Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:03:56 +1200 | From | Andrew McGregor <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] O13int for interactivity |
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Ah. I see you have framebuffer console on, whereas I have plain VGA console only. Try turning framebuffer off; two drivers for the same hardware may well fight over it. My X isn't patched, it just has their driver modules and the libraries installed.
Andrew
--On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 08:33:43 AM -0400 Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 August 2003 01:43, Andrew McGregor wrote: >> --On Wednesday, August 13, 2003 01:24:31 AM -0400 Gene Heskett >> >> <gene.heskett@verizon.net> wrote: >>> Unrelated question: I've applied the 2.6 patches someone pointed >>> me at to the nvidia-linux-4496-pkg2 after figuring out how to get >>> it to unpack and leave itself behind, so x can be run on 2.6 now. >>> But its a 100% total crash to exit x by any method when using it >>> that way. >>> >>> Has the patch been updated in the last couple of weeks to prevent >>> that now? It takes nearly half an hour to e2fsck a hundred gigs >>> worth of drives, and its going to bite me if I don't let the >>> system settle before I crash it to reboot, finishing the reboot >>> with the hardware reset button. >>> >>> Better yet, a fresh pointer to that site. >> >> http://www.minion.de/ >> >> Works fine for me, as of 2.6.0-test1 (which is when I downloaded the >> patch). I don't get the crash on either of my systems (GeForce2Go >> P3 laptop and GeForce4 Athlon desktop). >> >> Andrew > > I see some notes about patching X, which I haven't done. That might > be it. I also doublechecked that I'm running the correct makefile, > and get this: > > [root@coyote NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2]# ls -lR * |grep Makefile > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3623 Jul 16 22:56 Makefile > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7629 Aug 5 22:24 Makefile > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7629 Aug 5 21:46 Makefile.kbuild > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4865 Aug 5 21:46 Makefile.nvidia > [root@coyote NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2]# cd > ../NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2-4-2.4/ [root@coyote > NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2-4-2.4]# ls -lR * |grep Makefile -rw-r--r-- > 1 root root 3623 Jul 16 22:56 Makefile > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5665 Jul 16 22:56 Makefile > [root@coyote NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-4496-pkg2-4-2.4]# > > My video card, from an lspci: > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX > DDR] (rev b2) > > And the XFree86 version is: > 3.2.1-21 > > Interesting to note that the 'nv' driver that comes with X > does not do this. But it also has no openGL and such. > We are instructed to remove agp support from the kernel, and > use that which is in the nvidia kit, and I just checked the > .config, and its off, so thats theoreticly correct. A grep > for FB stuff returns this: > > CONFIG_FB=y ># CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS is not set ># CONFIG_FB_PM2 is not set ># CONFIG_FB_CYBER2000 is not set ># CONFIG_FB_IMSTT is not set ># CONFIG_FB_VGA16 is not set > CONFIG_FB_VESA=y ># CONFIG_FB_HGA is not set > CONFIG_FB_RIVA=y ># CONFIG_FB_MATROX is not set ># CONFIG_FB_RADEON is not set ># CONFIG_FB_ATY128 is not set ># CONFIG_FB_ATY is not set ># CONFIG_FB_SIS is not set ># CONFIG_FB_NEOMAGIC is not set ># CONFIG_FB_3DFX is not set ># CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1 is not set ># CONFIG_FB_TRIDENT is not set ># CONFIG_FB_PM3 is not set ># CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set > > I'd assume the 'RIVA' fb is the correct one, its working in > 2.4, although I can induce a crash there by switching from X > to a virtual console, and then attempting to switch back to X. > That will generally bring the machine down. It is perfectly ok > to do that, repeatedly, when running the nv driver from X. > > -- > Cheers, Gene > AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M > Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M > 99.27% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly > Yahoo.com attornies please note, additions to this message > by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2003 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > >
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