Author: Mark Johnson Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Intermittent freeze-up with Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop
>> Can you still get into the box with SSH/from the console, or is it truly
>> frozen?
> Hard freeze, not even a ping let alone ssh. Yes, it's nvidia with prop.
> drivers as I have dual screen twinview with Compiz-fusion and I don't
> want to lose it by using the open source drivers.
I had a very similar problem using the driver from the nvidia-glx-new
package. I replaced this with the old nvidia-glx package, and the freezing
stopped. You'll want to check that your card is supported by the old
package before doing this.
