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xorg-server package

  1. Bug #113679
  2. Comment #58

Comment 58 for bug 113679

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Ace Suares (acesuares) wrote : Re: [Bug 113679] Re: xorg freezes when running openoffice

On Monday 01 September 2008, David Geller wrote:
> BTW, wrt previous post, I should add:
>
> 1. Machine has an nvidia board (but as others point out, this is
> probably not relevant).
>
> 2. I have *never* seen this happen with *any* other app for a year and
> a half - and I run lots of stuff. The xserver has been very stable,
> other than this.
>
> 3. I even updated to the latest OO from the OO site (2.4.1), and it
> *still* happens.

I think the nvidia driver is the key problem. It doesnt' happen with my
newer nvidia cards (01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation
G70 [GeForce 7300 GT] (rev a1))

Cheers