From: Michael Butash <mich...@butash.net> > Meh, I've had too many ati cards die and freak out my systems, > which is what drove me to NV. I haven't had one NV die, but > obviously comes with other issues...
The problem may not be with the nVidia card, but with the Ubuntu kernel itself. Debian and Debian-derived distros have a serious Free bias, and distro kernels have more weird bugs than the vanilla kernels do. The first thing I'd try is to install a vanilla kernel on the box, then recompile the evil binary-only nVidia modules against that kernel. I've been doing this since the nVidia modules were beta and XFree 3.3.6 was the latest thing, and I've never had a problem with X eating all the memory. I don't do a whole lot of OpenGL use or TV watching, though, so YMMV. -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
