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Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 07:47:05 -0400
Subject: Re: Problem with NVIDIA drivers
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one thing you'll want to do is comment out the Load dri line in
XF86Config.
what is /var/log/XFree86.0.log report?
you might also want to try making your default depth 16, ive had
experiences with 24bpp creating unexpected problems.

yussef

 On Fri, 25 Jul 2003
15:54:24-0400 Marc LeMaire<krockmitaine@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hello,
> I've installed the nvidia drivers from the ports. I've followed the 
> instructions, and all the files are in their directory. But when I'm 
> trying to start X, the machine crash and reboot. I've looked into the 
> archives to see if someone had this problem but they are presently 
> unavailable.
> 
> p.s.: Could it be possible that this line that I received everytime
> that I fired up X be the culprit ?
> "bad display name "gryphon.krockmitaine.org:0" in "remove" command.
> How can I correct this ?
> 
> This is a fresh install, 4.8, with the latest cvsup. Also, the
> equipment is a GeForce 256 with a ViewSonic E790. I've included my
> XF86Config and the config file for my kernel.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Marc
>