I just had a thought on the problem...if you have one of the newer
cards (like a 6800), what size power supply do you have?  Is it
sufficient to handle your video card, processor, and various drives?

On 7/11/05, Kyle Liddell <kyle@...> wrote:
> What kernel/video card/nvidia driver version/motherboard/etc are you
> using?  Anything special in your X config file?  Do you have sideband
> addressing or fastwrites enabled?  If it happens while emerging, prehaps
> your CPU is getting hot enough that your video card gets too much heat
> going on and locks up?  Does it only happen with TwinView, or with a
> single monitor with the nvidia driver?  Do you have a power hungry video
> card and a small power supply?
> I'm using the nvidia driver with my geforce 6800gt and I've had no
> problems at all.  I haven't used TwinView since I got back home from
> school (no desk space for an extra monitor) but it worked fine for me.
> The only time I have any problems is when I enable the "EXPERIMENTAL!
> USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!" XRender hardware acceleration.
> 
> On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 12:27 +0200, Marcel Treis wrote:
> 
> > b) any information concerning the above mentioned problem wich id didnt
> > find?
> >
> > Thanks alot!
> 
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