black screen after several secs, everything freezes (Linux)

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  • Hello.

    I had no problem with Nexuiz 2.4 on Linux. With 2.5 when I start playing (eg. not in menu) screen turns black in several seconds, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or Ctrl-Alt-F[1-7] doesn't do anything and keyboard leds (including HDD led) freezes too (eg. they don't blink even once). I have to restart computer.

    There isn't anything informative in system logs nor in nexuiz output.

    nexuiz-glx.log: http://pastebin.com/f32a9de4b
    nexuiz-sdl.log: http://pastebin.com/f16803cdb

    Laptop: Acer TravelMate 4650
    OS: Arch Linux, kernel 2.6.29
    VGA: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce Go 6600] (rev a2)
    VGA driver: nVidia 180.44-1

    VGA configuration in xorg.conf:
    Code: Select all
    Section "Device"
        Identifier     "Device0"
        Driver         "nvidia"
        VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
        Option         "NoLogo"                 "True"
        Option         "RenderAccel"            "True"
        Option         "ModeValidation"         "NoXServerModes"
        #Option         "TripleBuffer"   "True"
        #Option         "BackingStore" "True"
        #Option         "PixmapCacheSize" "300000"
        #Option         "OnDemandVBlanketerrupts" "True"
    EndSection


    Thanks for any suggestion. I will make anything that could help to resolve this.
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:00 pm

  • At first look it could be a driver problem.. i'm using a nv 8800m gtx with 185.13 beta drivers. all 2.4, 2.5 and current dev version work fine for me.

    I have a bit more in my xorg.conf but i doubt thats the reason for the crash:
    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Nvidia"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen 0
    Option "NoLogo"
    Option "TwinView"
    Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
    Option "AllowGLXWithComposite"
    Option "BackingStore"
    Option "Coolbits" "3"
    Option "RenderAccel"
    Option "TripleBuffer"
    Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
    EndSection


    The render did not change very much from 2.4 to 2.5. You can try if
    Code: Select all
    r_coronas_occlusionquery 0
    vid_restart

    in the console does help.. or try playing at lower settings (click on the 'low' button in 'Settings/video')
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:46 pm

  • So I set effects to "Low" and changed my xorg.conf Device section to this:

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    Section "Device"
        Identifier     "Device0"
        Driver         "nvidia"
        VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
        Option         "NoLogo"
        Option         "RenderAccel"
        Option         "ModeValidation"         "NoXServerModes"
        Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
        Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite"
        Option         "BackingStore"
        Option         "TripleBuffer"
    EndSection


    And voila ... one Instant Action without freeze :).

    Thanks for help.

    Btw, do you know what was the problem?
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:06 pm



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