[plug] Tracking down X server problem - Hardware?

[Craig Ringer]

On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 16:07, Tim White wrote:
> It has a ps2 mouse and keyboard. TNT2 graphics card. It is running 
> Xfree86=4.1.0-16, Debian Stable, with a 2.6.6 kernel
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^         ^^^^^^^^^^^^

It may be worth trying a slightly more standard configuration if you are
encountering problems. Do you need 2.6? You realise the NVidia 2.6
support is relatively new, right? Considered downgrading to 2.4 to see
if that helps?

>  and the Nvidia 
> modules compiled agains the kernel.
> Nothing appears in the logs and just killing some of the xclients fails. 
> I have to kill the X server.
> Any clues as to how I can track it down?

Try using the 'nv' driver for a while and see if the problem goes away.
If so, it's probably a bug in the Nvidia drivers.

Failing that, check for proper cooling, try falling back to a 2.4
kernel, and consider upgrading X.

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Craig Ringer