Starting wine turns off my screen

[Philipp Wollermann]

Hi,

I recently installed Mandrake 9.1 and updated it to the newest packages .. I'm 
using the ATI fglrx 3.2.5 driver for XFree 4.3.0 (I have a Hercules Radeon 
9700) and playing 3D games like tuxracer works great. However, when I try to 
start any program with wine my screen gets dark and goes into standby. This 
happens even with Notepad or the programs included with Wine! This problem 
didn't happen on my earlier installations of Linux, but I can't say if it's 
the driver of my graphics card (maybe I should try an older version? mmh.), 
my Mandrake 9.1 or wine itself (I'm using the current version from CVS, just 
updated). Maybe somebody had this problem too and knows how to get wine 
running again?
The funny thing is: My PC keeps running, I can connect to it using SSH and 
kill wine, but this doesn't do anything about my screen. I can even start 
wine again (wine notepad.exe) and it gives me the usual output, no Errors or 
Warnings.

My system:
Mandrake 9.1, updated to newest packages
ASUS A7V333, VIA KT333 chipset
768 MB RAM
Hercules Radeon 9700 using ATI driver v3.2.5
Athlon XP 1800+

Philipp

[Sylvain Petreolle]

You didnt give any info on wine configuration -
version, binary/source...
See http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/config-graphics-driver
and http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/bugs to troubleshoot your
install.

First try : see if you can go back to text mode with Ctrl-Alt-F1 and
look for wine processes / X server / Window manager.

--- Philipp Wollermann  a écrit : > Hi,
> I recently installed Mandrake 9.1 and updated it to the newest
> packages .. I'm 
> using the ATI fglrx 3.2.5 driver for XFree 4.3.0 (I have a Hercules
> Radeon 
> 9700) and playing 3D games like tuxracer works great. However, when I
> try to 
> start any program with wine my screen gets dark and goes into
> standby. This 
> happens even with Notepad or the programs included with Wine! This
> problem 
> didn't happen on my earlier installations of Linux, but I can't say
> if it's 
> the driver of my graphics card (maybe I should try an older version?
> mmh.), 
> my Mandrake 9.1 or wine itself (I'm using the current version from
> CVS, just 
> updated). Maybe somebody had this problem too and knows how to get
> wine 
> running again?
> The funny thing is: My PC keeps running, I can connect to it using
> SSH and 
> kill wine, but this doesn't do anything about my screen. I can even
> start 
> wine again (wine notepad.exe) and it gives me the usual output, no
> Errors or 
> Warnings.
>
> My system:
> Mandrake 9.1, updated to newest packages
> ASUS A7V333, VIA KT333 chipset
> 768 MB RAM
> Hercules Radeon 9700 using ATI driver v3.2.5
> Athlon XP 1800+
>
> Philipp

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[Philipp Wollermann]

Hi,

I'm using the wine CVS version, compiled from source. I just looked at these 
URLs and will submit a bug report to bugzilla, after I've tried an older ATI 
driver. I can't go back to text mode, I have to reboot to get my screen back 
to life. If you need a process list, I can connect to my PC using SSH and 
send it to the list.
Wine is at this time running using the default configuration, but this 
shouldn't matter..

Thanks,
Philipp

On Thursday 18 September 2003 17:08, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> You didnt give any info on wine configuration -
> version, binary/source...
> See http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/config-graphics-driver
> and http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/bugs to troubleshoot your
> install.
>
> First try : see if you can go back to text mode with Ctrl-Alt-F1 and
> look for wine processes / X server / Window manager.
>
> --- Philipp Wollermann  a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I recently installed Mandrake 9.1 and updated it to the newest
> > packages .. I'm
> > using the ATI fglrx 3.2.5 driver for XFree 4.3.0 (I have a Hercules
> > Radeon
> > 9700) and playing 3D games like tuxracer works great. However, when I
> > try to
> > start any program with wine my screen gets dark and goes into
> > standby. This
> > happens even with Notepad or the programs included with Wine! This
> > problem
> > didn't happen on my earlier installations of Linux, but I can't say
> > if it's
> > the driver of my graphics card (maybe I should try an older version?
> > mmh.),
> > my Mandrake 9.1 or wine itself (I'm using the current version from
> > CVS, just
> > updated). Maybe somebody had this problem too and knows how to get
> > wine
> > running again?
> > The funny thing is: My PC keeps running, I can connect to it using
> > SSH and
> > kill wine, but this doesn't do anything about my screen. I can even
> > start
> > wine again (wine notepad.exe) and it gives me the usual output, no
> > Errors or
> > Warnings.
> >
> > My system:
> > Mandrake 9.1, updated to newest packages
> > ASUS A7V333, VIA KT333 chipset
> > 768 MB RAM
> > Hercules Radeon 9700 using ATI driver v3.2.5
> > Athlon XP 1800+
> >
> > Philipp

[Roderick Colenbrander]

Hi,

The problem you have is a bug in the dga code of the ati drivers. To
workaround the problem set the option UseDGA to N in your config file. The strange
part is that dga only works for root users and that this problem also appears
for non-root users.

Roderick
> Hi,
>
> I'm using the wine CVS version, compiled from source. I just looked at
> these 
> URLs and will submit a bug report to bugzilla, after I've tried an older
> ATI 
> driver. I can't go back to text mode, I have to reboot to get my screen
> back 
> to life. If you need a process list, I can connect to my PC using SSH and 
> send it to the list.
> Wine is at this time running using the default configuration, but this 
> shouldn't matter..
>
> Thanks,
> Philipp
>
> On Thursday 18 September 2003 17:08, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> > You didnt give any info on wine configuration -
> > version, binary/source...
> > See http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/config-graphics-driver
> > and http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/bugs to troubleshoot your
> > install.
> >
> > First try : see if you can go back to text mode with Ctrl-Alt-F1 and
> > look for wine processes / X server / Window manager.
> >
> > --- Philipp Wollermann  a écrit :
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I recently installed Mandrake 9.1 and updated it to the newest
> > > packages .. I'm
> > > using the ATI fglrx 3.2.5 driver for XFree 4.3.0 (I have a Hercules
> > > Radeon
> > > 9700) and playing 3D games like tuxracer works great. However, when I
> > > try to
> > > start any program with wine my screen gets dark and goes into
> > > standby. This
> > > happens even with Notepad or the programs included with Wine! This
> > > problem
> > > didn't happen on my earlier installations of Linux, but I can't say
> > > if it's
> > > the driver of my graphics card (maybe I should try an older version?
> > > mmh.),
> > > my Mandrake 9.1 or wine itself (I'm using the current version from
> > > CVS, just
> > > updated). Maybe somebody had this problem too and knows how to get
> > > wine
> > > running again?
> > > The funny thing is: My PC keeps running, I can connect to it using
> > > SSH and
> > > kill wine, but this doesn't do anything about my screen. I can even
> > > start
> > > wine again (wine notepad.exe) and it gives me the usual output, no
> > > Errors or
> > > Warnings.
> > >
> > > My system:
> > > Mandrake 9.1, updated to newest packages
> > > ASUS A7V333, VIA KT333 chipset
> > > 768 MB RAM
> > > Hercules Radeon 9700 using ATI driver v3.2.5
> > > Athlon XP 1800+
> > >
> > > Philipp

[Philipp Wollermann]

Hi,

thanks, disabling DGA did the trick. Lets hope does fix this bug soon. :-)

Philipp

On Thursday 18 September 2003 17:23, Roderick Colenbrander wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The problem you have is a bug in the dga code of the ati drivers. To
> workaround the problem set the option UseDGA to N in your config file. The
> strange part is that dga only works for root users and that this problem
> also appears for non-root users.
>
> Roderick
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using the wine CVS version, compiled from source. I just looked at
> > these
> > URLs and will submit a bug report to bugzilla, after I've tried an older
> > ATI
> > driver. I can't go back to text mode, I have to reboot to get my screen
> > back
> > to life. If you need a process list, I can connect to my PC using SSH and
> > send it to the list.
> > Wine is at this time running using the default configuration, but this
> > shouldn't matter..
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Philipp
> >
> > On Thursday 18 September 2003 17:08, Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> > > You didnt give any info on wine configuration -
> > > version, binary/source...
> > > See http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/config-graphics-driver
> > > and http://www.winehq.org/site/docs/wine-user/bugs to troubleshoot your
> > > install.
> > >
> > > First try : see if you can go back to text mode with Ctrl-Alt-F1 and
> > > look for wine processes / X server / Window manager.
> > >
> > > --- Philipp Wollermann  a écrit :
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I recently installed Mandrake 9.1 and updated it to the newest
> > > > packages .. I'm
> > > > using the ATI fglrx 3.2.5 driver for XFree 4.3.0 (I have a Hercules
> > > > Radeon
> > > > 9700) and playing 3D games like tuxracer works great. However, when I
> > > > try to
> > > > start any program with wine my screen gets dark and goes into
> > > > standby. This
> > > > happens even with Notepad or the programs included with Wine! This
> > > > problem
> > > > didn't happen on my earlier installations of Linux, but I can't say
> > > > if it's
> > > > the driver of my graphics card (maybe I should try an older version?
> > > > mmh.),
> > > > my Mandrake 9.1 or wine itself (I'm using the current version from
> > > > CVS, just
> > > > updated). Maybe somebody had this problem too and knows how to get
> > > > wine
> > > > running again?
> > > > The funny thing is: My PC keeps running, I can connect to it using
> > > > SSH and
> > > > kill wine, but this doesn't do anything about my screen. I can even
> > > > start
> > > > wine again (wine notepad.exe) and it gives me the usual output, no
> > > > Errors or
> > > > Warnings.
> > > >
> > > > My system:
> > > > Mandrake 9.1, updated to newest packages
> > > > ASUS A7V333, VIA KT333 chipset
> > > > 768 MB RAM
> > > > Hercules Radeon 9700 using ATI driver v3.2.5
> > > > Athlon XP 1800+
> > > >
> > > > Philipp