[mythtv-users] nvidia graphics FC 3

[Mead, Ted]

I downloaded the drivers from here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-6629.html

and followed the install instructions.  I'm running the latest FC3.
Since then my system has been stable.

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Brad Templeton
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:32 AM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] nvidia graphics FC 3


On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 12:08:26AM +0100, Hugo van der Kooij wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005, Frank smith wrote:
> 
> > On downloading 6629 I open a console as root and use:
> > init 3
> >
> > This on my system seems to try and reboot the pc.
> 
> You seem to have a problem in your machine. If switching to runlevel 3

> results in a reboot you need to read the logs and see why it went for 
> a reboot as it is an indication of a serious problem on your specific 
> machine.

Well, perhaps he means level 5, the one that starts X?  (Frankly I never
have my machines start X on boot, it's asking for trouble in many cases
and how hard is it to run startx?)

Because there many people, including me, have given up on the 6629
driver as too crash-prone, systems going into hard deaths when trying to
start X, or the X server going into a bad state that forces kill -9,
which
means no reset of the console.   After these, I have tried many
different commands to try to fully restore the console, and none work
perfectly.  Anybody know one?  (Starting and quitting X helps but
doesn't return the cursor on my system.)