Comment 78 for bug 615549

@John

> Do you remember if you are typing anything when they happen? Anything
> else you can remember about the circumstances? You mentioned above a
> resume, is that always or usually involved?

I'm fairly certain I was *not* typing anything, but usually had just clicked something (e.g., a link). I doubt the resume was involved, because last night I rebooted right after a crash and saw another crash shortly thereafter--unless it's possible that some sort of residual issue was related.

> If you think you were only having the VT1 (VT2) problem before you
> first reported the problem perhaps it would be worthwhile to check the
> changes you were trying out around comment #69 to see if they were all
> reversed. You were making changes to the grub configuration, if I
> recall.

Yes, I'm positive that I've reversed any and all changes. I've triple-checked. I may attempt a clean install soon anyway, just to be absolutely certain.

> Since we now know that your problem was related to the start of the
> proprietary NVIDIA driver and since the new problem looks like a crash
> in the same driver, you might be able to get relief from both by
> trying to switch to a different driver. I'm no longer using an nvidia
> card with my lucid system, but if I remember correctly I think you
> might check either the System->Admin->Hardware Drivers to change
> drivers, or perhaps you can switch drivers just by turning off all
> special effects in the Appearance preference. The new driver name then
> would be reflected in your xorg.0.log files.

I'm not sure I follow you here. I have tried the alternate nVidia driver ("version 173") and the "recommended" one, but had issues with both. When I disable nVidia drivers I have no problem, but then I get a very boring desktop experience ;-) Thanks again.