Re: Getting started with modular xorg

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 10:10:09PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 04:03:02 +0200
> Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 09:50:47PM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> > > When I run 'startx', though, the X server starts chewing up 100% of
> > > the CPU and the keyboard is completely dead.
> > 
> > Which driver is it? Check if it has an option to disable video BIOS
> > calls, that often helps. I've had such issues with SiliconImage
> > before.
> > 
> 
> It's an NVidia driver, per the log excerpt below.

I'll update the package, there's a note in the CHANGELOG about hangs in
EnterVT...

Joerg