On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 05:04:00PM +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > Axel Thimm wrote: > > > >>OS: SL 4.4 i386. > >> > >> > >>I got a GeForce 7300 GT AGP, and installed the latest 9746 driver from > >>atrpms, but in "NVIDIA X Server Settings" (nvidia-settings), when I am > >>trying to select "OpenGL/GLX Information" option on the left, X Server > >>gets killed and restarted. Also when I am trying to run Google Earth, > >>the same happens. Currently I am planning to fall back to 8776 driver, > >>but I wonder if anyone has come across to this problem. > > > > > >What hardware is this? 9746 officially dropped some models, but still > >mostly works on them, "GeForce4 and older GPUs are supported through > >the 1.0-96xx and 1.0-71xx NVIDIA legacy graphics drivers." > > > This is a brand new card, Albatron GeForce 7300 GT AGP 8x, placed on an AGP > 4x port. I bought it, because the previous Geforce4 MX 440 was no longer > supported by NVIDIA. > > > >If this is not it, make sure you have nvidia-graphics installed > > > This is what I have installed: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] download]# rpm -qa |grep nvidia > > nvidia-graphics9746-libs-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386 > nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686 > nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.18-19.el4.at.i386 > nvidia-graphics9746-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386 > nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.el4.at.noarch > nvidia-graphics9746-devel-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386 > nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686 > nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] download]# > > > >and use > >nvidia-graphics-switch 9746 > > > I did the above command, but the problem still persists. > > > > >Also please check the output of > > > >modinfo nvidia-1_0-9746 | grep ^ver > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] download]# modinfo nvidia-1_0-9746 | grep ^ver > > vermagic: 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] download]#
It looks all OK. Perhaps /var/log/Xorg.0.log can give the reason for the crash. Rename it before the system crashes again, or check the *.old version of it. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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