Phil Dibowitz wrote: > Doing some research I found this: > > http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=7858bb6d26391d3abf310c8788143778&t=99016 > > which suggests that I can work around the problem by explicitly disabling > "composite." > > I'll try this when I get into the office tomorrow and report back if that > works.
Actually, I realized I can try it remotely - while I can't see if my xserver
is doing what I expect, I *can* see if it segfaults pretty readily.
So yes, adding the following to my xorg.conf _does_ work around it. However,
the nvidia folks claim that they will actually fix this in the next version:
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
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