Re: GLX on a G4, Netscape crash


Subject: Re: GLX on a G4, Netscape crash
From: Tommy Young (tommyyoung@mac.com)
Date: Sun Sep 10 2000 - 20:35:51 MDT


I bet the netscape problem is a error with your ISP then
Tommy

> From: pjkim@excite.com
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:10:43 -0700 (PDT)
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: GLX on a G4, Netscape crash
>
> I am running YDL 1.2 on a G4 450 MP with the 2.2.17pre20-ben1 kernel and
> XFree86 4.0.1 (I used rpm to remove the prior version, (3.3 I think)). My
> problem is that programs that use GL don't seem to work. For example when I
> use a screensaver that uses GL such as gears, I get the error message
>
> Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
>
> I tried installing Mesa on my computer thinking that that would solve the
> problem. No go.
>
> Am I missing a piece of software or is this just a configuration problem?
>
> Second problem is that when I use Netscape to check my mail on
> mailexcite.com, the program just suddenly quits with an error message, or
> anything. The window just disappears. Funny thing is that the same thing
> happens to me on one other computer running Netscape on Windows 98- program
> just disappears when I hit the button to log on. Same problem on two
> different machines on two different operating systems (Microsoft
> conspiracy?).
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Peter
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