lucid screensavers

[Fred A. Miller]

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
>    
You SHOULD, by default, have 3D support with that chipset in Lusty.
When you run the hardware utility, does it show any hardware listing
for that chipset?

Fred

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