On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 04:31, Graeme Smith wrote: > I wonder if anybody has had this problem or can tell me what to try > next. > > I installed a Geforce 2 400 MX into my machine yesterday and actually > succeeded in getting it to work with X after 12 hours. All apart > from from one annoying detail anyway. When I leave X, either by > ctrl+alt+bs or ctrl+alt+f[1-8] or rebooting etc. the machine becomes > totally non responsive as soon as it tries to go into console. I > have to switch off and switch on (no reset button) to get it back to > life. I think my hard drives are going to start a petition soon to > make me stop. > > I've tried the VESA, nv and nvidia drivers for X and all seem to > exhibit this in one form or another. I've tried loading with and > without the VESA driver at boot with no apparent difference. At the > moment I'm using the nvidia drivers. > I have a similar issue with an MX440SE. From what I've read the likely candidate is ACPI (try disabling it with option 2 from the FreeBSD boot menu). Works for me. I'm using the nv driver from the XFree port, you might need to research further for using the nvidia-supplied drivers.
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