I do not think that it is specifically Slackware related. I own GeForce 2 GTS which works flawlessly. However, i use "nvidia" driver instead of XFree86 4.1.0 default "nv" driver. I still run Slackware 7.1 though.... I am still trying to decide if i should upgrade to 8.0 or just go with Debian :)
igor > I've seen this raised in the history, but I didn't see much in the way > of details regarding the problem. > > I've been using blackbox with slackware for about a month now, as has my > roomate. We both have similar setups, but he has an nvidia graphics > card wheras I have an ati. We're both running slackware 8.0. > > Every now and then, usually (but not always) when switching desktops > (doesn't have to be desktop 2 necessarily) X shuts down with the > following message: > > Could not open blackbox style file > blackbox: signal 11 caught > shutting down > aborting... dumping core > > From what I could tell from previous mailing list posts, this only > seems to happen to people running slackware 8.0. I tried removing the > option "Focus window on workspace change" (I *think* that was one > suggestion to fix it) and that didn't help. > > If there are any other details I can provide, please let me know. It > seems to happen most when I'm running some java programs or xine (maybe > it happens when there's a larger load on system resources?). It's also > somewhat difficult to reproduce - it'll run stable for a few days and > then all of a sudden sig 11, but it's happened to me at least a dozen > times in the past few weeks. My roomate has just stopped using multiple > desktops and it runs stable for him now. -- Uptime : 1 day, 17:26
