arshadmomen Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 (edited) I decided to put in an nvidia FX5700 video card to replace a GeForce MX200 on an Aopen 440BX mobo. running PIII 733 (coppermine) with 256 MB Ram. Under Mdk 9.2 (kernel- 2.4.22-28mdk) - X freezes within 3-4 secs after I start any 3d apps. In fact, the system freezes even when I ask for "glxinfo". No such problem arise when I only use 2d apps like say Mozilla/Galeon. It happens only when 3d is requested . I am using the 1.0.6111 drivers - this also happened with the 1.0-6106 as well. No such problem occured with the MX200. What is weird that under Windows I can run 3d stuff like Quake/Quake2 without any glitch. Can anyone help or even verify the problem. Or is it because of the ancient Mobo+CPU? But, then the combo shouldn't work under windows as well ! A. PS: I have tried the releases 6106 , 5336 - don't work. Neither do the options NvAGP =0 or 1 in XFConfig-4. Any Edited September 2, 2004 by arshadmomen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arshadmomen Posted September 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 OK - no response so far from the forum :sad: So here's what I found - if I use the PCLinuxOS-7 from TexStar - the nvidia driver set 5336 works - I can even run ut2003 on my ancient hardware ! So the problem is with the kernel. Are there any > 2.4.22-28mdk kernel(s) from Mandrake which run the nvidia drivers smoothly? Thanks, A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Isn't the latest kernel for Mandrake 9.2 is 2.4.22-37mdk now? I mean.. it's been a while since I used Mandrake 9.2 but I still keep a mirror of Mandrake 9.2 update tree in my hard drive from July and the kernel then is 2.4.22-36mdk. That kernel runs the 6106 NVidia driver for my GF4Ti4200 perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arshadmomen Posted September 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 Isn't the latest kernel for Mandrake 9.2 is 2.4.22-37mdk now? I mean.. it's been a while since I used Mandrake 9.2 but I still keep a mirror of Mandrake 9.2 update tree in my hard drive from July and the kernel then is 2.4.22-36mdk. That kernel runs the 6106 NVidia driver for my GF4Ti4200 perfectly. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the response - I didnot even suspect before attemptimg with PCLinuxOS that the kernel might be the suspect. This is because my old GeForce MX200 was working perfectly before sticking in the 5700 ! I'll try out the upgraded kernel and see how it goes. After digging through the nvidia linux forum - it appears to me that this problem happens with the FX series cards mostly. Cheers, A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arshadmomen Posted September 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 Taking the clue from Dragonmage I upgraded the kernel to 2.4.22-37mdk ( the latest upgrade for Mdk 9.2 ) - the problem persists. BTW, I am using xorg - could this be the problem though I seriously doubt it. What about upgrading to 2.6 series ? A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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