John wrote: > 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!!! > >
That could be your problem tho since it changed the problem. Did you notice any warnings about not working with your card when you emerged the drivers? It will warn you if it doesn't like your card but it still emerges anyway. This was discussed a couple weeks ago in another thread. I would start with the stable 177, then try the 173 set, then 100 and on down the line. One of those should work. Also, you may want to save a copy of xorg.conf and rerun xorgcfg and see if that helps. There have been changes according to what I have read and most stuff isn't even needed anymore. Just a thought. Dale :-) :-)
