I did the linux nomodeset thing and the games still do the same thing when played. And also if i do add it to lilo im not sure where at in the file i should add it at.


I tried to do the strace on the supertux game but it said there was no such file or something like that so im sure i typed it wrong or something.

in my /etc/lilo.conf file there is a line like so:
as root I changed it to:
and then ran lilo to update the bootloader

not sure...is strace installed?

Are you sure its a 1 because mine has a 0 in it


yes i have strace installed . I just used it wrong it seems

if you are talking about the 1 in "vt.default_utf8=1"
keep the setting you already have

supertux is the name of the program so how would i go about using strace

you should be able to do:
and after you exit the program you will have the log
file which might help isolate the problem

I ran the strace but what good does it do me when i cant read the log cause x locks up and ill have to reboot just to get x back.

I'm really not sure.
This is when I start digging through the logs looking for
anything that might stand out that occurred around the time
the lockup occurred.

I usually look through
~/.xsession-errors
/var/log/dmesg
/var/log/messages
/var/log/syslog

I'll try running the program from a terminal window to see if
I can catch any errors it spits out before it locks up.

I'll google a bit to see if I can find anything similar to my problem.

I'd visit the website for the program and look to see if they have a support forum.

etc.

I'm not having the same problem you are having with supertux.

It does lock up X on occasion (black screen w/mouse pointer)...
but that has only happened when I exit the program
after having changed the display settings
(for example switching from full screen mode to windowed mode).

Sorry, I know that is not much help.

I donno i really dont know what to do and to be honest im getting close to just giving up on using anything with 3d in it on the system cause ive had problems with it for quite a while now and nothing I do from help from you or others seems to fix the problem and Im just tired of doing stuff and it not fix the problem to be honest. Thanks for all of your help and everything tho.

Been there and done that. Don't feel too discouraged.
It took me quite a while before I was able to get
everything in place and working okay.

I tried various things before I was able to get the
driver loaded correctly with kms enabled.

If you still have everything in place...
you could always post your most current log files again
in case someone comes along and notices something.

At least to double check and make sure the driver
is loaded with kms enabled.

I see this in the Xorg0.log file when the driver
is loaded and kms is not enabled:
(II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.

I see this in the Xorg0.log file when the driver
is loaded and kms is enabled:
(II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.

Cheers