2.6.11-nitro0: Module Rodeo Until Dawn

Tiger683 · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

Hey, rc, thx for the feedback! (grmh, i wasnt even sure if these patches would actually work

just some quick hackery

)

T
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a13x · Apprentice Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 215

Hey, T, what about the NVIDIA issue ?

Tiger683 · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:51 pm Post subject:

im on radeon, so ask darckness, i only know it inserts fine
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a13x · Apprentice Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 215

I think Darckness is still sick ..... so he won't be able to help. What about Seppe ? He's a IND too, right ?

M@rijn · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:29 pm Post subject:

To refer to this topic with WIFI IPW2200 problems, i would ask to the devvers when then finally want to get IPW2200 working with the nitro-sources?? Because i 24/7 use Nitro on every system but without WIFI

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xororand · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 119

Sorry that I didn't have the patience to read all posts. I just wanted to let you know that imo the version number for the current nitro-sources is invalid according to the Ebuild HOWTO and it might break some portage utilities. This issue had to be fixed in eix-0.2.1-r1 recently. It says:

numlock · n00b Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 58

Ah, that explains why the command:
equery list nitro-sources

didn't return anything

Robin79 · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject:

And so it hardlocks again

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a13x · Apprentice Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 215

I think we should wait for Darckness to recover, Tiger683 has worked a lot on this already.

Sebell · n00b Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 20

1) posting with links

nitro 2.6.11-r4-nitro works -- more or less. There are issues in 2.6.11-r4-nitro for me, so -- off to 2.6.11-nitro
2.6.11-nitro-r0 dies on boot complaining about acpi. Start kernel with acpi=no parm, no PCI devices get configured -- i.e. no netowrking etc.

This is on a tyan board with amd-7611 irongate chipset. I notice that the patchset for ACPI appears to be a different version between the two. Anyone can point me to where there might be a changelog between the two ACPI versions I'd appreciate it.
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Evil Dark Archon · Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject:

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a13x: I still have no idea why nvidia works for some and not for others. Supposedly rzZzn does, but he hasn't been around to share.

xororand: I'm aware of this, just as I have been for all -r0 releases. Since we aren't technically in portage anyway though, the point of -r0 is to tell people that this is a preliminary release. I only consider releases after -r1 to be "good".

Sebell: Try turning off ALL acpi stuff unless you absolutely need it. Then try.

Evil Dark Archon: Actually, we've been looking for an amd64 tester. Since you've been around for a while and know your way around the kernel a bit, we would be grateful if you would fill that position. PM me if you're interested.
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WhiteWolfkiba · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:00 am Post subject:

What module does Teamspeak use? I broke teamspeak somehow. it worked fine when I first loaded Nitro0
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Tiger683 · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:29 am Post subject:

Hey ppl, about nvidia, would someone, for who nvidia doesn't work, test these for nvidia issues?

1) (disable/)enable gart as module/builtin (there is some intel module ala i810 in drm preventing this from being modular!)
2) disable/ebable/modularize drm in kernel
3)disable/enable 1G Lowmem
4)disable stuff like win4lin/swsusp2
5)Get another nvidia card from a friend (thisone is optional, only if you'd like to hardcore contribute and have some spare time and a friend with OTHER nv card than yours)
6) test all three of my cflags suggestions posted in this thread
7)try removing ALL cflags that arent BOLD and/or beginning with -D (ie. -DBLABLABLAH )

thx.

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Gentoonie · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

What i can contribute atm (being in school right now):

- gcc 3.4.3 no offensice CFlags
- nVidia 6600 GT
- tested compiling with/without agpgart in the kernel, no success at all.
- win4lin/swsusp2 not enabled
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predatorfreak · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:08 pm Post subject:

Although this might not help darckness/tiger, in dark-sources I ripped out the nVidia compat patches and applied four patches to the nVidia module before building the module (by hand of corse). Ever since then it works perfectly and I haven't had any hardlocks. nVidia compat could cause problems with the nVidia driver being prepatched (with 2.6.11 compat patches). From what I know, nVidia compat is also no longer required to get nVidia working.

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rush_ad · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

i am stil having compiling with amd64. anybody got it working on amd64? all i need is fbsplash and supermount to work. dont care about others.

Tiger683 · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject:

@rush_ad:

rush_ad · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject:

@ T
yea, i've tried that. didnt work for me. thanks though.

rc · Apprentice Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 234

Hi,
just some more feedback:
It seems like the second patch isnt necessary.
i reversed / removed the second patch.

Gentree · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I have just moved up to 2.6.11

All seems well but nvidia-kernel is failing to emerge as a separte build.

I did not enable this in the kernel since this is not my main gx card at the moment.

Does IT prevent me building nvidia outside the kernel?

Thanks.

Tiger683 · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject:

Hey!

1)
The second patch is for ppl who want pm, the swsusp1 and dev-options are simply unfixably broken in nitro.

2)
No, the nvidia module in the kernel is just an easy way of doing it all in one step.
if you disable it in Kconfig, then your kernel acts as if there was no IT.

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Gentree · Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject:

@T ,

thanks for the clarification, dont know why it should stop compiling I've had the card for over a year. I'll have to back track a few kernel and compiler version to see when it broke.

BTW your sig should read "as if it were your own" , just thought you might like to know since it goes on every post you make.

Thanks again.
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