Dear Greg:
Thanks so much for writing. I have since done a complete, new install of
7.1 with the old Xfree86 3.3.6. Looks like version 4 was screwing things
up. No problem with my Nvidia Viper 550 TNT card. It is fully supported
by Linux.
Thanks again.
Benjamin
Greg Stewart wrote:
>
> Ya know... I had the same problem when I installed LM7.0 using XF86 3.3.6 on a
>Gateway with an OEM spec'd 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee video card. Most of the time when I
>exited X, the screen would go blank and console would not show up. A few times I was
>able to blindly type
>
> shutdown -h now [enter]
>
> but most of the time the machine would just hang. A hard power-down was the only
>thing I could do.
>
> I haven't checked, but is your Nvidia TNT 3d card fully supported? Ifnot, maybe it
>could be having the same (similar) problem as I had until I bought an old P233 box
>with an ATI Rage card.
>
> --greg
>
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > Just bought and installed LM 7.1. The installation went fine but I have
> > one urgent problem:
> >
> > Normally when I log off from my default desktop, KDE, into the
> > console, I have no problem, but sometimes, and I emphasize, SOMETIMES, I
> > end up landing in pitch darkness. That is, the screen shows no sign of
> > the console. I wait and wait and nothing happens. I am forced to power
> > off and then power back on. Linux then runs through the e2fsc check
> > during boot-up. As you can imagine, this makes me very nervous.
> >
> > Meanwhile, I have tried out Gnome and Fvwm by using switchdesk, and they
> > work fine. KDE, of course, remains my preferred desktop.
> >
> > This has never happened to me before in Linux.
> >
> > Any idea what could be causing this and how to solve it?
> >
> > Hope you can help.
> >
> > All my thanks!
> >
> > Benjamin
> >
>
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