Thanks-

If I come up with a fix, I will post it to the newsgroup.

Lee Einer

technomage wrote:

>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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