[CRASH] GeForce2MX with TwinView

[beezly]

I'm using the 2960 drivers with XFree86 4.1.0 on Debian 3.0 with a 2.4.19 kernel and I'm suffering from an unpleasant crash when I leave X - it doesn't matter whether I log out of X or if I just switch VT's with Ctrl-Alt-F1.

If I hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 when in X, the second CRT will go into power save, the first CRT stays on, but displays nothing.

If I then try to hit Alt-F7 to go back to the X VT, I get nothing.

Both before and after Alt-F7 it does not respond over the network either... so it must die upon switching the from X in the first place.

Does anyone have any clues?

Fortunately, my machine is stable enough for me to run X for weeks at a time without logging out... I just have to remember not to use Text VT's!

Cheers,

Beezly

[bammbamm808]

This may be the known bug with twinview. Try typing 'startx', 'halt', or some other command. You won't be able to see thing, but it will prolly work. I don't belive you are frozen, just no console display after an X session. I've had the same thing with twinview since I got it working.

[Thunderbird]

Make sure you aren't using "rivafb" which is a framebuffer for nvidia cards but it is very unstable and causes a lot of problems (including drawing problems and VT problems).

[bammbamm808]

I've seen other references to this bug with twinview. Though not extremely common, it has happened to other people. I emailed nvidia about it, and am awaiting the next (even slower?) drivers.