Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Firefox and kernel panics.

[Dale]

Dale wrote:
>
> Yea, that does sound familiar.  Trying to recall who could have had
> that problem.  Hmmmm.  Oh, it was me !!  lol  This is my card info:
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT200 [GeForce
> GT 220] (rev a2)
>
> Drivers:
>
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-270.41.19
>
> That is the latest for my card that is in the tree.  Now keep in mind,
> going back to the older xorg fixed the Konsole and resizing issue I
> had.  So far, I'm not sure Firefox has its problem fixed.  I'm going
> to try it here in a few.  Just close everything I can, type in sync
> and open the thing and see if the smoke gets out.  Oh, got to install
> it again too.  Almost forgot that.
>
> It's funny in a way.  I haven't been to the nvidia website in ages.  I
> just sort of guess at a version, try it and see if it works.  If not,
> try another one until I find one that does.  There isn't that many in
> the tree.  I never use the latest because I have never had that new of
> a card.  :/
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>

OK.  Here is the info:

root@fireball / # equery list *xorg* *nvidia*
  * Searching for *xorg* ...
[IP-] [  ] x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.9:0
[IP-] [  ] x11-base/xorg-server-1.9.5:0

  * Searching for *nvidia* ...
[IP-] [  ] media-video/nvidia-settings-260.19.29:0
[IP-] [  ] x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-270.41.19:0
root@fireball / #

I closed all I could and did a couple syncs to sort of minimize the 
damage.  I opened Firefox, it opened it's home page and about 2 or 3 
seconds later, poof, the smoke got out.  So, after all this, Firefox 
still locks it up tight.  I didn't touch the window, mouse or keyboard.  
After I clicked to open Firefox, I let it do its thing until the lights 
on the keyboard starting to blink.

Firefox I tested was the stable version in the tree.

Can I shoot it now ??

Dale

:-)  :-)