Hi,
SL5.4 with nVidia 185.18.36 on NV286 & FX370 .
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 Cheers,
  Sergio

On 27 Apr 2010, at 23:17, Mark Stodola wrote:

> Sergio,
> 
> I haven't noticed any memory leaks, but I also haven't been actively hunting them down.  There don't seem to be any signs of dwindling performance before this happens.  Most times, it is just idling overnight.  At most, there is a small amount of network traffic on an isolated LAN of no more than 5 or so devices, mostly Win XP or SL5.2 systems (often running off a custom livecd based on Urs' scripts).
> 
> What card/config/drivers are you running?
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 
> Sergio Ballestrero wrote:
>> Hello Mark,
>> we are having problems with X11 slowly leaking memory, which then leads to a system crash. Do you see anything similar?
>> My attempts at using valgrind have been inconclusive (if not confusing) up to now...
>> 
>> Cheers,
>>  Sergio
>> 
>> On 27 Apr 2010, at 22:54, Mark Stodola wrote:
>> 
>>  
>>> Hey everyone,
>>> 
>>> I currently have deployed a number of SL 5.2 i386 machines.  Due to the circumstances, I'm not in a position to upgrade them to the latest 5.x with ease.  Lately I've been having trouble with systems locking up hard that are running an nvidia card using the 190.42 or 195.36.15 proprietary drivers.  Dual monitors connected via DVI, twinview.
>>> 
>>> I've tried a GeForce 9600GT as well as a Quadro NVS 290 with varying success.  The Quadro seems to have lasted about a month before locking, while the 9600GT is much more often, daily/weekly.  I'm running the stock 5.2 kernel (2.6.18-92.1.6.el5) and Xorg (xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.41.el5_2.1).  The systems are generally idle when it happens.  I'm having no luck capturing log data or kdump data.
>>> 
>>> The strange part is, having identical hardware in several locations, only some experience the issue.
>>> 
>>> Hardware:
>>> Intel DG43NB motherboards (bios revision doesn't seem to matter at this point, running 98,99,104, or 105)
>>> ^- hardware revision is the same for all of them: AAE34877-402
>>> Areca ARC-1200 SATA RAID card (latest firmware, 1.48), running 2 320G seagates
>>> Additional PCI-e NIC, Intel PRO/1000, running e1000e v0.4.1.12-NAPI
>>> Single stick, 1GB DDR2 (800) memory
>>> PS/2 Keyboard/mouse
>>> 
>>> I'm curious if anyone else has run into similar problems such as this, and if they have found a solution.  I'm looking at trying the 185.18.31 drivers, which seem to be "certified" for linux by a few software vendors, according to nvidia's website.
>>> 
>>> What driver versions and/or card make/models are people using successfully?  Any help or pointers are greatly appreciated.
>>> 
>>> As I said, not all of them are misbehaving, and I have several with the same config minus the video card running fine on SL5.2 and Windows XP Pro (SP3).
>>> 
>>> Getting desperate,
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Mr. Mark V. Stodola
>>> Digital Systems Engineer
>>> 
>>> National Electrostatics Corp.
>>> P.O. Box 620310
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>>>    
>> 
>>  
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mr. Mark V. Stodola
> Digital Systems Engineer
> 
> National Electrostatics Corp.
> P.O. Box 620310
> Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA
> Phone: (608) 831-7600
> Fax: (608) 831-9591
> 

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