2.6.13 and nvidia
siber...@yahoo.com
I'm trying to solve a problem with my 2.6.13 kernel and nvidia.
http://www.pcolalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=12983#12983
Figured one of you might have run into this problem.
Peter Chant
Care to enlighten us here? The server is not responding.
If it is the lockup after a few to ten minutes I'm still suffering that
myself, attempt to resolve it every few months, make little progress and go
back to the standard VESA drivers.
Pete
dTd
them other than in a 3d game engine and I'm pretty sure thats not
nvidias fault. Those said lockps were rare indeed. Perhaps some more
information about your hardware and your xorg.conf file would help us
determine the problem. Here's a snippet of my xorg.conf to compare with
yours:
Well it's not a very big file so here's the whole thing:
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/ttf/"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/term/"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/fluxbox-artwiz-fonts/"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/free/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
# nothing is installed here in default slackware
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# Same here, nothing in this dir or the one underneath
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
# nvidia recommends disabling dri
# Load "dri"
Load "xtrap"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
# I have a logitech optical mouse...works great
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Resolution" "2000"
Option "SampleRate" "200"
EndSection
# The new samsung flat panel I just bought
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "SAM 0193"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-81
VertRefresh 56-75
# 640x480, 60.0Hz; hfreq=31.469000, vfreq=59.939999
ModeLine "640x480" 25.17 640 648 744 784 480 482 484 509
-hsync -vsync
# 640x480, 72.0Hz; hfreq=37.861000, vfreq=72.808998
ModeLine "640x480" 31.50 640 656 696 816 480 481 484 504
-hsync -vsync
# 640x480, 75.0Hz; hfreq=37.500000, vfreq=75.000000
ModeLine "640x480" 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500
-hsync -vsync
# 800x600, 60.0Hz; hfreq=37.879002, vfreq=60.317001
ModeLine "800x600" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
+hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 72.0Hz; hfreq=48.077000, vfreq=72.188004
ModeLine "800x600" 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
+hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 75.0Hz; hfreq=46.875000, vfreq=75.000000
ModeLine "800x600" 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625
+hsync +vsync
# 1024x768, 70.0Hz; hfreq=56.476002, vfreq=70.069000
ModeLine "1024x768" 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
-hsync -vsync
# 1024x768, 75.0Hz; hfreq=60.022999, vfreq=75.028999
ModeLine "1024x768" 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800
+hsync +vsync
# 1152x864, 75.0Hz; hfreq=67.500000, vfreq=75.000000
ModeLine "1152x864" 108.00 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900
+hsync +vsync
# 1280x1024, 75.0Hz; hfreq=79.975998, vfreq=75.025002
ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
+hsync +vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "DigitalVibrance" # <i>
#Option "NoFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoLogo" # [<bool>]
#Option "UBB" # [<bool>]
#Option "Stereo" # <i>
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "NvAGP" # <i>
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConnectedMonitor" # <str>
#Option "ConnectedMonitors" # <str>
#Option "TVStandard" # <str>
#Option "TVOutFormat" # <str>
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "CursorShadow" # [<bool>]
#Option "CursorShadowAlpha" # <i>
#Option "CursorShadowXOffset" # <i>
#Option "CursorShadowYOffset" # <i>
#Option "UseEdidFreqs" # [<bool>]
#Option "FlatPanelProperties" # <str>
#Option "TwinView" # [<bool>]
#Option "TwinViewOrientation" # <str>
#Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" # <str>
#Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" # <str>
#Option "MetaModes" # <str>
#Option "UseInt10Module" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoRenderExtension" # [<bool>]
#Option "Overlay" # [<bool>]
#Option "CIOverlay" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceEmulatedOverlay" # [<bool>]
#Option "TransparentIndex" # <i>
#Option "OverlayDefaultVisual" # [<bool>]
#Option "NvEmulate" # <i>
#Option "NoBandWidthTest" # [<bool>]
#Option "CustomEDID-CRT-0" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-CRT-1" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-DFP-0" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-DFP-1" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-TV-0" # <str>
#Option "CustomEDID-TV-1" # <str>
#Option "TVOverScan" # <f>
#Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" # <str>
#Option "MultisampleCompatibility" # [<bool>]
#Option "RegistryDwords" # <str>
#Option "RegistryBinary" # <str>
#Option "NoPowerConnectorCheck" # [<bool>]
#Option "AllowDFPStereo" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCUsesTextures" # [<bool>]
#Option "HorizSync" # <str>
#Option "VertRefresh" # <str>
#Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" # [<bool>]
#Option "RandRRotation" # [<bool>]
#Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" # [<bool>]
#Option "Coolbits" # <i>
#Option "AllowDDCCI" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConstantFrameRateHint" # [<bool>]
#Option "LoadKernelModule" # [<bool>]
#Option "ClearCube" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5900XT"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
# I'd rather not see the nvidia ad @ x startup
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "AGP"
Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
I've been running this config or one similar for a long time now, on
various nvidia hardware...I just recently purchased an LCD monitor which
is a bit different than what I'm used too but nice just the same. Hope
this helps someone. The format of that file is just a bit off as the end
of line is set to 74 in my editor. The monitor modelines endings have
been moved to a new line as well as I edited the screen section for
readability.
--
/dTd
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Grant
>
>Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
>EndSection
'cos the devil made me do it :o)
Cheers
sibersmith
unrelated thread? *Sigh*
Anyway, the lug forums went down today, but they are back up.
The details are in that link, but if you would like to see my
nvidia-log, well, here ya go:
http://www.students.uwf.edu/wbh1/nvidialog.txt
I'm seriously thinking about doing a complete reinstall of 10.2 and
2.6.13. If that doesn't work, I'll likely just revert back to 10.1
and 2.6.12.3, which worked perfectly
Terry
everything suggested by the Nvidia installer (1.0-7676) from adding
--kernel-source-path switches to SYSSRC variables. Also tried every
suggestion I could find on Google. Nothing worked. It kept complaing
about not recognizing target kernel.
So I recompiled my kernel (while running my current 2.6.13.2 kernel). I
made sure to disable the Nvidia Riva module and only left the Nvidia
framebuffer enabled as a module. I booted into the new kernel. Then I
ran the Nvidia installer and it installed without a whimper. BTW, I'm
using the standard Slackware 10.2 installation with all the default
package versions.
Good luck!
dTd
to actually see it, but others were speaking of difficulties as
well..and it's not like it's a binary attachment ;)
dTd
<snip>
>
> So I recompiled my kernel (while running my current 2.6.13.2 kernel). I
> made sure to disable the Nvidia Riva module and only left the Nvidia
> framebuffer enabled as a module. I booted into the new kernel. Then I
> ran the Nvidia installer and it installed without a whimper. BTW, I'm
> using the standard Slackware 10.2 installation with all the default
> package versions.
>
> Good luck!
well..since I'm running current I can't totaly say this will help but
once current became 10.2 and I upgraded the last few packages I had to
rerun lilo before the nvidia driver would compile.
aaronl
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm trying to solve a problem with my 2.6.13 kernel and nvidia.
>
Don't know how much this will help but here is my story...I have nvidia
geforce fx 5200 and several months back in a Slackware 10.1 clean install
with default kernel (and not sure which nvidia driver version I had at the
time) I had a similar sounding problem. Roughly every 15 minutes I had a
2 step freeze, with the first lasting about a second followed a split
second later by a roughly 5 second freeze...then I was 'coo' for another
15 minutes or so. Finally a newer nvidia driver came out and I thought
wow, there is a shot this could fix it, but alas, no--still occured.
After that I installed the 2.6 kernel in the 'test' section of the 10.1
disk set and never had the problem again.
Now, in a clean install of 10.2 with the default 2.4.31 kernel, I have not
had the problem, and I have nvidia driver version 1.0-7174-pkg1. I'm
planning to stick with the default kernel until I have reason to upgrade.
Aaron
siber...@yahoo.com
Your suggestion was correct. That pesky nvidia fb driver (NOT RIVA)
was the culprit. However, it seems the *76 driver throws my lcd "out
of sync", with *known good* sync values. I'll just have to wait until
nvidia releases a new driver. However, I wouldn't have even gotten
that far w/o your advice. So thanks again.
Terry
> Your suggestion was correct. That pesky nvidia fb driver (NOT RIVA)
> was the culprit.
Interesting. Actually now that you mention it, the installer tries to
remove the nvidia fb driver. Either way, better remove both in case. ;)
> However, it seems the *76 driver throws my lcd "out
> of sync", with *known good* sync values. I'll just have to wait until
> nvidia releases a new driver.
It sounds more like an xorg.conf problem rather than a driver problem.
I had to edit the verticalsync and horizontalsync values for my analog
Samsung 710N LCD. Since then, I've had no resulting problems from the
newest Nvidia driver. Also, switching the display values under XFCE
also works flawlessly.
Thomas Overgaard
> Roughly every 15 minutes I had a 2 step freeze, with the first lasting
> about a second followed a split second later by a roughly 5 second
> freeze...then I was 'coo' for another 15 minutes or so.
To me it looks much more like the bad old Konqueror filemanager problem.
When the Konqueror filemanager is active it will search the CD-drive
approximately every 15-20 minutes to see if there is a audio CD present
that should be listed in the side panel under Services.
If "User" doesn't have the permission to access the drive KDE will
freeze the way you describe.
--
Thomas O.
This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.
aaronl
> To me it looks much more like the bad old Konqueror filemanager problem.
>
> When the Konqueror filemanager is active it will search the CD-drive
> approximately every 15-20 minutes to see if there is a audio CD present
> that should be listed in the side panel under Services.
>
> If "User" doesn't have the permission to access the drive KDE will
> freeze the way you describe.
I love this group! Thanks for the info. It is very possible that I could
have added groups to the user sometime along the way. I'll have to adjust
my post-install notes for 10.1.
Aaron
Never Trust a Monkey.