From: Tom Flynn (flynnt++at++gmail.com)
Date: 07/21/2004 17:08:03
someone on the pf team will have to check this, but i suspect
something with checking the monitor frequencies via the xf86vid mode
extension isn't working.
to work around it, you can
> setenv PFVIDEORATE 60
before running perfly.
hope that helps,
tom
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:19:19 +0200, mick.hodgkins++at++lineone.net
<mick.hodgkins++at++lineone.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. Switching to text mode didn't solve the problem but it
> allowed me to kill the perfly process and see the messages. The problem
> seems to be as follows:-
>
> everything appears normal until ...
>
> PF Notice: _pfcalcVideoRate: Using nanHz video rate.
> Segmentation Fault
>
> Anyone got any ideas what is causing this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mick.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeroen Akershoek" <jeroena++at++sara.nl>
> To: <mick.hodgkins++at++lineone.net>
> Cc: <info-performer++at++sgi.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 8:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [info-performer] Perfly crashes on redhat linux 8
>
> > On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 12:58:48 +0200
> > <mick.hodgkins++at++lineone.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I have a standard redhat linux 8 installation and have tried to install
> Performer 3-1-1 from the sgi rpms. The install seems ok but when I try to
> run perfly with any of the demo files a splash screen appears then the
> program locks.
> > >
> > > Has anyone successfully installed Performer 3-1-1 from the rpms on
> redhat 8? Is there any error log file that I can look at to see why perfly
> seems to lock/crash?
> >
> > It seems to be a bug in Performer 3.1.1 in combination with certain NVidia
> drivers. If you switch to
> > text-mode and then back to graphics mode it usually works, and when you
> exit the program you'll probably
> > see some memory errors (OpenGL error 0x505). I have reported this bug
> before but have never recieved any
> > reply to it. It's probably the famous "He did it! No he did it!" issue
> between SGI and NVidia :)
> >
> > kind regards
> > Jeroen
> > --
> > Jeroen Akershoek - "The guy that keeps the servers running"
> > SARA Computing and Network Services
> > tel: +31 20 5923000 fax: +31 20 6683167
> >
> > "If we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called research"
> > -- Albert Einstein
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > List Archives, Info, FAQ: http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/
> > Open Development Project: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/performer/
> > Submissions: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> > Admin. requests: info-performer-request++at++sgi.com
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > SIGGRAPH 2004 Friends of Performer BOF:
> > Tuesday, August 10, 6pm - 8pm Wilshire Grand Hotel, Sierra Ballroom
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> List Archives, Info, FAQ: http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/
> Open Development Project: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/performer/
> Submissions: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> Admin. requests: info-performer-request++at++sgi.com
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> SIGGRAPH 2004 Friends of Performer BOF:
> Tuesday, August 10, 6pm - 8pm Wilshire Grand Hotel, Sierra Ballroom
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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