July 29, 2010

Presentation - Distributed Revision control systems

Linux - Nvidia driver issues

Sadly I have to talk about this again, since Slackware 12.2 I've been having problems with
my Nvidia GeForce 6400 card (I know it's old, shut up). And most of the times a little of
investigation and configuration would be enough, but not this time.

  • Problem description: User switch action freezes all the system and the only way to restore it is by restarting it.
  • Affected OS: Ubuntu Linux 10.4, Slackware Linux 13.1

As is not only affecting my Slackware installation, I'm pretty sure that is an issue with the kernel
module. For safety concerns (my information is important now), I'm forced to uninstall all
nvidia drivers and return to the legacy VESA drivers.

Is not as good as it used to, but at least is quite stable.