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Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 00:48:30 -0400
From: Nathan <wfilardo@fuse.net>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.10 hangs on console switch
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Alan Cox wrote:

>>>You are using the Nvidia drivers aren't you. They seem to have timing
>>>dependant screen mode switch problems. The timing has changed in 2.4.10
>>>
>>Not the nvidia supplied drivers. I am using the nvidia driver (nv)  that
>>comes with XFree86 4.1.0. I did not compile in kernel agpgart and driver
>>support.
>>
>
>I'm seeing  reports of this one always with nvidia cards and with both sets
>of Nvidia drivers - I guess they both do the same thing and have the same
>bug, or the user mode XFree bit is in both cases doing it.
>
>Right now thats all I can really point at as a pattern, I dont know why the
>problem should be there
>
>Alan
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Don't have that problem here [least, haven't run into it yet].  I'm 
currently running 2.4.10+RML's preempt and net entropy patches, system 
is a VIA chipset Athlon 900Mhz with nVidia's proprietary drivers and a 
GeForce2 GTS 64MB.  Help shed any light on the issue?

--Nathan


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