Just to add another data point, I have the same card but I don't see the same problems as you. I set my resolution to 1280x1024 and my bit depth to 16, if that makes any difference.
-- Stephen On Monday 09 April 2001 02:54 am, romain lerallut wrote: > ---- Begin Original Message ---- > > i have a geforce2 mx card, an updated sid system w/ xfree4.0.3. i've > installed the binary drivers from nvidia as specified by the faq. > works great. > > but after some use in X, it will blank the screen (as if the keyboard > was inactive for a while). when i try to escape (by pressing 'shift') > the screen will return. but immediately blank again. it does so in a > continuous manner. > > i have seen this problem w/ the drivers in the stock xfree86. and > console doesn't have this problem. in /var/log/XFree.0.log (or > something like that) i see these two lines after one of these blank > sessions when i switch to console to check the logs: > > (WW) Cannot open APM > (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1152x864" > > i think the nvidia drivers is turning off the video card b/c its > getting too hot. hence the apm warning. i've tried this with another > monitor with the same problem. > > any clue? > > thanks. > > > herbert
