds. Post back the results from the terminal here.

[dfknapp]

From glxgears, I get:

4871 frames in 5.0 seconds = 974.200 FPS
5761 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1152.200 FPS
5751 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1150.200 FPS
5736 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1147.200 FPS
5725 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1145.000 FPS
5734 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1146.800 FPS
5728 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1145.600 FPS
5557 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1111.400 FPS
5749 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1149.800 FPS
5753 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1150.600 FPS
5735 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1147.000 FPS
5747 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1149.400 FPS

(very fast framerate)

[bigtomrodney]

Yeah that looks pretty good, so it's not an acceleration issue - I'm going to step back on this, like I said I don't really use screensavers. Maybe one of the other members can help you?

[dfknapp]

Ok, also about my website (disabled at the moment) I've found that if I download a file using my php script from a Windows PC, everything works fine...
but when I'm using a linux machine, konqueror and firefox (probably others too) the php breaks...in konqueror, when i click on the "Go" button, the value in the address bar is something like http://dknapp.ca/ccount/click.php?id=15&x=4&y=9 while its only supposed to be http://dknapp.ca/ccount/click.php?id=15. In FF, it doesn't return any value (it just says loading or waiting for dknapp.ca or something like that)

[iamme]

52427 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10484.498 FPS

not bad if I say so myself for fps, this is just here for the sake of being here, but I have the same problem!

[dfknapp]

Ok, think I know what the firefox problem is: FF is not processing the php correctly for some reason...but no clue why it processes it correctly if i rename my index.html to something different and visit the page as say index_1.html
Very strange :P

And no more suggestions on the screen saver issue?