On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:02:31 +0000 John <j...@arcticwolf.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> 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 > > Sorry - shutdown no longer works and systems goes to black screen Seems as though reinstalling nvidia drivers has made matters worse!!! -- John D Maunder j...@articwolf.myzen.co.uk
