NVidia problem exiting X

Using YOU, I successfully installed NVidia driver on my SuSE 9.3 system.
I know it works (NVidia splash, and support for some 3d games). It is
when I shut down that the problem comes. When exiting X and shutting
down, I expect to see a long list of messages showing the progress of
various shutdown activities. Instead, I see a blocky pattern, quite
unlike anything "normal". No hangs, no bugs seen whilst running X, but a
nuisance nonetheless. It eventually disappears as the shutdown completes.
This has happened with several releases, from (at least) 8.2 onwards.
Any suggestions where I should look?
Should an alternative driver not be loaded when exiting X?

Dave

linux@beakhust.co.uk adjusted his/her tinfoil beanie to post:

> Using YOU, I successfully installed NVidia driver on my SuSE 9.3
> system. I know it works (NVidia splash, and support for some 3d
> games). It is when I shut down that the problem comes. When exiting X
> and shutting down, I expect to see a long list of messages showing the
> progress of various shutdown activities. Instead, I see a blocky
> pattern, quite unlike anything "normal". No hangs, no bugs seen whilst
> running X, but a nuisance nonetheless. It eventually disappears as the
> shutdown completes. This has happened with several releases, from (at
> least) 8.2 onwards. Any suggestions where I should look?
> Should an alternative driver not be loaded when exiting X?
>
> Dave

Try a different framebuffer value, you can do this on boot to test, if
you monitor will do 1024x768 type in:

vga=0x317

if that helps then you can add it to your menu.lst
in /boot/grub/menu.lst instead of vga=normal there are more resolutions
possible but just for testing purposes try the above.

HTH
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Mark
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