I'm having this problem since I bought my computer (October 2003). I can do everything, except if it's in X. I installed the nVidia-drivers (5336) and everything is configured.
I tried Redhat 9, Fedora, Debian and now I've installed Slackware (9.1). Every distribution reacted the same, X loads, you can work a couple of minutes and than everything crashes. I don't want to switch anymore. I'm staying with Slackware.
I would like to get X working properly. Some details about the crashes:
I can enter X (so it starts), Gnome starts, I can open everything, but after about a minute everything hangs. Sometimes I can still move the cursor, sometimes the computer reboots...
If it's possible that this is a hardware problem, are there tools to check that (I tried memtest86, there are no memory problems). I think it has something to do with the graphics card (because it only locks up X, console is ok).
You can find my config and logfiles at:
http://bytewarrior.madoka.be/linux/
(without www). I kept the directory structure, so you should be able to find everything you need...
Since I bought this computer, I've been searching newsgroups, googling, etc for my problem. And I didn't find the solution. I'm willing to try every solution now (I'm getting desperate
).
This is my config:
AMD 2Ghz, 256MB RAM, 60GB HD
nForce2 chipset, Integrated GeForce4 GPU (AGP 8x), sound onboard