Hello Sybren.

28 Jun 04 09:28, Sybren Stuvel wrote to all:

SS> From: Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.imagination.com>

SS> Mike.Miller!0.0.0.0@filegate.net enlightened us with:

>> Ok, I have kernel 2.6.7-rc2

SS> Why not 2.6.7-gentoo-r3?

haven't had time to upgrade, aside from this issue, rc2 has been working well
thus-far.

>> 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.

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

I've had issues with stable kernels doing the same thing, a reinstall of the
nvidia modules usually fixed it though.




Mike