xorg && 7-current && ( kde || nvidia driver ) == desktop crash

[Deb Heller-Evans]

Oops.  Brain FART... I'm in a multi-OS environment... My answer was with 
respect to a different OS, but it might be applicable to FreeBSD.  I 
don't have experience with nVidia on FreeBSD.

Deb Heller-Evans
Energy Science Network
MS-50A-3101
Berkeley, CA 94720

510/495-2243



Deb Heller-Evans wrote:
> I ran into the same kind of issue.  FWIW, I had better luck 
> downloading the nVidia drivers from the website which includes 
> modifying the kernel.  I can now do all kinds of extra things, like 
> spanning 2 monitors, etc (on workstations).
> I can dig up my notes if you intend to go this route at some point...
>
> d
>
> Deb Heller-Evans
> Energy Science Network
> MS-50A-3101
> Berkeley, CA 94720
>
> 510/495-2243
>
>
>
> Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>>
>>
>> Okay, I've exhausted every google search I can think of, and not 
>> getting anywhere, so now to ask ...
>>
>> Just upgraded my motherboard / CPU (old one fried out) ... picked up 
>> an ASUS P5Q with a Quad Core Intel CPU ... everything boots / runs 
>> fine, until I try and start up X ...
>>
>> If I use the 'nv' driver in my X conig file, and the twm window 
>> manager, everything starts up fine, I can load Firefox, etc, etc ...
>>
>> As soon as I switch from nv -> nvidia and start, the screen goes 
>> blank and the machine reboots ...
>>
>> If I switch from nvidia -> nv and use '/usr/local/kde4/bin/startkde', 
>> the screen goes blank, and the machine reboots ...
>>
>> I just installed icewm, and using that, everything loads up fine too ...
>>
>> So, I figure there is something that I'm either missing in my 
>> install, or that I've configured wrong that kde is trying to use, but 
>> I'm at a lose as to what ...
>>
>> Can anyone help?
>>
>> Thanks ...
>>
>>
>>
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