Linux lockup

[Brian Hawkins]

The graphics card is an MSI GeForce 7600GS, I'm using the nvidia driver 
that is part of the yum repository.  Also for information purposes I 
have an ASUS A8R32 motherboard.

Does the ShadowStatus work for nvidia cards too?

Thanks
Brian

Byron Clark wrote:
> On 3/26/07, Brian Hawkins <brianhks at activeclickweb.com> wrote:
>> I've ran a memtest for over 9 hours and that is fine.  The system seems
>> to run pretty cool.  It doesn't lock up when I'm really pushing it.  The
>> lock ups tend to be random, like I'll go to click the back button while
>> surfing the internet and wham!.  It is a total lockup too.  I cannot
>> even ssh to the box from another machine when it happens.
>
> Just a wild guess, but what kind of video card does this computer
> have?  I've seen very similar behavior when using Savage based video
> cards.  The following line in xorg.conf fixes the problem:
>
> Option "ShadowStatus" "on"
>
> /*
> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net
> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug
> Don't fear the penguin.
> */
>