I think this is going to be helpful to some of you.
It's a little bit offtopic but will help a lot.
NVidia's X drivers have 2D problems with XFree 86 4.x and the Linux Kernel 2.4.7. They can hard crash your computer while you are doing normal 2D tasks (eg: browsing the net) and make you do a reboot to get it back.
It happens that the problematic kernel is included in one of the most popular distributions: RedHat 7.2.
Just go to www.kernel.org and donwload/compile/install a new kernel (eg: 2.4.18). This will stop hard crashes of your Linux box and some other random Nautilus/Evolution/Galeon/Abiword/etc. crashes as well.
Please do not blame Gnome 1.4 for X crashes, the desktop is stable and very useable, only Nautilus is slow as a desert tortoise, but the eye candy is worth the wait (sometimes).:)
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I think this is going to be helpful to some of you.
:)
It's a little bit offtopic but will help a lot.
NVidia's X drivers have 2D problems with XFree 86 4.x and the Linux Kernel 2.4.7. They can hard crash your computer while you are doing normal 2D tasks (eg: browsing the net) and make you do a reboot to get it back.
It happens that the problematic kernel is included in one of the most popular distributions: RedHat 7.2.
Just go to www.kernel.org and donwload/compile/install a new kernel (eg: 2.4.18). This will stop hard crashes of your Linux box and some other random Nautilus/Evolution/Galeon/Abiword/etc. crashes as well.
Please do not blame Gnome 1.4 for X crashes, the desktop is stable and very useable, only Nautilus is slow as a desert tortoise, but the eye candy is worth the wait (sometimes).