I get this too. Screen updates stop and the keyboard is dead, but curiously, the mouse pointer can still be moved around (the pointer shape does not change as it moves over icons and screen borders though). All other machine activity continues normally but the logs, including the XFree log give no clues. I have tried 1541 and 2314(?) with no luck. I have an ASUS P5A (1006) and have changed my BIOS settings as per the nVidia docs. I suppose I should try upgrading the BIOS sometime. It seems strange though that the mouse pointer can still be moved, while no other screen updates can occur. Ring any bells?
Nick. Johnc wrote: > I have an Nvidia geforce 2 mx PCI card that has been causing full Xwindows >lock ups to the point of having to do a hard shutdown. I removed the GLX and >Nvidia module lines form my XF86Config-4 file and seem to have no problems. >I know the drivers are closed source and there not a lot that can be done in >that respect. Driver ver. is 1.0-2313 has anyone experienced similar problems >with these drivers? >I used the tarballs to install them on the default 8.1 kernel 2.4.8-26. I am >curious if maybe there is a utility to check the card to see if maybe it is >failing as i never had these issues until recently and I experience similar >problems in windows. >
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