On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 15:52 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > On 9/30/06, Christopher A. Williams <chrisw01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 14:06 -0500, Erich Carlson wrote: > > > On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 12:00 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > > > On 9/30/06, Erich Carlson <computerperceptions@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 11:53 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > > > > > You're using the nv X driver or the nvidia X driver? > > > > > > > > > > am using the 'nv' driver > > > > > > > > You might want to try the nvidia X driver to see if the problem persists. > > > > > > I will test that, kinda makes sense, as I don't have a problem if I boot > > > into run level 3. > > > > I've been having the exact same problem with my FX5200 for about 3 > > months now. The difference only is that, for me, the screen freeze is > > extremely consistent. I was using the Livna driver packages before. > > Since reverting back to the nvidia X driver, I have had no issues with > > freezing at all. Of course, I also no longer am able to play some of my > > favorite OpenGL games (PP Racer and Foo Billiard, for example) either. > > > > I was about to throw my hands in the air and spend the $$ to get a newer > > card, but would rather not, especially if this really is a bug. Now that > > someone else is experiencing it too, I'm more confident that it is > > software related. > > Have you tried the 1.0-9625 beta driver? You might also want to post > an nvidia-bug-report.log on nvnews.net so that the NVIDIA folks can > look into this. Actually, I haven't tried the beta driver since I was only using the Livna packages and and the latest version available from there is currently 1.0.7184. These packages have been there for a little over a month. I'll see about logging a report on the NVidia lists - I had just assumed that since I was using the Livna packages, I wouldn't get much in the way of support in response. Cheers, Chris -- ====================== "Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide." -- Woodrow Wilson
