[Gllug] Nvidia driver freezes my system

Richard Jones rich at annexia.org
Tue Jul 1 13:10:16 UTC 2003


The sad fact is that because NVidia's drivers don't come with source,
there is nothing anyone except NVidia can do about this. You should
try getting technical support from them.

I could facetiously suggest that you try lobbying NVidia to release
source code to their drivers (the kernel & XFree parts) so that people
can fix problems like this, but allegedly they use patented algorithms
in their software, and they are none-too-keen to let their competitors
see this and sue them over it.

All in all, something of a minefield, and another good reason to
support only Free-as-in-FSF software.

Rich.

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