Re: NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Linux Driver

On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 15:52 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
On 9/30/06, Christopher A. Williams <chrisw01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 14:06 -0500, Erich Carlson wrote:
On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 12:00 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
On 9/30/06, Erich Carlson <computerperceptions@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 11:53 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
You're using the nv X driver or the nvidia X driver?

am using the 'nv' driver

You might want to try the nvidia X driver to see if the problem persists.

I will test that, kinda makes sense, as I don't have a problem if I boot
into run level 3.

I've been having the exact same problem with my FX5200 for about 3
months now. The difference only is that, for me, the screen freeze is
extremely consistent. I was using the Livna driver packages before.
Since reverting back to the nvidia X driver, I have had no issues with
freezing at all. Of course, I also no longer am able to play some of my
favorite OpenGL games (PP Racer and Foo Billiard, for example) either.

I was about to throw my hands in the air and spend the $$ to get a newer
card, but would rather not, especially if this really is a bug. Now that
someone else is experiencing it too, I'm more confident that it is
software related.

Have you tried the 1.0-9625 beta driver? You might also want to post
an nvidia-bug-report.log on nvnews.net so that the NVIDIA folks can
look into this.

Actually, I haven't tried the beta driver since I was only using the
Livna packages and and the latest version available from there is
currently 1.0.7184. These packages have been there for a little over a
month.

I'll see about logging a report on the NVidia lists - I had just assumed
that since I was using the Livna packages, I wouldn't get much in the
way of support in response.

Cheers,

Chris

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