X crashes with GeForce FX 5200

From: Andrew Billyard (andrew.billyard_at_RemoveThisBit.sympatico.ca)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:01:54 GMT

I know what I'm about to post isn't new, but I haven't been able to find
any resolutions on the net.

Randomly my X server will crash on my system. Simply the screen goes
black and the log files reveal a sig 11 with no further detail. I can
remotely enter the system (ssh) afterwards, so I know the kernel is alive.
In fact, I can cleanly reboot the system in that way. Has there been a
fix for this? I have:

Memory: Ultra 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz
Video: XFX GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR 8X AGP w/ TV Out
Motherboard: Mach Speed V600DAP Via KT600 Socket A Motherboard
Processor: AMD Athlon XP3000+ CPU Barton Core 333FSB

I also used

NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6629-pkg1.run

from NVidia as my video driver. My /etc/X11/xorg.conf is posted below.

Has anyone been able to fix this problem?

Cheers,
Andrew

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/etc/X11/xorg.conf (well, relevent parts):

Section "Module"
        Load "dbe"
        Load "extmod"
        Load "fbdevhw"
        Load "glx"
        Load "record"
        Load "freetype"
        Load "type1"
# Load "dri"
# Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor0"
        VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName "Dell P991"
        DisplaySize 330 240
        HorizSync 30.0 - 107.0
        VertRefresh 48.0 - 120.0
        Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Videocard0"
        Driver "nvidia"
        VendorName "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device "Videocard0"
        Monitor "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport 0 0
                Depth 24
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group 0
        Mode 0666
EndSection

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