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From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz>
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Quoting Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org>:

> Kenneth Culver wrote:
>
>> I just tried it with my machine, and it hung the computer... I have 
>> an idea why
>> it might have though, I think I forgot to set up the AGP stuff 
>> correctly in the
>> XF86Config.
>
> If it still hangs, or is unstable, you might try forcing the AGP down to
> 4x or 2x.  Many motherboards are unstable at 8x.
>
I'm thinking it's because I had the XFree86-Server-Snap port installed... that
nvidia driver wasn't designed to work with that server. Also, I have the acpi
module loaded, and I've heard of that causing problems. The card works fine in
8x mode in windows, so I don't think that's the problem.

Ken