freaky issues w/ GeForce4 Ti 4600 & nvidia 5328
 

hello, I am running:

Linux version 2.6.2-rc3-love1 (gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r2, propolice))

w/ an Asus A7N8X-Deluxe mobo
and an

nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4600] (rev a3) w/ 128mb of ram
and Gentoo's nvidia-kernel 1.0.5328 and nvidia-glx 1.0.5336

I tried the nvidia-kernel 1.0.5336 but had the same problems.

Anyhow, on exiting games.. (doesnt really matter which one) or exiting X itself,
I get a screen full of garbage.. and random colors.. typing "startx" will not let me back into X again, typing "reboot" or hitting "CTRL+ALT+DEL" does nothing either.

ssh-ing into the box remotely and typing "reboot" does not do anything ethier.

I thought it was the kernel, but it also did the same thing occasionally with 2.4.23 also.

I think it is the video card + mobo.

I also tried several drivers direct from nvidia.com... also with the same results.

The only thing I can do is hit the power button and do a hard reboot.

Does anyone have any suggestions to fix this problem?

I love this video card, and mobo so swapping out is not really an option. (that is if it is actually the video card)


Thank you

Sincerely,

TriKster Abacus

Isolate the problem: run your X with the nv or vesa driver for a few hours (but then your games won't run so it can't be really tested.) Do you dual boot? Same thing in Windows?

I have exactly the same problem I had everything working fine thenwhilst playing rtcw I had a lock up and now I get garbled screen when starting the dm service. I have no idea how to fix this the nv driver works fine. Arrgghhh!!!

I have a Ti4200 leadtek 128mb ram card.
I also have a Via KV7 mobo (i have noticed that the agpgart module won't load so perhaps it is a flaky NVAGP module problem?