on the subject of setting your IRQs manually, the "best" way I know is to change the pci slot the card sits in, and avoid the slot next to the agp slot since that is for sure shared with the video card.
On Friday 20 September 2002 03:06 pm, you wrote: > From: magnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Can I assign IRQ's manually > Date sent: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 19:46:58 +0100 > > In the XF86Config-4 file..... > NVAgp set to 1 loads the Nvidia agp driver. > This often crashes but not always. (Lock up, mouse and kybd are > frozen) > > NVAgp set to 3 (default) loads the kernel agp driver if possible then > tries to load the Nvidia agp driver. > On my system ,3 does load the kernel agp driver, but crashes > (locks up) within a few minutes. > > Right now I am using the setting NvAgp 0, which disables the > agpdrivers. No crashes. > > > On Friday 20 Sep 2002 3:20 pm, you wrote: > > > My system basically works. I have an Nvidia agp video board and I > > > am having trouble getting agp graphics without crashing. > > > > > > If I use the kernel agp module (agpgart), I crash almost immediately > > > (Which is supposed to happen with the Intel 440LX PCI bus) > > > If I use the Nvidia AGP, it takes longer but I almost always crash. > > > > > > Right now I am running without agp, which seems kind of pointless. > > > > > > I think I might have an IRQ conflict since it looks like both my > > > video card and a TV tuner card (ATI TV Wonder VE) are using the > > > same IRQ. > > > > > > So, can I assign IRQ's manually? (To at least one of these cards) > > > How do I do it? > > > > > > Mandrake 8.2 system. > > > Dell Pentium II 233, 128 megs memory > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > John Herzfeld > > > > Do you have an entry in your XF86Config-4 allowing the system to choose > > which AGP module it thinks will suit your system or did you specify? On > > current nvidia drivers it defaults to "3" - driver chooses, but maybe > > changing this to 1 or 2 might stablise your system. I had great fun > > getting this Ti 4400 card installed and working but it was worth it :) > > > > Regards > > magnet > > > > Registered Linux user 281659 > > Registered machines 163839,163840,163841,163842,163843,163844 > > Home network: 6 x AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz all running Mandrake and token > > Windows laptop ;-) > > > > My home is over-run with penguins that like a warm environment!
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