Just an FYI. I have the TNT2 based Viper 770 and it happens as well. Even thought I never use KDM..it is a pronouced bug in the driver. I am also using the latest and greatest from the website. * Steven Hatfield (ashari@knightswood.net) [010604 15:19]: ->These are the drivers that we are running - the latest available from your ->web site. You aren't talking to your average everyday normal users here.. we ->know our stuff :-) -> ->This is repeatable, and is happening on any computer that runs KDM + nVidia ->drivers with a GeForce2 based machine. You can imagine how many of them there ->are. It has something to do with KDM and the nVidia drivers. If you run in ->init level 3 / console mode, they seem to work fine, because the respawning ->of the X session doesn't happen like in KDM. But by using KDM, and logging ->in/out a few times, and then trying to switch to virtual terminal mode with ->ctrl-alt-F1, F2, F3, etc, will pretty much freeze your computer entirely, ->unless you have the ability to telnet/ssh in from some other computer and ->reboot it remotely. You know how often Linux people like to reboot ;^) -> ->Let me know if I can be of any help. -> ->Thanks, ->Steven -> ->On Monday 04 June 2001 05:46 pm, Andrew Ritger wrote: ->> Greetings, Steven. ->> ->> Can you try just booting to console (usually init level 3) and seeing if ->> the problems go away? Also, I've attached updated drivers that seem to ->> fix the problem for us. Can you let us know if your problems go away with ->> them? Please don't distribute these drivers... I just want to confirm ->> that the bug is fixed. Another public release will come out in the next ->> couple weeks. ->> ->> Thanks, ->> - Andy Ritger ->> ->> On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Steven Hatfield wrote: ->> > On Friday 01 June 2001 02:01 pm, Andrew Ritger wrote: ->> > > Greetings, Steven. ->> > > ->> > > Could you send us the details of your system (motherboard, video card ->> > > type, etc...)? We haven't been able to reproduce this in house. Also, ->> > > if you could find out the system specs of any other users you're aware ->> > > of that are having this problem, it would be useful to know what's ->> > > similar or different about the systems that exhibit this. ->> > > ->> > > Thanks, ->> > > - Andy Ritger ->> > > ->> > > Oh, and could you check to see if this same behavior occurs if you're ->> > > not using KDM? (ie set your run level to 3 and just do startx) ->> > > ->> > > On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Steven Hatfield wrote: ->> > > > Hi, ->> > > > I am having a problem with the nVidia drivers on linux. It appears ->> > > > that when I hit ctrl-alt-F1-F6 while in an X Session, my system locks ->> > > > up, and my screen goes blank. If I use the 'nv' driver that comes ->> > > > with my distribution (SuSE 7.1 Pro), the lock up doesn't happen. ->> > > > Running the "nvidia" driver + GLX results in a very fast system, with ->> > > > great 3D Acceleration. It's just this bug that is getting in the way ->> > > > of a perfect experience. ->> > > > ->> > > > Also, when I exit out of KDE2 to KDM, and choose "reboot" or "halt", ->> > > > the screen goes all weird, and I see "movement", and then my system ->> > > > finally reboots. If I choose "Exit to Console", I get the same lockup ->> > > > as I get when I press ctrl-alt-Fx. ->> > > > ->> > > > I am using the latest nVidia driver from your website, v1.0-1251. ->> > > > This problem was also apparent in the last v0.9-769. ->> > > > ->> > > > On the SuSE-Linux-E users mailing list, there are several other ->> > > > people who have the same problem, so this isn't just my system. ->> > > > ->> > > > Good luck, and I hope this helps. Let me know if you need any further ->> > > > information. ->> > > > ->> > > > Thanks, ->> > > > Steven ->> > ->> > Ok, I've recieved about 10 emails about this, from different list ->> > members. It appears to be a KDM<->nVidia driver problem. Ben Rosenberg ->> > reports that he runs in console mode, starting X with "startx", and ->> > doesn't have any problems. Anyone else running KDM has problems. The ->> > setup seems to be any number of CPU choices, and a GeForce2 based card, ->> > running SuSE 7.0/7.1 with the latest KDE2.1.2. ->> > ->> > I can generate this error pretty much on demand, so if you need a guinnea ->> > pig for testing, just let me know. ->> > ->> > Let me know if you need any further information... and please keep me ->> > informed. ->> > ->> > Thanks, ->> > Steven -> ->---------------------------------------- ->Content-Type: APPLICATION/octet-stream; charset="us-ascii"; ->name="NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1251.tar.gz" ->Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 ->Content-Description: ->---------------------------------------- -> ->---------------------------------------- ->Content-Type: APPLICATION/octet-stream; charset="us-ascii"; ->name="NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1251.tar.gz" ->Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 ->Content-Description: ->---------------------------------------- -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin