Hi,

> I've been getting system lockups, probably caused by the nvidia graphics
> driver (RIVA TNT2 64 card). The crashes all seem to be from doing
> something with X, like a ctrl-alt-backspace GUI shutdown, so I think it's
> that.


Which kernel version are you using? 2.4.18 has a definite bug in the AGP
handling that can create lookups on graphics.

> I've just installed the latest driver to see if its any better.
> Maybe it will work OK, but I'm not impressed with it:

> - now I'm getting a 2 second nvidia logo flash screen whenever i start X.

RTFM.

> - the driver is released as binary only, and is a generic one for all
> nvidia cards, so the kernel module and XFree86 drivers are huge (1.9 M and
> 559 K).

That's huge?

So long,
Thomas