Mike.Miller!0.0.0.0@filegate.net enlightened us with:
> Ok, I have kernel 2.6.7-rc2

Why not 2.6.7-gentoo-r3?

> and the latest nvidia module installed. X (Gnome) starts fine, and
> runs well, but if I try to switch to a console-based terminal, or
> try to quit out of X the screen gets garbled, and the whole machine
> locks up.

Why are you surprised? You're using a release candidate, instead of a
stable kernel.

Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?