When I use the 3123 nVidia drivers, I get regular X freezes (every 1-2 weeks, depending on how much I use OpenGL). I have never experienced this problem with the 2960 drivers (it may be possible to solve this problem by tweaking the kernel, but it seems clear that the 2960 drivers are more reliable). I recommend masking the 3123 drivers, although I don't know if anyone needs them.
it is possible that this is an interaction between these drivers and the rmap vm system. can you try out using xfs-sources-2.4.19-r2 rather than gentoo-sources (assuming you were using gentoo-sources) if not, please tell me your kernel version.
I'm currently using gentoo-sources-2.4.19-r9 and I also saw the problem with -r7.
as info: 4191 is now in portage tree
blah whozit scroboo... I now ONLY get this problem if I play UT2k3, how about you? (using the 4191 drivers)
I'm upgrading a lot of packages right now, so I'll have to see how well the new drivers work later. I've been playing warcraft 3 (in WineX) a lot and haven't noticed the problem there with 2960-r1 - I usually had it in UT2k3 and the game that I'm developping.
let me know the status of this, just clearing out bugs.
I don't know if this problem still exists with the 4xxx drives, because I no longer play unreal tournament 2003 and I'm not currently working on my project that was causing freezes. On the other hand, I haven't had any freezes after lots of warcraft 3.