[ale] nVidia chop suey

[Fulton Green]

I'm running RH 8.0 with an nVidia GeForce 2 MX card on a 1280x1024 monitor.
I've noticed that when the monitor is turned off for a long time (either
manually or through a power management event), when it comes back on the
screen is jumbled, similar to one of those puzzle-type screensavers,
except it's not a screensaver.  I'm able to eventually figure out how to
close down my apps and log out, but it sure is annoying.  And if I only
merely log out and log back in, I'll notice these tiny horizontal lines that
keep popping on the screen and quickly disappearing, like some weird scan-
line effect.

If I reboot, the problem goes away as does the scanline problem (until the
next time the monitor goes off and stays off for awhile). And, naturally,
the problem isn't manifested in Windows XP, which I boot into occasionally.

Any clues?

TIA
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