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10-16-2003, 05:57 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 22
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NVIDIA XFree Crash
Hello All
I have a problem that is bothering me very much
Whenever i log in to X as root de PC Crashes after a few seconds,
keyboard, mouse, nothing works anymore. only solution is hard reboot. When i login as a normal user everythings fine!!
A have the latest nvidia linux drivers.
PC info:
PIII 733
Geforce 256 SDR 32MB
Xfree 4.3
Kernel 2.4.22
Slackware (zipslack)
Is anyone experiencing the same problem or has a solution for this.
Please let me know!!
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10-16-2003, 07:02 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: London
Distribution: kubuntu 8.10
Posts: 593
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I have had the same problem with normal users for quite a while now. I've played with so many bios and driver settings that I've lost track.
The machine can run for days without problem and suddenly, X looses the keyboard and the mouse and there is no way out other than hard reboot.
I'm running mkd 9.1 with latest kernel and nvidia drivers. .... I hope 9.2 will be better.
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10-16-2003, 07:06 AM
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#3
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 22
Original Poster
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I Have tried different distro's, and all of them have the same problem with the nvidia drivers im getting sick of this
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10-16-2003, 07:07 AM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Posts: 67
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I had problems like this with some patches to the kernel (namely Con Kolivas's patchset) but I got a buggy video card.Might be worth to try a vanilla kernel.
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10-16-2003, 07:48 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Bavaria, Germany
Distribution: Redhat 9.0
Posts: 49
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Here goes something funny.......get ATI ( hey the 3D dont work) but at least you get a picture.
I have sooooooo many problems with ATI and nVidia doesnt help either. Maybe I should try my old Cirrus Logic with 512kb Ram.

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10-16-2003, 07:55 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: London
Distribution: kubuntu 8.10
Posts: 593
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Well, all these problems are with the nvidia drivers, and the 3d works in most games. Just that intermitently, X freezes and X is a big vulnerability to a unix system running it....
I'll revert to the nv driver just to have a try. I am not a gamer anyway so I shouldn't notice much difference. That's the theory anyway
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10-16-2003, 07:59 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 22
Original Poster
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Well um i can use the nv driver but i really need 3d!! And im only getting this when i use the nvidia driver which crashes my system argh!!
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10-16-2003, 08:11 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 2,058
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10-16-2003, 08:14 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: London
Distribution: kubuntu 8.10
Posts: 593
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Mind me asking what tweaks you've done to your system ? I've been through that but maybe I should have chosen better hours than 11pm -2am. Can't remember what I did then....
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10-16-2003, 08:24 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 2,058
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I added this to my modules.conf file
alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
I also added another line to the XF86Config-4 file
Option "NvAGP" "3"
That goes right below the Driver "nvidia" line.
This may not work for yours though. I would be ready for it to mess up and have to change them back using vi or something.
Hope that helps.

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10-16-2003, 08:35 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 22
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mm weird changes you have made
NvAGP 3 seems to be default
And agp_try_unsupported detects unsupported cards
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10-16-2003, 08:37 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: London
Distribution: kubuntu 8.10
Posts: 593
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Thanks for the tips. I've been down the text console and vi editing of this damn file more than I can recall so no problem.
I still love it, although I could do without a blurry screen of death. :-)
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10-16-2003, 08:43 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Mississippi USA
Distribution: Gentoo
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10-16-2003, 12:18 PM
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#14
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 22
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Okay did it hope it helps  !!!
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10-16-2003, 12:51 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: The Netherlands
Distribution: Debian Sarge
Posts: 22
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Ok doesnt work still crashes  anyone have an id??
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