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jonfr
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 Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: new nvidia driver prevents viewing of shell [almostsolved] |
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For some reason nvidia drivers, nvidia-drivers-100.14.09 and nvidia-drivers-100.14.19 prevents viewing of the shell when active. With nvidia drivers nvidia-drivers-1.0.9639 everything is normal. This appears to be a bug, but I am unsure how to register it.
Here are my emerge info.
| Code: | emerge --info
Portage 2.1.3.16 (default-linux/x86/2006.1, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.20.7 i686)
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System uname: 2.6.20.7 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:50:01 +0000
app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.33-r1
dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r6
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.9-r2
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10
sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.22-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -pipe -ftracer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=i686 -pipe -ftracer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo"
LINGUAS="en is"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="3dnow 7zip X a52 aac aalib acl acpi ada alsa amarok amazon asf ax25 big-tables bitmap-fonts bittorrent bluetooth bonjour bzip2 caps cdb cdda cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cdrom cli cpdflib cracklib crypt cups dbus dc1394 divx dri dts dv dvb dvd dvdr dvdread dvi dx fame fat ffmpeg flac font-server fontconfig fortran gdbm ggi gif gimp gimpprint glx gphoto2 gpm gtalk gtk gtkhtml h323 http httpd iconv id3 ieee1394 ipod ipv6 j2ee java java-external java-internal javacomm javascript jp2 jpeg jpeg2k kcal kde kdepim lame live mad md5sum midi mjpeg mmx mmxext mod mozsvg mp2 mp3 mp4 mp4live mpeg mpeg2 mplayer msn msnextras mudflap nas ncurses network nfs nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nuv nvidia ogg on-the-fly-crypt openal opengl openmp oss pam pcre pda pdf perl png portaudio posix ppds pppd python qq qt3 qt3support quicktime readline real reflection samba session sftp speedo speex spl sse sse2 ssl stream svg svga svgz swat szip tcpd tga thumbnail thumbnailing tiff tk tools truetype-fonts ttmpeg2 type1 type1-fonts unicode v4l v4l2 vcd vcdimager vfat vidix vorbis win32codecs wma wma123 wmf wmp wxgtk1 wxwindows x264 x86 xine xorg xosd xpm xprint xv xvid zip zip-external zvbi" ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en is" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv r128 radeon rendition s3 s3virge savage siliconmotion sis sisusb tdfx tga trident tseng v4l vesa vga via vmware voodoo"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
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ikshaar
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Can you explain what do you mean "viewing of the shell" ??
Do you have 20+ video cards in your computer ?
| Code: | | VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa fbdev" |
This is enough if you have only one video card.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: Re: new nvidia driver prevents viewing of shell [unsolved] |
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| jonfr wrote: | This appears to be a bug, but I am unsure how to register it.
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You can use the nvidia-bug-report.sh program to report bugs to Nvidia. The program generates a file that you email to Nvidia along with a description of the bug. Probably best to install the buggy driver before running it. The quickpkg program along with emerge -k can make switching versions much faster than full re-emerges. I suggest using the --include-config=y option for the quickpkg program. |
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jonfr
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:48 am Post subject: |
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| ikshaar wrote: | Can you explain what do you mean "viewing of the shell" ??
Do you have 20+ video cards in your computer ?
| Code: | | VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia vesa fbdev" |
This is enough if you have only one video card. |
No, I don't have vesa video card. I have no idea why this is there, since I did not set it. When using grapich I can switch to the shell with Ctrl+alt+F1 (or F2, F3 etc..). |
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jonfr
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:50 am Post subject: Re: new nvidia driver prevents viewing of shell [unsolved] |
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| BitJam wrote: | | jonfr wrote: | This appears to be a bug, but I am unsure how to register it.
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You can use the nvidia-bug-report.sh program to report bugs to Nvidia. The program generates a file that you email to Nvidia along with a description of the bug. Probably best to install the buggy driver before running it. The quickpkg program along with emerge -k can make switching versions much faster than full re-emerges. I suggest using the --include-config=y option for the quickpkg program. |
I am not sure that is registers as a bug (?) but the shell goes out of vertical and horizontal sync. |
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ikshaar
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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Few things:
-There was an old nvidia bug crashing X when switching VT (shell). As far as I know it was fixed long ago.
-You need to fix your configuration of video (make.conf and xorg.conf).
-Check also that your keyboard is set correctly - not sure if you can switch but cannot see VT or Ctrl-Alt-F1 does not respond.
Check the log of X in /var/log/Xorg.0.log or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old if you had to reboot after crash.
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jonfr
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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| This doesn't crash X, the shell just becomes unusable (out of sync) with the newer nvidia drivers. My keyboard is is-latin1, that has been working fine. Far as I know, there is nothing wrong with my xorg.conf file and my make.conf file. Why I have old vesa settings there is a mystery to me, but I don't know where to remove it. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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See my first post.... that line needs to be set in /etc/make.conf
What card do you have ?
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jonfr
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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I have nvidia card. Here is the output of lspci.
| Code: | lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb Host Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce 250Gb PCI System Management (rev a1)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK8S USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Parallel ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0a.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK8S Serial ATA Controller (v2.5) (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AGP Host to PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6200] (rev a1)
02:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
02:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy Game Port (rev 03)
02:08.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
02:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
02:09.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
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jonfr
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I can use the older driver as long they are in the portage. I just mask the new onces if they fail. This does not freeze my computer, but makes the shell unusable.
Thanks for the threads on the nvidia forum.  |
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jonfr
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| With nvidia driver 96.43.01 everything is working as normal. So anyone having this same issue should use that driver. |
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gerard27
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| Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Hi jonfr,
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-572924-highlight-.html
This will tell you more.
I am having the same problem.
I keep my fingers crossed for the 1.0.9639 drivers remaining in portage.
Gerard.
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