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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xscreensaver 3D modules don't work
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:03:28
Message-Id: 20160329050314.GA1274@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Xscreensaver 3D modules don't work by Corbin
1 160328 Corbin wrote:
2 > On 03/28/2016 02:09 AM, Philip Webb wrote:
3 >> Since I set up the system in my new machine in Oct 2015 ,
4 >> the 3D modules in Xscreensaver (now 5.34) have refused to run ;
5 >> the rest of Xscreensaver is working as advertised.
6 >> I did drop Perl support, but that seems to be related to I/net use
7 >> & shows no sign of relating to 3D rendering.
8 >> I have the 'opengl' flag enabled, have 'eselect-opengl' set to Nvidia
9 >> & have 'qtopengl-4.8.6-r1' installed (also the virtual),
10 >> tho' that is needed for Kdelibs with no sign of screensaving.
11 > Is the screensaver package your having problems with
12 > called "x11-misc/rss-glx" ?
13
14 No : it's Xscreensaver itself ; no also to your inquiries re USE flags.
15
16 > Do you have the VIDEO_CARDS flag "nvidia" set in your "make.conf" ?
17
18 Yes.
19
20 > I am using Nvidia driver 340.96.
21
22 I've just updated to 361.28 : everything else is working properly.
23
24 > The "x11-misc/rss-glx" screensavers work just fine.
25
26 I hadn't come across it before.
27 If I emerge it, will it automatically be adopted by Xscreensaver ?
28
29 Does anyone else have any thoughts re my original query ?
30
31 Thanks so far (smile).
32
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