On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:41:25 -0500 Willie Wong <ww...@princeton.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 06:58:08PM +0000, John wrote: > > Whenever I logout my machine crashes to a black screen and > > is unresponsive. I cannot get into any terminals and have to > > reboot. It is a problem with my nvidia-drivers - have > > uninstalled nvidia-drivers and used X11 "nv" drivers and all > > works fine. > > Tried various login managers and still the same issue. Use > > xfce. Machine shuts down ok but only happens when I logout and wish > > to change user. > > > > Any help would be appreciated > > > > Anything in Xorg logs? System logs? > > How hard is the lock-up? Is it just the terminal (can you ssh into the > machine? does it respond to pings?)? Is it a kernel thing? > > What about other (older) versions of nVidia drivers? Which card and > which driver are you using now? > > W Nothing in Xorg logs, system logs Lockup is complete - machine is totally unresposive even to ssh/ping x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-177.82 Kernel version 2.6.27-gentoo-r7 Card is Geforce GO 6100. PC is laptop and logout has been working, maybe a update has done this and i have missed it. Is this common? Using syslog-ng, if you could advise on a config that may pick something up in logs -- John D Maunder j...@articwolf.myzen.co.uk
