On a redhat-9.0 install, after installing the
nvidia driver for my GeForce MX 5200, PyQt,
ooffice and xmms don't work anymore, they
Segfault. That's ALL i've done in between.
They used to work.

- I read a post on the net about AGP problems
potentially being the cause; I confirmed with
/proc that the AGPGART module was being used;
so I tried compiling out agpgart but my nvidia
card wouldn't come up, fiddled a lot with
XF86Config

- so I recompiled my kernel with agpgart as a
module instead of baked in the kernel; now
agpgart doesn't get loaded, but my card comes
up with the NVIDIA AGP apparently active::

cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp
Status: Enabled
Driver: NVIDIA
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Disabled


PyQt (upon 'import qt'), ooffice and xmms still
segfault. I managed to get xmms working again by
recompiling, but I can't get PyQt to work again
even with recompile, and reinstalling --force the
rpm packages (e.g. qt) doesn't help either.

Any idea at all where I should be digging next?

here's a stack trace from the pyqt crash (this also happens with the latest release):

elbow:~$ gdb python
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(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/blais/plat/i686-pc-linux/bin/python
[New Thread 1074941536 (LWP 6574)]
Python 2.3c1 (#1, Jul 23 2003, 03:23:02)
[GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import qt

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 1074941536 (LWP 6574)]
0x420472b8 in vfprintf () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
(gdb) where
#0 0x420472b8 in vfprintf () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#1 0x42069e94 in vsnprintf () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#2 0x080c9278 in PyOS_vsnprintf (str=0x0, size=1108544020,
format=0x80fabc0 "%.150s%s takes %s %d argument%s (%d given)",
va=0xbfffcc5c "\020o\017\b©\006\017\b£\200\017\b\003") at Python/mysnprintf.c:65
#3 0x080c925c in PyOS_snprintf (str=0xbfffcd20 "", size=256,
format=0x80fabc0 "%.150s%s takes %s %d argument%s (%d given)") at Python/mysnprintf.c:48
#4 0x080bcaf8 in vgetargs1 (args=0x40176234, format=0x80f6f0a "s|OOO:__import__", p_va=0xbfffce54, compat=0)
at Python/getargs.c:228
#5 0x080bc78d in PyArg_ParseTuple (args=0x40176234, format=0x80f6f0a "s|OOO:__import__") at Python/getargs.c:51
#6 0x0809a524 in builtin___import__ (self=0x0, args=0x40176234) at Python/bltinmodule.c:42
#7 0x080ece94 in PyCFunction_Call (func=0x4012fbec, arg=0x40176234, kw=0xbfffc678)
at Objects/methodobject.c:108
#8 0x0805b0f4 in PyObject_Call (func=0x80f6f10, arg=0x40176234, kw=0x0) at Objects/abstract.c:1755
#9 0x080a4577 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords (func=0x4012fbec, arg=0x40176234, kw=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:3346
#10 0x080a2a67 in eval_frame (f=0x817b89c) at Python/ceval.c:1996
#11 0x080a37ea in PyEval_EvalCodeEx (co=0x40199e20, globals=0x40176234, locals=0x4016af0c, args=0x0,
argcount=0, kws=0x0, kwcount=0, defs=0x0, defcount=0, closure=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:2663
#12 0x080a5d76 in PyEval_EvalCode (co=0x40199e20, globals=0x4016af0c, locals=0x4016af0c) at Python/ceval.c:537
#13 0x080bfc92 in PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx (name=0xbfffd9b0 "qt", co=0x40199e20,
pathname=0xbfffd090 "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/qt.pyc") at Python/import.c:621
#14 0x080c2707 in load_source_module (name=0xbfffd9b0 "qt",
pathname=0xbfffd090 "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/qt.pyc", fp=0x8152270) at Python/import.c:894
#15 0x080c074c in load_module (name=0xbfffd9b0 "qt", fp=0x8152270,
buf=0xbfffd520 "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/qt.py", type=1, loader=0xbfffc678)
at Python/import.c:1699
#16 0x080c1535 in import_submodule (mod=0x8106120, subname=0xbfffd9b0 "qt", fullname=0xbfffd9b0 "qt")
at Python/import.c:2290
#17 0x080c10e4 in load_next (mod=0x8106120, altmod=0x8106120, p_name=0xbfffd9b0, buf=0xbfffd9b0 "qt",
p_buflen=0xbfffd9ac) at Python/import.c:2111
#18 0x080c2df3 in import_module_ex (name=0x0, globals=0x4013e79c, locals=0x4013e79c, fromlist=0x8106120)
at Python/import.c:1957
#19 0x080c1ffd in PyImport_ImportModuleEx (name=0x401756b4 "qt", globals=0x4013e79c, locals=0x4013e79c,
fromlist=0x8106120) at Python/import.c:1998
#20 0x0809a545 in builtin___import__ (self=0x0, args=0x40147784) at Python/bltinmodule.c:45
#21 0x080ece94 in PyCFunction_Call (func=0x4012fbec, arg=0x40147784, kw=0xbfffc678)
at Objects/methodobject.c:108
#22 0x0805b0f4 in PyObject_Call (func=0x80f6f10, arg=0x40147784, kw=0x0) at Objects/abstract.c:1755
#23 0x080a4577 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords (func=0x4012fbec, arg=0x40147784, kw=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:3346
#24 0x080a2a67 in eval_frame (f=0x815309c) at Python/ceval.c:1996
#25 0x080a37ea in PyEval_EvalCodeEx (co=0x4016c4a0, globals=0x40147784, locals=0x4013e79c, args=0x0,
argcount=0, kws=0x0, kwcount=0, defs=0x0, defcount=0, closure=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:2663
#26 0x080a5d76 in PyEval_EvalCode (co=0x4016c4a0, globals=0x4013e79c, locals=0x4013e79c) at Python/ceval.c:537
#27 0x080cb159 in run_node (n=0x40127368, filename=0x80ef72a "<stdin>", globals=0x4013e79c, locals=0x4013e79c,
flags=0xbfffe108) at Python/pythonrun.c:1205
#28 0x080ca7a6 in PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags (fp=0x4212ecc0, filename=0x80ef72a "<stdin>", flags=0xbfffe108)
at Python/pythonrun.c:697
#29 0x080ca5a3 in PyRun_InteractiveLoopFlags (fp=0x4212ecc0, filename=0x80ef72a "<stdin>", flags=0xbfffe108)
at Python/pythonrun.c:630
#30 0x080cb90e in PyRun_AnyFileExFlags (fp=0x4212ecc0, filename=0x80ef72a "<stdin>", closeit=0,
flags=0xbfffe108) at Python/pythonrun.c:593
#31 0x08054d0a in Py_Main (argc=0, argv=0xbfffe184) at Modules/main.c:415
#32 0x08054883 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbfffe184) at Modules/python.c:23
#33 0x42015504 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
(gdb)

I have the exact same problem. At one point I had xmms and oo working but not OpenGL. Now I am back to the seg faults and working OpenGL.

I also get a message saying my scsi bus has changed?

I've havn't tried these yet but they look promising.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...t=segmentation

i installed gentoo linux and everything works.