Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 02:48:32 -0400 From: Munish Chopra <mchopra@engmail.uwaterloo.ca> To: Will Saxon <WillS@housing.ufl.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVidia driver stability? Message-ID: <20030713064832.GA74699@opiate.soulwax.net> In-Reply-To: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8DB2FB7@bragi.housing.ufl.edu> References: <0E972CEE334BFE4291CD07E056C76ED8DB2FB7@bragi.housing.ufl.edu>
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On 2003-07-12 21:22 +0000, Will Saxon wrote: > Well I have to say that about 30min after I wrote in originally, I started having problems. X locked up, but I could switch around to different vty's and also ctrl-alt-bksp out of X. However, when I tried to restart X my machine locked up entirely. > > I am wondering though if it is all the nvidia driver's fault - while my machine has been stable through installation of the nvidia driver it is now being screwy even after removal of the driver. It's basically locking hard after about 5-10 minutes every time I use it, and sometimes I cannot even log in. I guess I don't know what to think. > > -Will > If you have a kernel.good around boot that, and try fiddling around. There are a few sysctls you can play with (trying to use the NVIDIA AGP driver may be a good idea too). I have had a few really odd bug reports, but none that match this type of behaviour. -- Munish Chopra
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