Intermittent Video Card Problem Solved!

I found out that not a few people who use the nVidia (Linux) drivers from the manufacturer’s site encounter hangups after installing it to their system. I’ve had this problem for years, so I shied away from the commercial drivers and got myself contented with the non-accelerated open source drivers.

I recently found a post in a forum that finally gave a solution to the problem and it involves editing the X configuration files in /etc/X11. I modified the Device section to look lie this:

Section “Device”
    #VideoRam    65536
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
    Identifier     “** NVIDIA (generic)                   [nv]”
    Driver         “nvidia”
    Option         “NvAGP” “0″
    Option         “RenderAccel” “Off”
    Option         “IgnoreDisplayDevices” “DFP,TV”
    Option         “NoRenderExtension” “Off”
    Option         “AllowGLXWithComposite” “Off”
EndSection

Now I can watch the MTV of BEP’s “My Humps” without any hiccups — and the best part is, NO HANGUPS!