On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 14:51 -0500, David Cary Hart wrote: > On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 02:07:52 -0500, Rick Bilonick <rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > opined: > > > > Given that X locks up when running xine, mplayer and kaffeine, I > > tried to install the nvida driver from the web site again. Now it > > builds and installs although it took several attempts and I also > > removed the kmod-nvia and related files. So the nvidia driver > > "works" but mplayer, xine, (and I'm assuming) kaffeine cause the > > system to completely freeze (so bad you can't get to a console > > terminal by hitting cntr alt f1) forcing a hard reboot. I never had > > problems with FC5 and the proprietary driver. It's a good thing > > this is a test unit and not the working HDTV recorder. At this > > point I don't see any option but to re-install FC5 and wait to > > these problems are resolved. > > > Have you tried a lower version. I had no joy until I went down to > 8776 vs 9626. > -- I'm using 8776 on a 64-bit Athlon system running FC6. I was trying to see if anyone else has run into this problem. Rick B.
