[ATrpms-users] nVIDIA drivers

[DM - ATRPMS]

Hey,

First of all, thanks Axel for all your work keeping the repo up... it 
makes life much easier for all of us...

Now for the question...  Both Jared's myth guide and the mythtv.org site 
are still recommending using the 7676 version of the nVIDIA driver due 
to lockups and other issues.  Is this still the case?

I'm having lockup issues on a remote viewing station (no TV card, remote 
database, remote backend), and am wondering if it's the driver or the 
hardware.  It's definitely something to do with the nVIDIA card, as if i 
swap it out with an ATI Radeon 7000 the issue goes away (although the 
video goes all jerky - the 7000 doesn't have good enough acceleration 
support under Linux).  Doesn't seem to matter what nVIDIA driver release 
(I've tried 8178, 8756, 8762).

Hardware specs:
CPU:	AMD Duron 700
RAM:	256MB (no notable swapping)
Video:	3Dfuzion GeFORCE 6200 PCI (replacing the builtin Savage4 using 
the AGP interface)
HD:	20GB 2.5" PATA IBM Travelstar
NIC:	EDIMAX 802.11g Atheros based
Sound:	Onboard (AC97 based) or AOpen Cobra PCI (CMI based) (been 
switching them in and out, disabling the onboard when the Cobra goes in)
Chipset:VT8364 or VT8364A (can't tell, heatsink over it)
Kernel:	2.6.17-1.2157_FC5

Just for fun, I stuck the nVIDIA card in a different machine and got the 
same lockup results:
CPU:	Intel P2/350
RAM:	192MB
Video:	3Dfuzion GeFORCE 6200 PCI (leaving the AGP slot empty)
HD:	20GB PATA Western Dig.
NIC:	EDIMAX 802.11g Atheros based
Sound:	Onboard (AC97 based) or AOpen Cobra PCI (CMI based)
Chipset:Unknown
Kernel:	2.6.17-1.2157_FC5

Both machines have more/less the same software (FC5, myth 0.19-129 - 
haven't installed the 130 releases yet, nvidia8178 8756 8762 release 73 
- haven't installed 74 yet).

If I stick an nVIDIA MX4000 AGP in the P2/350, it seems to work OK 
(although a tad jerky with any of the OSDs - the 4000 must not unload as 
much as the 6200).

Anyone have any ideas?

TIA!

Dan