I noticed the updater set some of the files noexec, so I went ahead and chmod 755 the entire tree. Still no change in behavior, though.
from /var/log/messages
Dec 13 08:46:19 aardvark kernel: psc[3943]: segfault at 0000000000000001 rip 0000000000a5a7a8 rsp 00007fff37a5ad80 error 4
Dec 13 08:46:19 aardvark kernel: EDAC k8 MC0: GART TLB errorr: transaction type(generic), cache level(generic)
Dec 13 08:46:19 aardvark kernel: EDAC k8 MC0: extended error code: GART error
uh oh, could be a driver error. It's the beta driver and has bugs.
I'm using Fedora Core 6, aiglx/compiz with nVidia 6800, direct rendering enabled
Here is the output after removing the libs/libasound.so.2
DEBUG: Sound System Software Renderer Initializing...
ALSA lib pcm.c:2146:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
crystalspace.graphics3d.shadercompiler.xmlshader:
Unknown command 'SIfNDef'
[node: include,?SIfNDef __SHADERFRAMEWORK_CG_INC__ ?]
Unknown command 'Define'
[node: include,?Define __SHADERFRAMEWORK_CG_INC__ ?]
..snip...
$ sysinfo
# sysinfo by Henry Kroll III,
www.thenerdshow.comcat ~/bin/sysinfo &&cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep "model name"|cut -d : -f 2 &&glxinfo|grep OpenGL|tail -n 3|head -n 2|cut -d : -f 2 &&echo " `uname -ri`"&&X -version
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+
GeForce 6800/AGP/SSE2
2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.42
2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 x86_64
X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.9-34.ELsmp x86_64 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux ns2 2.6.18-1.2849.fc6 #1 SMP Fri Nov 10 12:34:46 EST 2006 x86_64
Build Date: 15 November 2006
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-47.1.fc6
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Module Loader present