Re: NVIDIA-kernel module hangs system

From: Ken Zahorec (kzahorec_at_linux.local)
Date: 12/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 06:38:01 GMT

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:41:39 +0100, Pals Nor wrote:

> Jan Gosch wrote:
>> Greetings
>>
>> I switched from Redhat to Suse lately. My sound did not work in Redhat
>> but now in Suse it does :-)
>> But now my nvidia 5600-card does not work quite right I can get X to
>> start but only with framebuffer or vga-driver. When I try to use the
>> nvidia-kernelmodule (nvidia.o) as driver for my card the screen becomes
>> black and the system hangs, cannot kill the x-server cannot reboot and
>> the CPU seems to work overtime at that moment.
>>
>> At the moment I'm using a selfcompiled module but the precompiled did
>> not work either.
>> On Redhat I got the Nvidia-logo at startup so I knew the dirver was
>> working and used.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jan
>>
> Hi, this is Paul!
> Try to download the latest driver froma http://www.nvidia.com and then
> search for the 2 modules 1. kernel 2. Program. First install the
> kernel, then the program. If that dowsnt work shut of X by "init 3",
> then call "sax2 -l -r". Sax2 is the configuration-tool for x, the
> extenslions "-l" stands for low resolution in testmode, the "-r" resets
> the hardware. Try that. one of that must solve your problem

I am seeing the same problem with the latest nvidia (5328) run file. I
happen to be running an athlon system (2600). I have tried absolutly
everything and noticed a few glitches with suse 9.0

I point out the athlon because I have a Pentium system at work that is
working fine running the latest nvidia run file with 3D and all, but the
vid card is a nvidia geforce 2.

My geforce mx 440 se card seems to fail only the first time I start X
on this system. This did not happen with red hat 9.0 and a slightly
earlier version of the nvidia runfile (4496). I tried to install 4496 on
suse 9.0 but can't find pre-compiled kernel module and won't successfully
compile a new one (missing modversions.h). I have tried everything
published in this newsgroup to date on this system.

I was able to install the latest 5328 and I can get the nvidia splash
screen to appear, but the 3d acceleration is not available nor can I
enable it with sax2. Switch to text mode (Ctrl-Alt-F2) is disastrous! I
shows me very rough and giant text. Unusable of course.

I am getting the same first time failure of the display when running X if
I use the suse stock driver for nvidia which is referred to as "nv". To
work around it I must Ctrl-Alt-Bksp to kill it only the first time after
boot. This is strange. I have tried all sorts of combinations of settings
to try to make it come up with a decent diaplay after the first boot but
it only shows garbage on the screen until I kill it and bring it (X) back
up again. Then everything looks good.

I think suse and the nvidia developers need to spend a little more time
with Athlon systems. I have had a beast of a time with this system. I do
like the suse 9.0 but there are a few rough spots like this one. Hopfeully
there will be a new nvidia runfile and point release from suse soon to
address these issues, then I can get back to a fully functional 3D
accelerated system.

I have spent 6-8 hours on this problem and keep running into dead ends. I
really do not believe it works with geforce 4 and Athlon for now. The
Pentium and geforce 2 combo do appear to work very well. 

-- 
Thank you,
Ken Zahorec
kzahorec@neo.rr.com

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