I just installed a PNY Geforce 4 FX 5200 AGP video card in my RH9 system. I am using the lastest Nvidia drivers. I have configured XF86Config as per the sample that came with the Nvidia driver. X will start fine but when I log out of X it hangs the system. I have not seen anything in the log as to what the problem might be. I have recompiled the kernel with AGPART as a module so I could use the NvAGP option in XF86Config. I am using the 2.4.22 kernel (SMP). My system is a dual P3 system. Also if I switch the driver line to the "nv" driver that comes default with XFree86 it works fine. It seems to be a problem with the driver from Nvidia. Any help is greatly appreciated. Here is part of my XF86Config:

Section "Module"

Load "dbe"

# Load the glx module.
Load "glx"

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "CRT"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "SyncMaster 753DF"

# be sure to replace these values with values appropriate for your
# monitor!
HorizSync 30.0 - 71.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0

# 3840x2400 @ 12Hz for IBM's T221 FlatPanel
#Modeline "3840x2400" 148.0 3840 3944 4328 4816 2400 2401 2404 2

EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NV AGP"
VendorName "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
# update this with the PCI id of your card. Consult the output
# of the 'lspci' command. The BusID is usually optional when
# only using one graphics card.
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen AGP"
Device "NV AGP"
Monitor "CRT"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

I believe I figured out my problem with this one. I had my S-video cable plugged into the card with the TV off. After unplugging the cable it shut down X quickly with no lock ups.

Update:

I decided to setup TwinView to use my monitor and TV. It works sometimes but now I am running into the same problem. X just hangs and locks the system when trying to log out. I have tried 2 different S-video cables but get the same result. Maybe it is a problem with the card itself?

Here is part of my XF86Config

Section "Module"

Load "dbe"

# Load the glx module.
Load "glx"

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "CRT"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "SyncMaster 753DF"

# be sure to replace these values with values appropriate for your
# monitor!
HorizSync 30.0 - 71.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0

# 3840x2400 @ 12Hz for IBM's T221 FlatPanel
#Modeline "3840x2400" 148.0 3840 3944 4328 4816 2400 2401 2404 2418

EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NV AGP TwinView"
VendorName "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
# update this with the PCI id of your card. Consult the output
# of the 'lspci' command. The BusID is usually optional when
# only using one graphics card.
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

# sample twinview setup
Option "TwinView"
# be sure to replace the HorizSync and VertRefresh with correct values
# for your monitor!
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 640x480,640x480"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"

Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "NoDDC"
#Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
#Option "TVOverScan" "0.0"

EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen AGP TwinView"
Device "NV AGP TwinView"
Monitor "CRT"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "AGPTwinView"
Screen "Screen AGP TwinView"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection