Bug 436477

Hmmm, what driver is that using? nv? nouveau? vesa? If you can get us 
a /var/log/Xorg.0.log of the crash (the previous one is also kept, 
as /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old), we can figure that out from there. There's a bug 
filed for a similar issue with vesa: bug 427383.

Guessing 6600gt implies nvidia, reassigning there.

GPU: N43
CARD: Nvidia 6600GT PCIe

Created attachment 297201 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Created attachment 297202 [details]
Xorg.0.log.old

I am not sure if this one has the same content as the previously uploaded
"Xorg.0.log".

This confirms it's using the nv driver. Unfortunately, I don't see many clues 
as to what's going wrong in that log.

Any idea on how to resolve this issue then ?
Here I should mention I am really new to linux but If you can give me any
informations or advises on how to resolve this issue I'd be more than glad to do so.
For now I have changed "nv" to "vesa" with the result of a completely black
screen. Is there a way I can update the GUI or even use a different one ?

Try changing it again to "nouveau" maybe? But if that doesn't work either, then 
I'm out of ideas for a quick workaround.

(In reply to comment #8)
> Try changing it again to "nouveau" maybe? But if that doesn't work either, then 
> I'm out of ideas for a quick workaround.

Didn't work either!
Now lets forget about quick workaround. You dont have to explain every little
detail of what I could do but just give me instead some rough directions, some
key words.
Would be much appreciated !

One thing I would suggest is as soon as possible (i.e., even in the text mode)
upgrade your computer to the latest Rawhide. It is pretty bad these days, but
F9Alpha was I am afraid even worse :-(

(WW) NV(0): Unable to estimate virtual size

This really shouldn't be happening.  There was a bug in the mode list
construction that might cause this though.  I should have an updated server
built in rawhide by the end of the day.

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