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

[Deb Heller-Evans]

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
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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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