Re: nvidia problems

The system boots and X comes up. It locks up if I move things around to
much. Even on the "nv" driver it does this. My current test method is to
open a xterm and shake it for 30 second or so. If that doesn't work I
run tux racer ( or what was tux racer ). That kills things every time.

I'll get the beta driver.

adam bultman wrote:
> Damien Hull wrote:
>
>> Here's what I've got.
>>
>> 1. EPoX 9GF6100-M motherboard
>> 2. MSI NX7600GT nvidia video card ( pcie )
>> 3. 2 gig RAM
>> 4. Ubuntu Dapper
>>
>> While the above list sounds like a nice setup it doesn't work. The on
>> board video is a 6100 nvidia. It works fine. As soon as I put in the
>> NX7600GT things start locking up.
>>
>>
>>
> Is it locking up with an illuminated black screen (kind of like an
> empty framebuffer), or is it locking up where the screen locks up,
> existing graphics freezing onscreen?
>
> With my GF4 MX440 if I use anything but the Nvidia beta driver, I get
> an illuminated black screen that never changes. Services are fine,
> but it simply won't display graphics. I have to flip the switch or
> SSH in and reboot it, changing the 'nvidia' to 'nv' in the xorg.conf
> file.
> I've found that mileage always varies with 3d drivers and hardware.
> Take the same card, move it from one machine to another with a
> different motherboard, and it'll tank. Take a working system with a 3d
> card, and throw in a SCSI controller, and it'll tank. You just have
> to find something that works and then try to keep things static.
>
>
>> According the documentation for the motherboard you don't get an
>> option to turn of the internal video. You just place the other card
>> in and the board makes the switch for you. However, when I boot the
>> system Linux sees the other card. It's in /proc/driver/nvidia/cards.
>> I see "0" and "1". If you cat these files they tell you what the card
>> is and what the IRQ is. The strange thing is that both cards are on
>> the same IRQ. I think it's 50. I don't know if any of this means
>> anything but I thought I would mention it.
>>
>>
>
> You should be able to specify the card in your xorg.conf file. Xorg
> -configure will configure the display device with a PCI ID (1:5:0 for
> my PCI Geforce FX 5200, 1:0:0 for my AGP cards). X will ignore the
> card if you configure the one you want.
>> Oh, I also get something like "Cannot allocate resource at
>> 123:324234:#$5:84" or something like that. I don't remember what the
>> numbers are. I see this with or with out the NX7600GT card in the
>> system. It's got something to do with the motherboard.
>>
>>
> I get this on a few systems. It seems on my machines to be acpi
> related. Its non-fatal, and I've been safely ignoring it for a while.
>
>> If you plan on doing 3D with a high end card I recommend nvidia but
>> be prepared to do some work. I also recommend you try different
>> hardware. Again, they say the NX7600GT works. Just not for me at the
>> moment.
>>
>>
>>
> I think that any person that wants to do 3D in linux has to work. My
> laptop has an ATI Radeon that gives me a lovely gray screen a lot of
> the time when I use the fglrx driver.
>> Oh, there is a new nvidia driver out. It's beta. Maybe I'll give that
>> a try.
>>
>>
> Beta driver works fine with my MX 440.
>
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Received on Sun Oct 29 21:16:34 2006