Eric,
In regards to trying those new drivers, I have tried
them and I have had some issues with KDE. In
particular there were quite a few people in the
linuxgames.com forums having issues with Mandrake 8.0.
I haven't tried it yet, but it was recommended in
those forums to compile from source instead of using
their mandrake rpms. It is also said that /usr/lib
should be added to the ldconfig file. I was told
about that for the 9-769 drivers as well. People are
saying that mandrake doesn't include that by default
and it can sometimes cause issues with the nvidia
drivers. I haven't confirmed this yet, but if you'll
be working on this over the weekend, this info may
help.
Good luck with your stability issues. My mandrake 8.0
has been solid (until yesterday with the newest nvidia
problems...which I will fix).
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 17 May 2001 09:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > How is everybody finding the stability of their
> Mandrake
> > > 8 boxes? I've been having some problems.
> > >
> > > I've had several random lockups while in KDE.
> Nothing I
> > > can replicate. Somtimes it locks while I'm
> doing
> > > something innocuous (moving mouse, minimizing
> window),
> > > sometimes it's locked up over night. When this
> happens,
> > > there is no saving it. Keyboard & mouse are
> completely
> > > dead, and it won't even respond to a ping over
> the net.
> > > This has happened maybe 6 or 8 times total over
> the past
> > > 2 or 3 weeks.
> > >
> > > I've also had 2 random reboots. Once was over
> night,
> > > and the other was during the day while I was at
> work. I
> > > had left the box logged in, when I get back the
> login
> > > screen is up and last shows a reboot. The box
> is on a
> > > UPS, and the other box on that UPS hasn't
> rebooted.
> > >
> > > There is doesn't seem to be anything interesting
> in the
> > > logs wrt these incidents.
> > >
> > > I'm pretty confident that its not a hardware
> problem.
> > > This box was rock-solid with a RedHat 6.2
> variant.
> > >
> > > Any ideas? Frankly, If I was satisfied with
> this kind
> > > of stability, I'd have stuck with windows :-)
> > > Eric
> >
> > Yet, we have boxes running 8.0 since it was
> released, never rebooted, with no
> > problem. AMDs and Intels with and without VIA
> chipsets.
>
> Which is as it should be!
>
> >What you are describing I have seen before only
> when
> >I had a loose or failing CPU cooling fan.
>
> That was one of my initial thoughts also. But my
> temps
> from gkrellm are fine. Highest I've seen was about
> 50c
> under heavy load on a hot day.
>
> And most of these crashes have occured while the
> system
> was idle or very lightly loaded. Some others have
> described freezes during boot-up.
>
> Also, this system was rock solid under heavy load
> with a
> RedHat 6.2 variant for about 2 weeks. I didn't so
> much
> as move the case between that & my Mandrake 8
> install.
> Additionaly, it will sometimes stay up for several
> days
> at a time under various loads before it mysteriously
> dies.
> Other times it locks up withing minutes of booting
> up.
>
> So I'm pretty confident that it's not a hardware
> problem.
>
> Nvidia has just released some new drivers. I'll try
> them
> this weekend if I find some time.
>
> Eric
>
> >
> > Civileme
> >
>
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