rivafb and NVIDIA-Linux

Chadley Wilson chadley at pinteq.co.za
Thu Jul 22 15:27:36 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 14:31, Lew Bloch wrote:
> > OK
> > type reset get the same.
> > tried ctrl-alt-f1 /f2 /f3 /f4 ....
> > same on all
> > type init 6 
> > nothing
> > I hit the reset switch reboot and and boot into gnome and all is fine no
> > problems.
> > logout and login again no problems.
> > ctl-alt-fn and the consoles are unusable.
> 
> That is a problem.  On my machine if I exit X manually I am sitting on 
> console 7 (assuming we count from 1).  Ctl-Alt-F1 brings me back to console 1 
> and my text prompt (usually a bash session already in progress).  If you see 
> something different, then you have exceeded my knowledge of how to help.
> 
> I bet that the rivafb driver is a red herring, though.  I get the same 
> message but not the same bug, so it's very unlikely "rivafb" contributes to 
> your problem.
Fair enough, then it must have something to do with the AGP settings.
I have been through all of them.
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