Re: nVidia lockups

2002-07-27 Thread pa3gcu
On Saturday 27 July 2002 14:41, Haines Brown wrote: > Richard, > > > > The page for nVidia Linux drivers is: > > > http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux > > > > On that page you will find a shell script called NVchoose.sh, if you > > download it and run it it should tell you which driver you n

Re: nVidia lockups

2002-07-27 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Haines. The other points have all been dealt with by others in other emails, so I'll just clear the one remaining item for you... > There is a difference between UP and SMP. I understand what the > latter means, and the former is a single processor, but what does > "UP" mean literally? Here'

Re: nVidia lockups

2002-07-27 Thread Haines Brown
Richard, > > The page for nVidia Linux drivers is: > > http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux > > On that page you will find a shell script called NVchoose.sh, if you > download it and run it it should tell you which driver you need. Thanks, that worked. I'd still like to know what the diffe

Re: nVidia lockups

2002-07-27 Thread pa3gcu
On Saturday 27 July 2002 12:45, Haines Brown wrote: > Sorry to follow up on my own message. However, I find that a wide > range of new nVidia drivers are available. In fact, I need to ask a > question in order to choose among them. > > The page for nVidia Linux drivers is: > http://www.nvidia.com/

Re: nVidia lockups

2002-07-27 Thread Haines Brown
Sorry to follow up on my own message. However, I find that a wide range of new nVidia drivers are available. In fact, I need to ask a question in order to choose among them. The page for nVidia Linux drivers is: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux I run a machine with an Intel 1.9 GHz CPU

Re: nVidia lockups

2002-07-27 Thread Haines Brown
Riley, Thanks for the informative reply. Since I have not recompiled my kernal since the original installation, I gather there's a possible conflict between my graphic card's (PNY Verto GeForce3 Ti 500) driver and the kernel as compiled during installation of Red Hat 7.2. The graphics card is t

Re: nVidia lockups

2002-07-27 Thread pa3gcu
On Saturday 27 July 2002 08:57, Riley Williams wrote: > Hi Haines. Hi All, i did not know Riley was watching here as well, Hi Riley. I have not snipped this mail, i figured the point would be lost if i did. So sorry for its lengh. I have a Nvida card, i tryed the driver in question, i had prob

Re: nVidia lockups

2002-07-27 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Haines. > A thread is running on comp.os.linux regarding a problem of system > hang (no keyboard; no mouse; system clock stops) perhaps every other > week or so. > > Three people so far have contributed to this recent thread which has > just begun, and the common element seems to be one of the