nvidia quadro broken after recent update

[Gilboa Davara]

On Mon, 2010-04-12 at 08:59 -0700, David L wrote:
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
> 
> But if I startx with one monitor connected and then plug in the
> second monitor after X is up, it runs fine with a single active
> monitor.  Then, if I run system-config-display, it activates the
> second monitor (although it used to allow me to configure
> the geometry and now it doesn't).  If I click on cancel
> instead of ok, it doesn't create the xorg.conf, so the next
> time I reboot, I just have to remember to unplug the second
> monitor and it will work.
> 
> So, it I think there are at least three separate problems
> I'm having.
> 
> 1) an nv driver bug
> 2) a nouveau driver dual head bug
> 3) a feature has been removed from system-config-display that
>     allows me to specify the dual head geometry.  But at least

I have feeling that the NV driver is colliding with the built in nouveau
driver.
What's the output of $ /sbin/lsmod | grep nouveau (in init 3)

Try replacing the "nv" driver in the Device section to nouveau and see
what happens.

- Gilboa