Do you get any messages after agpart module kicks in during startup? Did you try some other forums besides gentoo? For example, I found this:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=57990 Cheers On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 16:01 +0100, Keith Vassallo wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I've recently upgraded to an XFX GeForce 6800 GT from my previous card, > a GeForce FX 5200. Since having done so, I'm having problems playing games. > > When starting Doom3 in "Ultra high" or "high" quality mode, the game > locks up either seconds, or minutes, after the game begins. The whole > system freezes, neither CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE nor anything else works. > Starting doom in "medium" quality mode seems to stop the problem from > happening, although I haven't played the game for longer then 30mins. > When starting Half Life 2, the game freezes a few seconds after the menu > is displayed. With Counterstrike: Source, the game loads a map, then > sends me back to the desktop. > > Here's some information you may need: > > Gentoo running amd64 on AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939) > XFX GeForce 6800 GT (AGP) > 1.5GB DDR RAM > > cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status: > > Status: Enabled > Driver: AGPGART > AGP Rate: 8x > Fast Writes: Disabled > SBA: Enabled > > Kernel: 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 > nvidia-kernel: 1.0.7676 > nvidia-glx: 1.0.7676-r2 > > I've also used nvidia-settings to check the card temperature. 15mins > after boot, nvidia-settings reports: > > Core Temperature: 44C > Ambient Temperature: 36C > > I've searched through the Gentoo forums for similar problems, and this > has been reported one or two times, none of these people found a > solution (or posted about it). I looked on my motherboard for capacitor > decay (as described in another post) and haven't found any. I also don't > have X Composite extensions enabled. > > Whenever the PC crashes, I can see the following in /var/log/messages (I > have to SSH to do this, the machine is too frozen to launch a terminal > locally) > > Nov 3 22:05:06 silver NVRM: Xid: 25, L0 -> L0 > Nov 3 22:05:06 silver NVRM: Xid: 6, PE0000 1f08 00000000 00000000 > 00f1efeb 00000000 > Nov 3 22:05:09 silver NVRM: Xid: 8, Channel 00000020 > Nov 3 22:05:17 silver NVRM: Xid: 8, Channel 00000020 > > etc... > > I've installed Windows on this machine and a few games just to test - > everything worked fine, so it can't be a hardware problem. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > -- Andrew Cilia B.Sc. RHCE MCSE ICSE Senior Software Consultant Philip Toledo Limited Computer & Communications Solutions Notabile Road, Mriehel BKR01, Malta Tel: (+356) 2144 5566 Mobile: (+356) 9943 0588 Fax: (+356) 2148 4316 Website : www.ptl.com.mt The information contained in this email is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee only, if you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the senders consent. We cannot accept any responsibility for viruses. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the view of Philip Toledo Limited
