On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 03:22:18PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 02:07:34PM +0100, A J Stiles wrote: > > On Friday 23 June 2006 14:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It's been a while now, about five months and I still haven't gor my > > > AMD64 working properly > > > ..... > > > Evidently, something is hogging some critical resource, possibly the CPU > > > (the usual suspect) but it could also be a networking resource, since > > > that's what the mouse and ssh seem to have in common > > > ..... > > > When logged in locally using the X server it crashes. I suspect a > > > measure of software involvement in the crashes, because when I upgraded > > > the nvidia drivers from 1.0.8756-1 to 1.0.8762-2 and also upgraded the > > > kernel from 2.6.12 to 2.6.15 the crashes became less frequent. > > > > First thing to try: get rid of the closed-source nVidia drivers and try > > using > > the i-tal "nv" driver instead. See how the system fares then. > > With the nv driver, get > (EE) no devices found > > Indeed, the 6100 is not on the list of chips supported by the nv driver. > > Next, try vesa?
With vesa, X comes up and crashes under firefox. Mind you, the log shows that X loaded nvidia's glx even though it had a vesa driver. I would guess that this combination is unlikely to work. Looks like I may have to uninstall the nvidia stuff to keep it from being used. here, aptitude is my friend. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
