Unusual lockups during window move with GeForce4 MX 440 / X-NVIDIA 1.0-4349

[BadZen]

Hello.

I'm experiencing problems of the following nature: When I run the nvidia driver in my X server, everything comes up fine; without error, but X soon locks up in an unusual way. The mouse pointer stays functional, but all other events seem disabled. No button presses or keystrokes (even Cntl-Alt-F1 and Cntl-Alt-Bakspace) have any effect, and when I kill the X server remotely via ssh, the screen becomes garbled. I can then start the XServer again, but even the second XServer exits cleanly, the screen returns to a garbled state. The crashes seem to always occur during a window move event. (I'm running fvwm2, so I see the outline/skeleton of where the window would be placed, but the screen is stuck in this state)

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)

nvidia.o 1.0-4349

Debian Linux (libc6 2.3.1-16)

Model: GeForce4 MX 440
IRQ: 11
Video BIOS: 04:17:00:63:42
Card Type: AGP

AGP is Via Apollo Pro

Any ideas?

-dj

[BadZen]

I forgot to mention my linux version!

I'm running 2.4.20 with no SMP support, AGPART compiled in.

-dj

[bwkaz]

What's on the screen when it initially locks up?

[Guardian Bob]

This is similar behavior to what I have observed. Please post the device section of your XF86Config

--GB

[EDIT]
Whoops, missed the attachment. Sorry.

Perhaps you could try adding this option:
Option "RenderAccel" "False"

It's a long shot, but it could work.

--GB

[BadZen]

bwkaz - It happens with just a single xterm. after the crash, it's in a state like I described - I see the original window, and the outline of where it would move to if it refreshed.


Guardian Bob - That setting is currently off; it's disable by default.