How to make your machine crash when running Wine

[gslink]

If you are using the Nvidia drivers posted on the Nvidia web site then 
you MUST reinstall these drivers whenever you update ANY of the X-server 
software.  If you replace the kernel you will be forced to reinstall the 
drivers but just replacing the X-server or the open GL code does not do 
this.  Not reinstalling drivers when video code is replaced usually 
causes problems.  It seems like every time RH updates any video code but 
does not upgrade the kernel at the same time there are complaints that 
Wine causes machines to crash.  This is the reason.

[Michael Stefaniuc]

gslink wrote:
> If you are using the Nvidia drivers posted on the Nvidia web site then 
> you MUST reinstall these drivers whenever you update ANY of the X-server 
> software.  If you replace the kernel you will be forced to reinstall the 
> drivers but just replacing the X-server or the open GL code does not do 
> this.  Not reinstalling drivers when video code is replaced usually 
> causes problems.  It seems like every time RH updates any video code but 
> does not upgrade the kernel at the same time there are complaints that 
> Wine causes machines to crash.  This is the reason.
> X crashes for any OpenGL application in that case and not only wine.

bye
	michael
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[Ben Hodgetts (Enverex)]

That's nothing to do with Wine nor does it make the "machine" crash. The 
nVidia driver works enough to run X and 2D but X closes itself if you do 
anything related to OpenGL (i.e. it'll happen even if you try and run 
glxinfo). I've never had it happen from an X update though, just minor 
kernel updates without recompiling the driver (i.e. 2.6.22-1 to 2.6.22-2).

Ben H.

gslink wrote:
> If you are using the Nvidia drivers posted on the Nvidia web site then 
> you MUST reinstall these drivers whenever you update ANY of the 
> X-server software.  If you replace the kernel you will be forced to 
> reinstall the drivers but just replacing the X-server or the open GL 
> code does not do this.  Not reinstalling drivers when video code is 
> replaced usually causes problems.  It seems like every time RH updates 
> any video code but does not upgrade the kernel at the same time there 
> are complaints that Wine causes machines to crash.  This is the reason.

[Scott Ritchie]

It would be good if we had this as an FAQ entry somewhere.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie

On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 21:41 -0400, gslink wrote:
> If you are using the Nvidia drivers posted on the Nvidia web site then 
> you MUST reinstall these drivers whenever you update ANY of the X-server 
> software.  If you replace the kernel you will be forced to reinstall the 
> drivers but just replacing the X-server or the open GL code does not do 
> this.  Not reinstalling drivers when video code is replaced usually 
> causes problems.  It seems like every time RH updates any video code but 
> does not upgrade the kernel at the same time there are complaints that 
> Wine causes machines to crash.  This is the reason.