On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 05:04:00PM +0200, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> >
> >>OS: SL 4.4 i386.
> >>
> >>
> >>I got a GeForce 7300 GT AGP, and installed the latest 9746 driver from 
> >>atrpms, but in "NVIDIA X Server Settings" (nvidia-settings), when I am 
> >>trying to select "OpenGL/GLX Information" option on the left, X Server 
> >>gets killed and restarted. Also when I am trying to run Google Earth, 
> >>the same happens. Currently I am planning to fall back to 8776 driver, 
> >>but I wonder if anyone has come across to this problem.
> >
> >
> >What hardware is this? 9746 officially dropped some models, but still
> >mostly works on them, "GeForce4 and older GPUs are supported through
> >the 1.0-96xx and 1.0-71xx NVIDIA legacy graphics drivers."
> 
> 
> This is a brand new card, Albatron GeForce 7300 GT AGP 8x, placed on an AGP 
> 4x port. I bought it, because the previous Geforce4 MX 440 was no longer 
> supported by NVIDIA.
> 
> 
> >If this is not it, make sure you have nvidia-graphics installed
> 
> 
> This is what I have installed:
> 
> [root@localhost download]# rpm -qa |grep nvidia
> 
> nvidia-graphics9746-libs-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386
> nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686
> nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.18-19.el4.at.i386
> nvidia-graphics9746-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386
> nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.el4.at.noarch
> nvidia-graphics9746-devel-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i386
> nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686
> nvidia-graphics9746-kmdl-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL-1.0_9746-85.el4.at.i686
> 
> [root@localhost download]#
> 
> 
> >and use 
> >nvidia-graphics-switch 9746
> 
> 
> I did the above command, but the problem still persists.
> 
> 
> 
> >Also please check the output of
> >
> >modinfo nvidia-1_0-9746 | grep ^ver
> 
> 
> [root@localhost download]# modinfo nvidia-1_0-9746 | grep ^ver
> 
> vermagic:       2.6.9-42.0.10.EL 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-3.4
> 
> [root@localhost download]#

It looks all OK. Perhaps /var/log/Xorg.0.log can give the reason for
the crash. Rename it before the system crashes again, or check the
*.old version of it.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net