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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 06:58:08PM +0000, John wrote: |
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> Whenever I logout my machine crashes to a black screen and is |
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> unresponsive. I cannot get into any terminals and have to |
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> reboot. It is a problem with my nvidia-drivers - have |
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> uninstalled nvidia-drivers and used X11 "nv" drivers and all |
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> works fine. |
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> Tried various login managers and still the same issue. Use xfce. |
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> Machine shuts down ok but only happens when I logout and wish |
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> to change user. |
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> Any help would be appreciated |
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Anything in Xorg logs? System logs? |
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How hard is the lock-up? Is it just the terminal (can you ssh into the |
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machine? does it respond to pings?)? Is it a kernel thing? |
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What about other (older) versions of nVidia drivers? Which card and |
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which driver are you using now? |
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