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On 11/01/2009 02:36 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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> On 11/1/09, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 11/01/2009 09:13 AM, Maxim Wexler wrote: |
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>>> Hi group |
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>>> Having installed the Geforce FX5500 drivers, |
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>>> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.18-pkg1.run, and ran startx the desktop |
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>>> appears but the system crashes... |
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>> Do you mean the entire system, or just the X server? |
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> Desktop(raw X, default terminals and clock icon) appears, instant |
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> total system crash |
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>> If you type 'X' from a console (instead of startx) does the crash still |
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>> happen? |
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> Black screen, instant total system crash. |
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Well, that suggests a kernel panic, I think. What happens if you use an |
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older kernel? |
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> Oh, and the green nvidia icon fails to flash briefly after the startx command. |
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I use the same nvidia drivers for the nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] |
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video card (given to me by my brother-in-law-the-gamer after I installed his new, |
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upgraded nVidia card for him :o) |
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For a long time I saw that same green nvidia logo flash during startup, but now |
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that you mention it, I haven't seen it for a long time. I really don't know when |
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it stopped, but it was weeks ago, not days. |
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