On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Kevin C. Smith wrote: > On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 05:26:58PM +0200, Toomas Vananurm wrote: > > Btw: I think the nvidia module or nvidia's glx make my system hang sometimes > > (pretty often actually:() Can't figure out what this about. I had the same > > problem with my old pc (Celeron 433 + Riva TNT @Debian (stable)) & I have it > > now too (Athlon 1G + GF2 GTS @Debian unstable). > > I addition of all i cant compile K7 kernel because then the nvidia module > > cannot be loaded (unknown something...dont remember it really..I think the > > point was that it thought that K7 can't mmx.or something:). And yes, I did > > make clean & make. > > > > So I have to use PII kernel:( > > Off topic somewhat. > The nvidia drivers tend to hang due to AGP problems. Fixed my trouble by > using AGPGART rather then nvidia's AGP, and in: > /etc/modutils/aliases > added under > alias char-major-10-175 agpgart > options agp_try_unsupported=1 > > Works anyway on the ASUS A7V133 motherboard.
After I got my TNT2 card working, I tried out a kernel with framebuffer support - the Riva/GeForce support - and it made my display and concole freeze up when I switched between X and the console. So, I recompiled without framebuffer support, and now it works fine. What I don't know is if the problem would occur with an ordinary VGA framebuffer. I've been compiling with the AGPGART module, and it's been working fine, too. Ben
