ES screensaver doesn't work with an nVidia card on Linux

Tue, 01/18/2011 - 00:51 — FibonacciPrower

Hello.

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on a system with an nVidia GeForce 6200 card, using official drivers. I've installed electricsheep from the repos, and while it does run well from the command line, it doesn't work as a screensaver – all I get is a black screen.
On the other hand, it does run smoothly on my laptop, which has an ATi graphics card and is also running Ubuntu 10.10.

How can I get it to run under my main PC?

‹ Won't go full screen, won't screensave Screensaver never works but, read further please and answer please ›
Tue, 01/18/2011 - 09:04 — spot

try changing the graphics

try changing the graphics driver in the sheep settings window. see the release notes pinned to the top of this forum.
Sun, 01/23/2011 - 04:57 — FibonacciPrower

Didn't work – and I tried

Didn't work – and I tried every possibility. However rebooting and changing the card (another nVidia, same model, more memory) DID work, so perhaps it was a hardware problem?
Wed, 01/19/2011 - 12:05 — ratedhighly

yes it does

Mine worked superp on ubuntu , but that was at least a year ago so IDK right now.....But I'm just trying to help in any way I even can... I have a gtx 280 nvidia

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