JD wrote:
On 09/22/2010 08:10 AM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> On 09/21/2010 10:13 PM, JD wrote:
>
>> On 09/21/2010 07:00 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/21/2010 06:22 PM, Michael Miles wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nvidia 9400 Gt
>>>>
>>> Since Celestia is graphics intensive, you might
>>> want to check this out. I've read there were
>>> some problems associated with Nvidia drivers...
>>> (being proprietary) but I could be wrong. I
>>> personally had problems with Nvidia way back
>>> then and it was really bad - I since stopped
>>> buying mobos with Nvidia, but that is just my
>>> experience which probably does not amount to
>>> a hill of beans ;)
>>>
>>> I have an ASUS P5GC-MX/1333:
>>>
>>>> Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ (Graphics)
>>>>
>>> Try Stellarium or other graphics intensive
>>> apps and see if they crash or not?
>>>
>>> I doubt that SELinux is the issue...
>>>
>>>
>> I tried stellarium. Its not as bad a cpu hog as celestia.
>> I also edited ~/.stellarium/config.ini
>> and set Location to San Diego, USA and it belched:
>> Warning: location "San Diego, USA" is unknown
>>
>> Got the same warning using San Diego, California, USA
>>
>> So, it seems I cannot see the view from San Diego
>>
>>
>>
> I would not mess with the config.ini,
> use the User Interface.
>
> Use the Location setting dialog available via the left-column
> "pop out", it is hidden. : There are many setting options therein.
>
> By default, location is set to France
>
> I tried San Diego, No Errors
> I tried Portland, OR, USA: No errors
> I tried many other locations: No errors
>
>
>
Found it. Thanx!
Finally got it to work. I had to uninstall it and make sure all files
that were missed with the uninstall were deleted and reinstalled as
root. Will not run as root though, only as a regular user.
My 9400 gt handles the load just fine and no stagger at all.
Am flying through the universe again. Get me off of this planet for a
bit anyway.
Beam me up Scotty