Starting wine turns off my screen

Philipp Wollermann phil_wo at gmx.net
Thu Sep 18 12:38:35 CDT 2003


Hi,

thanks, disabling DGA did the trick. Lets hope does fix this bug soon. :-)

Philipp

On Thursday 18 September 2003 17:23, Roderick Colenbrander wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The problem you have is a bug in the dga code of the ati drivers. To
> workaround the problem set the option UseDGA to N in your config file. The
> strange part is that dga only works for root users and that this problem
> also appears for non-root users.
>
> Roderick
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using the wine CVS version, compiled from source. I just looked at
> > these
> > URLs and will submit a bug report to bugzilla, after I've tried an older
> > ATI
> > driver. I can't go back to text mode, I have to reboot to get my screen
> > back
> > to life. If you need a process list, I can connect to my PC using SSH and
> > send it to the list.
> > Wine is at this time running using the default configuration, but this
> > shouldn't matter..
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Philipp
> >
> > On Thursday 18 September 2003 17:08, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> > > You didnt give any info on wine configuration -
> > > version, binary/source...
> > > See http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/config-graphics-driver
> > > and http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/bugs to troubleshoot your
> > > install.
> > >
> > > First try : see if you can go back to text mode with Ctrl-Alt-F1 and
> > > look for wine processes / X server / Window manager.
> > >
> > >  --- Philipp Wollermann <phil_wo at gmx.net> a écrit :
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I recently installed Mandrake 9.1 and updated it to the newest
> > > > packages .. I'm
> > > > using the ATI fglrx 3.2.5 driver for XFree 4.3.0 (I have a Hercules
> > > > Radeon
> > > > 9700) and playing 3D games like tuxracer works great. However, when I
> > > > try to
> > > > start any program with wine my screen gets dark and goes into
> > > > standby. This
> > > > happens even with Notepad or the programs included with Wine! This
> > > > problem
> > > > didn't happen on my earlier installations of Linux, but I can't say
> > > > if it's
> > > > the driver of my graphics card (maybe I should try an older version?
> > > > mmh.),
> > > > my Mandrake 9.1 or wine itself (I'm using the current version from
> > > > CVS, just
> > > > updated). Maybe somebody had this problem too and knows how to get
> > > > wine
> > > > running again?
> > > > The funny thing is: My PC keeps running, I can connect to it using
> > > > SSH and
> > > > kill wine, but this doesn't do anything about my screen. I can even
> > > > start
> > > > wine again (wine notepad.exe) and it gives me the usual output, no
> > > > Errors or
> > > > Warnings.
> > > >
> > > > My system:
> > > > Mandrake 9.1, updated to newest packages
> > > > ASUS A7V333, VIA KT333 chipset
> > > > 768 MB RAM
> > > > Hercules Radeon 9700 using ATI driver v3.2.5
> > > > Athlon XP 1800+
> > > >
> > > > Philipp





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