Steven Hatfield wrote:
How I get [the Nvidia hangups] is to log into KDM from a fresh reboot, move a few windows around (do a few little things), and then log out of KDE. Then log back in via KDM, and then press ctrl-alt-F1, to go to a virtual terminal. Sometimes it doesn't happen right away, but usually after a few times of doing this, I'll get a weird colored screen, and I'll see the X mouse pointer in the middle, but moving the mouse will not move it. The keyboard becomes locked up (numlock/capslock keys do not affect the lights) and I have to reboot in order to recover.
I've always been able to recover with Alt-Ctl-F7 (or Ctl-Alt-F7 if you prefer). Does that not work for you? (Of course it doesn't solve the underlying misbehavior.) Paul