nVidia binary driver problem

[Adam Membrey]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:18 pm, Nikolay Mitev wrote:
> Hi. I'm having problems with the nVidia binary drivers. I'm running
> kernel 2.6.10-5-amd64-k8 with the appropriate restricted modules, and I
> get system lock-ups very often. The mouse is ususally moving, but
> everything else is frozen. The nvidia kernel module is giving me a
> warning about problems with this kernel version. Might this be the
> problem? What do you suggest I do? I'm running on an Asus amd64 laptop
> with an nVidia GeForce FX Go 5650.
> Any suggestions?
> Hmmm, I just realized that the lock-ups happen when I use the touchpad,
> and if I don't touch it everything works properly. Could it be an IRQ
> issue?
>
> Attached is my lspci output.
>
>
>
> cheers,
> face


Nikolay,
It's a known problem, see https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7183.   
easiest way to get around it is to disable renderaccel :(

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