My first AMD64 experience :( - some questions answered...

[Johann Spies]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 01:16:42PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:

> Dapper kernel (2.6.15) and then my first problems started:  I could not
> get it to boot the 2.6.15 kernel.  In the end I tried a Debian 2.6.16
...


> But the nvidia-setup gave me serious trouble.  I never had to reboot a
> Linux computer that often in my life.  It sporadically happened that
> after changing to the console from X11, I could not get back to X11.
> Restarting gdm did not fix the problem and I regularly had the problem
> that I was left with an unusable computer which had to be reset.

Both of the above problems were caused by corrupt memory chips.  After
replacing the memory and flashing the bios, both problems were solved.

> The last Microsoft Windows I was using on a regular basis was 3.1.  I
> have been a Linux user since 1995.  I have always boasted that Linux is
> stable.  This one is no more stable than the 3.1 I have been using years
> ago.  Is it the hardware?  Is it poor Ubuntu software? Or poor
> nvidia-software?  

Now I know that hardware was the cause of a lot of my frustration.

Regards
Johann
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