[vox-tech] video garbage

[Peter Jay Salzman]

begin Gabriel Rosa <grosa@ucdavis.edu> 
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> 
> I recently upgraded my desktop machine and added a asus gf4 4400 card.
> I got tired of waiting for the NWN linux client to come out, so in a fit
> of desperation, i installed windows on a spare drive.
> 
> After many days of intense hacking and spellcasting, the game froze for the
> first time, garbling the screen.
> 
> I rebooted, and on reboot the screen was still garbled.
> 
> When I booted back into linux, I got the nvidia splash screen (garbled) and
> nothing.
 

but what does your X logfile say?

pete

> I have checked google, and the solution seems to be 'reseat the card'. I have
> reseated the card, rebooted numerous times, checked the card temperature (it
> runs very cool), powered off for a while, and nothing seems to work. (although
> it did work once after the garbling event, but no more). Console works fine.
> 
> my system is a
> 
> Athlon MP1800+ on a Tiger MPX
> 512mb DDR
> Asus GF4 4400
> etc.
> 
> any ideas? :/
> 
> -Gabe

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