[H-GEN] Re: X locks up desktop, even with live cds

[Troy Piggins]

* Anthony Irwin is quoted & my replies are inline below :
> 
> Troy Piggins wrote:
> 
>> Unfortunately you can't install from the
>> AMD64 minimal live cd!  The main difference I can tell is that
>> the Gentoo wasn't running X, it was all console.
>> 
>> Am I missing anything?  The graphics card is Nvidia 256Mb 6800GT
>> (or something like that).  I have always had success with nvidia
>> cards and linux, installing the distros own drivers, then once
>> working use nvidias own binaries.
>> 
>> What can I do to trace the source of the problem?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had a similar problem about 6 or 7 years ago with a nvidia riva tnt 
> card. The card worked fine for some things and not others. I ended up 
> switching it with a card I had in another computer that I didn't use 
> much and everything then worked fine.
> 
> Like you said above nvidia cards normally work flawlessly with linux 
> and they even produce their own drivers for the accelerated graphics 
> so I would say that the first thing to check is the graphics card itself.
> 
> Maybe your card has a slight fault that doesn't like the way X handles 
> the graphics. If you have another card you could try swapping it and 
> see if you get the same results.

Thanks Anthony.  I've downloaded and burned the Gentoo install CD
at work.  I'll give it a go tonight.  If not successful, I'll
try other scenarios.  Spewing - that card has been great for
games in Windows.

PS - I see your email addy is Server101.  You webhost for my
work.  No dramas to date :)

PPS - Been there long?  You know Paul Trebilco?  He's a good mate
of mine, used to work there.  Lives in Whistler BC now.

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