Tom Brinkman wrote: >>I build all my drivers from tar.gz, BTw there is a new driver set >>(2960) but I will postpone the installation till I fix this. >> > > Just 'cause they're 'tar.gz' doesn't mean you can compile the > nvidia binaries for your system. The source in the tarballs is just > a wrapper around nvidia's closed source precompiled binaries. If > there really was any useful source in those tarballs, XFree86 could > support 3d accel for nvidia cards, and we wouldn't hav'ta depend on/ > trust nvidia to get it right. I know that. I just mentioned it because you asked if I was using the right driver for my kernel. > I keep several XF86Config-4's in /etc/X11/. I save the original > as XF86Config-4-nv, and when I edit a copy for nvidia, I save it as > XF86Config-4-nvidia. I only use the nvidia 3d accel occasionally > (when testing the latest FlightGear release). I often change kernels > and compile my own, as I saw you do also in your original post. I've > found the nvidia binaries to be very fussy about the kernel. Often > the most apparent symptom is problems with freezes. A simple > 'mv XF86Config-4-nv XF86Config-4' (ie, going back to the open > source XFree86 'nv' driver) fixes 'em as soon as X is restarted ;) I used to do almost exaclty the same thing, I actually made a shell script to exchange the configuration files. But now I just uncomment/comment the relevant lines. :^) > Clean the dust out for sure. You should do that regularly anyhow. > Screw a cheap little 'cpu type' fan on the nvidia cards heatsink if > it doesn't already have one (it needs one). If the ram passes > memtest86, then see if the system can run cpuburn for at least an > hour ( http://users.ev1.net/~redelm/ ). The cpu temps you're > reporting are from an external probe, are only a guess at best, and > could possibly be very much lower than actual internal core temps. > At least 10 to 20C lower, maybe as much as ~30C. Bad ram can > sometimes pass all memtest86 tests with flyin colors, but I'll bet a > weak system can't run cpuburn ;> Yep, the internal temperature ought to be higher; but that's what we got to work with right? I mean, my system runs no hotter than an average Duron system; it's not a heating problem. I'll try the program you recommended. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- -- shinjiteiru shinjirareru, korekara aruku kono michi wo! kimi ga iru yo, boku ga iru yo sore ijou nani mo iranai. umareta imi ,sagasu yori mo ima ikiteru koto kanjite, kotae yori mo, daiji na mono hitotsu hitotsu mitsuketeiku...
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