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RE: startx causing XP (Media Center Edition) blue screen?
- From: "Listopad, Steve" <SListopad at bcps dot k12 dot md dot us>
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 08:31:33 -0400
- Subject: RE: startx causing XP (Media Center Edition) blue screen?
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
Alexander & Daniel,
This is a response to both of your suggestions and questions (about the
engine being used, and video card information).
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
Driver Provider: NVIDIA
Driver Date: 2/3/2004
Version: 5.4.0.1
Note: This version provided via Windows Update via IE, though it says the
driver was
provided by NVIDIA.
Test "Script":
- start cygwin shell
- startx
- ssh -X -l user a.linux.box
- startkde
Result of test with above parameters: blue screen during KDE splash screen.
Result of above test with above parameters, using various engines:
- startx -- -engine 1
- startx -- -engine 2
- startx -- -engine 4
- startx -- -engine 8
All blue screens, during various phases of the KDE "splash" screen.
Next, I loaded the drivers from nvidia.com; interestingly, the version
provided is:
6/24/2003
4.4.8.2
Results: The same. blue screen
Next, I tried drivers at the hp site (it's a zd7000 notebook).
11/18/2003
4.5.1.1
Results: The same. blue screen
12/10/2003
4.7.1.2
Results: The same. blue screen
Next, I took a guess that my screen resolution might be an issue, at
1440x900. So, I tried
1024x768. Same results. Blue Screen.
So, no luck yet.
Any suggestions for further debugging and/or logging? If there's a readme
for that, could you point me in the right direction?
Other ideas:
- Daniel (I think) suggested checking network card drivers; haven't done
that yet.
- another post suggests possible ZoneAlarm issues. I am running that, but
haven't tested turning it off.
- others?
Stumped!
Steve