On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 14:34 +0200, Pol Hallen wrote: > I've the same problem with my nvidia geforce 5200fx, but if I use nv > driver my X system is ok.
I have a Nvidia FX 5200 in an Asus P4S533-E mobo (AGP) and I've been wondering about the stability of the Nvidia drivers too. Under Debian Sarge (which I upgraded to from woody and ran for the entire period it was stable) with the nvidia drivers (stock kernel, and modass-built nvidia module IIRC) it was rock steady for months on end (I don't remember a single crash). Since the upgrade to Etch (stock kernel and m-a built nvidia again) the system has been remarkably flaky (becoming unresponsive to mouse/keyboard or ping) after an uptime on the order of a few days to a week or two. A few days ago I reverted to the "nv" driver and so far so good (it's still a bit early to be sure though though). Interestingly, the occasional APIC error I used to see in dmesg (a couple a day at most?) seems to have dried up. Any hints for how to get any useful debug information out of the system when such hangs occur ? I have an idea you can do something involving attaching a serial cable and monitoring from another machine (any pointers to a howto ?) Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
