[LBo] Help troubleshooting computer lockup problem

[Sam Morgan]

Brian Reichert wrote:

> I've never had a problem with the Nvidia drivers produced by Nvidia.  They were
> a bit of a PITA to get working several versions ago because you had to manually
> modify your xorg.conf or xfree86.conf but now at the end of the install it asks
> you if you want setup to do it for you.
> 
that was the dance I had to do when I was using Sid, and then one of my daily 
upgrades blew that out of the water so I just decided it wasn't worth the 
effort. All it did was allow some games and screen savers that the 2d didn't, shrug.

> If it's been a while, you may want to try them out again.
>
perhaps I will, but I did notice in Vista the MS supplied Nvidia drivers for the 
TNT2/M64 card did not allow for the 3d screen savers, so perhaps it's not capable?

> BTW, do your locks happen when at a console?  Or just in X?
> 
they were in x

Note they have stopped as I have replaced the TNT2 with the TNT2/M64 card (both 
32mb) (I have a junk box with lots of 8mb-16mb video cards, but only two or 
three 32mb cards)

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God Bless,
Sam Morgan

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