lucid screensavers

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "Fred" == Fred A Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> writes:

    Fred> On 03/29/2010 11:11 PM, Laura Conrad wrote:
    >>>>>>> "Fred" == Fred A Miller<fmiller at lightlink.com>  writes:
    >>>>>>> 
    Fred> On 03/29/2010 11:12 AM, Laura Conrad wrote:
    >> >>  I've tried both xscreensaver, which seeems to have some screensavers
    >> >>  that crash X, and gnome-screensaver, which on my system doesn't seem
    >> >>  to have any screensavers (except blank) at all.  Is there something
    >> >>  I'm supposed to install that I don't know about?  Or are the
    >> >>  gnome-screensaver maintainers just waiting until the screensavers work
    >> >>  to have gnome-screensaver run them?
    >> >>
    >> 
    Fred> Laura, what make video chipset is in the 'puter? The
    Fred> answer(s) you seek depend on that info.
    >> 
    >> It's a Thinkpad r50e.  Googling gives:
    >> 
    >> Intel 855GM AGP 4X  Intel Extreme Graphics 2 Intel
    >> 
    Fred> You SHOULD, by default, have 3D support with that chipset in Lusty.
    Fred> When you run the hardware utility, does it show any hardware listing
    Fred> for that chipset?

Yes, it seems to know it has that chipset:

     VGA compatible controller	Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
     Display controller	Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

On the other hand, it says:

Display
Resolution	1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer	Unknown
X11 Vendor	The X.Org Foundation

Does it need to know an OpenGL Renderer to run the screensavers?  And
if so, how do I introduce it?


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