[Bug 33753] Re: don't use OpenGL savers if no hardware support

[Ralf Nieuwenhuijsen]

I have had several matrox, intel and ati based graphics cards that with
the default install would CRASH upon about half of the opengl-
screensavers.

If the screensavers that require 3D are in seperate packages, why are
they even installed by default and/or available on a live-desktop. This
is a packaging issue, not an upstream issue.

Please get those 3d screensavers out of the default install and live-cd
and add their package to g-a-i for Edgy. Put the package in universe
instead of official repo's while you're at it. (where they belong).

Also I vote for priority 'critical'. Since on about half of the 3d cards
out there, using the default open source drivers, they make the system
crash.

I will try to post some specific bug reports about all the hardware
although I suspect they are already well known upstream.  I have
experienced this at least on two different Acer Systems as well as some
Dell systems. They were all company related systems (yes: i have
switched a number of small companies I work for from windows to ubuntu).
It was shamefull to talk about stability for 10 minutes and then turn
around to point to a crashed system (because some opengl screensaver
started).

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don't use OpenGL savers if no hardware support
https://launchpad.net/bugs/33753