my two cents, :) 1. use agpgart instead of nvagp, 2. don't restart X too often, therefore use gdm or kdm,
according to my experience, 2314 is extremely unstable, while 1541 is the best nvidia driver so far. Good luck, /Jun On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 10:11:38AM +0000, Nick Thompson wrote: :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. :> : : : :Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? :Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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