Nicolas ROBAUX wrote:

> P.S. : a lot of users complain about freezes, in MandrakeForum, and they 
> accuse X or their KDM/GDM, or their graphic card, as they start X 
> automatically at boot, thinking that Linux is only a graphical systems... I'm 
> pretty sure all their troubles come from this kernel...

Very well could be something with the kernel...  Although, it looks like it's a 
conflict between the kernel and the video driver from where I'm sitting.

If I recall correctly from when I booted the system last, the video driver is loading 
well before X sessions are being built, or the window manager sessions are being built.

Also, I recall reading an article that mentioned a change in the memory management in 
the 2.4.x kernels. (This was several months back: an interview with Linus or one of 
the other kernel developers in Linux Journal or Linux Magazine..or other similar 
magazine.)  Could be that the NVidia drivers are relying on something in the memory 
management of the older kernels that the newer memory management is getting in the way 
of.

// George

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