[plug] Mandrake 10 locks up(NNH)

[Innis Cunningham]

Thanks Leon


  Leon Brooks writes
>
>On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:59, Innis Cunningham wrote:
> > But for some reason the system locks up after
> > about 5 mins use.
>
>Not the screensaver?
Screensaver?.Why would the screensaver work when I
am activly using the computer.
>
> > I have read were there are issues with Mandrake 10
> > with KDE and Nvidia cards also with the sound system
> > and the network/internet.
>
>More issues with NVidia's binary drivers. If you're using those, switch
>back to the FOSS ones ("nv" driver instead of "nvidia"
>in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file) and see what effect that has.
>
>NVidia's own drivers are also very, very picky about which drivers (AGP
>and the like) are loaded in which order, and there are various options
>you can tweak in a hunt for reliability.
This is not good news for a newbe such as me.
>
>The FOSS nv drivers don't do 3D acceleration very well (barely at all)
>but they are dead-set stable and reliable.
This is a double hit for me as the main reason for swiching to linux
in the first place was to use the flight simulator flightgear and it needs
the 3D acceleration to be running perfectly
>
>This is not Mandrake-specific, nor is it KDE-specific.
>
>Cheers; Leon
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