On 12 Jul 2006 in message <200607121106.MAA01901@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> n.m.queen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Nat Queen) wrote: > That won't necessarily cure the problem. In my case, I had been using = an > Iyonix for nearly a year without ever seeing pyjamas, but it suddenly=20 > occurred shortly after installing RO 5.11 (though now I don't think thi= s=20 > was the reason), and the effect occurred on startup about 1 time in eve= ry=20 > 5-6. >=20 > However, more recently the problem has become very infrequent, although= I=20 > have not changed anything in the computer. I got pyjamas once this wee= k,=20 > but only after about 30 trouble-free startups. So (especially for the = OP,=20 > Peter Derwent), don't despair, with luck the effect may go away just as= =20 > spontaneously as it appeared. :-) >=20 > Has anyone else had a similar experience? I rarely get pyjamas. I do, however, get a completely blank screen nearly every morning, needing a restart (sometimes 2 or 3) to wake up. The restart is what occasionally provokes the pyjamas. When the screen is blank, the NVidia card does not appear in the *pcidevices list. This is on a Panther with OS 5.11 With OS 5.09 I used to get the problem only occasionally (once every 2-3 weeks). Our other Panther (OS 5.09, purchased at the same time but not upgraded) has never shown this problem. We also have an older X100 (also on 5.09) which used to have a similar problem on earlier OS versions, but 5.09 cured it. All three have the same video card model *pciinfo 2 Description : NVidia GeForce2 MX 400 Location : Bus 0, Device 6, Function 0 Class code : 030000 Vendor ID : 10DE Device ID : 0110 Revision ID : B2 Subsystem vendor ID : 0000 Subsystem ID : 0000 Addresses : Memory 01000000-01FFFFFF Memory 78000000-7FFFFFFF (prefetchable) ROM 00EB0000-00EBFFFF Interrupt pin : INTA# Interrupt line : 61 Minimum grant : 1.25=B5s Command register : I/O response enabled Memory response enabled Bus mastering enabled Status register : Capabilities list implemented 66MHz capable Fast back-to-back capable Medium DEVSEL# timing Capabilities : Power management I'm _very_ reluctant to mess with things at the moment though. I can't take the chance of provoking any downtime right now on any of these machines, so I'm just living with the startup problem. --=20 Steve Bradbury Senior Structural Engineer Alan Dick & Co. Ltd (+44) 1242 537832 --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support