>> Black screen, instant total system crash. > > Well, that suggests a kernel panic, I think. What happens if you use an > older kernel? > There is no older kernel. I knew there was something I forgot to save. But I saved xorg.conf and it's identical.
The sysrecusecd finds the card and X starts fine. The only difference in the config is that on the CD CONFIG_AGP_NVIDIA=y and on the PC it's a module. So I set it to y. Didn't help. mw