XFCE Hangs

[Nick Deubert]

> I'm not exactly sure how to tell; here's the relevant section of my X 
> config file:
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "** NVIDIA (generic)                   [nv]"
>     Driver      "nv"
>     #VideoRam    65536
>     # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
> EndSection
>
> I experienced no problems when I ran KDE for the whole day yesterday, 
> so I naturally presumed this is an XFCE problem. I'm using the 
> Athlon64, btw. I read the relevant threads on nvnews related to 
> stability, but they seem to presume a familiarity with patching the 
> nVidia drivers.

you are not using the nvidia drivers... try changing the Driver line to 
"nvidia" instead and see how the 'real nvidia' drivers work. I have used 
xfce with then nvidia drivers for a long time(a lot of different 
versions) and never had any issue.