rivafb and NVIDIA-Linux

[Lew Bloch]

> OK
> type reset get the same.
> tried ctrl-alt-f1 /f2 /f3 /f4 ....
> same on all
> type init 6 
> nothing
> I hit the reset switch reboot and and boot into gnome and all is fine no
> problems.
> logout and login again no problems.
> ctl-alt-fn and the consoles are unusable.

That is a problem.  On my machine if I exit X manually I am sitting on 
console 7 (assuming we count from 1).  Ctl-Alt-F1 brings me back to console 1 
and my text prompt (usually a bash session already in progress).  If you see 
something different, then you have exceeded my knowledge of how to help.

I bet that the rivafb driver is a red herring, though.  I get the same 
message but not the same bug, so it's very unlikely "rivafb" contributes to 
your problem.