[cw-discuss] lockup in FC6 AMD64

[Marco Benton]

Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
> I thought that I would provide a follow-up for what I have found so far.
>
> First, I received helpful responses pointing at OS issues, BIOS, and 
> problems related to nVidia card BIOS, etc...
>
> I now have some ideas on how to solve some of these issues. Based on 
> the thought that it might be related to the BIOS on the video card (as 
> it relates to the BIOS on my MB, the video driver, and the Kernel), I 
> decided to also try a new video card (can you say upgrade?)
>
> I pulled my EVGA 6600GT and dropped in a 7600GT.
>
>
> I then attempted to install software a windows application and it 
> locked up as before.
>
> disappointing!
>
> I used System | Preferences | Desktop Effects and I turned off the 
> pretty GNome desktop effects and the lockup went away.
>
> I will file an nVidia bug report, but I might now have a handle on how 
> to avoid this problem.
>
> The answers I received on this list pointed me to other locations that 
> caused me to pursue this further and I think that I will have a more 
> stable system, even if it is at the expense of the pretty window 
> dressings (so sad, it looked so pretty).
>
>

i dont think it's an nVidia bug.  the likely cause is beryl or compiz.

lots of apps dont work correctly with beryl, even native Linux apps.

if you want pretty desktop effects, install Vista. ;-)

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