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From: Maxim Wexler <maxim.wexler@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X crashes with nvidia-173 driver
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:36:24
Message-Id: a0811460911011436v5041600drbe4b525df09b393d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: X crashes with nvidia-173 driver by walt
1 On 11/1/09, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 11/01/2009 09:13 AM, Maxim Wexler wrote:
3 >> Hi group
4 >>
5 >> Having installed the Geforce FX5500 drivers,
6 >> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-173.14.18-pkg1.run, and ran startx the desktop
7 >> appears but the system crashes...
8 >
9 > Do you mean the entire system, or just the X server?
10
11 Desktop(raw X, default terminals and clock icon) appears, instant
12 total system crash
13
14 > If you type 'X' from a console (instead of startx) does the crash still
15 > happen?
16
17 Black screen, instant total system crash.
18
19 Oh, and the green nvidia icon fails to flash briefly after the startx command.
20
21 >

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