random crashes

[Andras Simon]

On 2/26/11, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:

> If the OP has an nVidia card and is using their drivers (either directly
> or through kmod-nvidia) and has the screensaver set to random, it's a

I'm using the nouveau driver and no screensaver.

> possibility.  Several years ago I had the same issue and found, by
> looking at nVidia's own support forum, that their driver had problems
> with "line drawing" screensavers that would hang it.  Not sure what they
> meant, or if it's ever been fixed, but I do know that I've not had the
> slightest trouble with it since I set mine to a specific screensaver,
> changing it whenever I get tired of looking at it.

I too have  had my share of nvidia troubles back when Fedora was called RH :-)

Andras