thats a bug in the hardware/driver response there. I've seen that on a box 
here at home as well (one of the roommates uses an nvidia card and switching 
from X to console and back will result in crashed video <blank screen>).

not sure what can be done about it. I've tried almost everything I can think 
of here. so far, no luck.

Technomage

On Monday 02 December 2002 01:06 pm, you wrote:
> Hi, all-
>
> I just built a new PC, installed Mandrake 8.2, and am encountering some
> issues. Notably, I periodically get little vertical white lines on my
> display, and running Harddrake causes my screen to go black and stay
> that way until I reboot (bsod Mandrake style?) My video card is a Best
> Data GeForce 4 MX440. which uses the Nvidia chip and which is Linux
> supported according to the comments on the box. What is causing this? Do
> I need to update my Nvidia drivers? What exactly is the procedure for
> doing that?
>
> I appreciate any help that you all can give.
>
> Lee Einer
>
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