I had an "old" AMD K6 based router/server. This had a "generic" GeForce2 MX400 card. I used the 9631 drivers, and everything worked fine.

Someone gave me an old Dual Pentium machine, and I thought it would be fun to use that instead. So, I moved over the hard drive, running Slackware 11, and all of the cards, including the video.

I uninstalled the 9631 driver, changed the kernel/modules to the smp ones, rebooted, then recompiled the 9631 driver.

Now, when I try and run startx, I just get a blank screen, and the machine locks up solid. The reset button is the only way out.

The only differences between my old, working system, and this one, are the motherboard, and the smp enabled kernel/modules, as everything else was "transferred".

Is there any way to see what's causing this, as none of the logs show any problems, or at least in what's there after a reboot.

Cheers.

You can try booting a UP (single processor) kernel, to see if it works in that mode. If so, you may need a BIOS update. You may also want to head over to the Nvidia Linux Forum, to see if they have any suggestions.

Booting with the non-smp kernel/modules produces exactly the same symptoms. Solid lock up when startx issued.

Thanks for the additional forum. I've already posted on the forum at nVidia's site, but another one won't hurt.

Cheers.