NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Linux Driver

[Christopher A. Williams]

On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 15:52 -0700, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On 9/30/06, Christopher A. Williams <chrisw01 at comcast.net> 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 at coxinet.net> 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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