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.
>>> _____________________________________________
>>>     
> When I did that X wouldn't even start.
>
Did you install this? 
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8178.html