Comment 1 for bug 23837

Followup-For: Bug #279689
Package: kernel-image-2.6.9-1-686
Version: 2.6.9-3

Hi.
I'm seeing a similar problem, probably the same: the booting process
doesn't finish because of rivafb module, I have on screen an infinite
loop with the following messages when the rivafb module is probing the card:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
rivafb_pan_display START
rivafb_pan_display END
rivafb_pan_display START
rivafb_pan_display END
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This is repeated again and again, and I have to reboot.

The video card is working perfectly with the rivafb module in
kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 (v. 2.6.8-10). Here you are the relevant lines
of kern.log :
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave
Jones
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb_probe START
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb: nVidia device/chipset 10DE002D
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb: RIVA MTRR set to ON
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: riva_get_EDID START
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb: Found EDID Block from BUS 1
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: riva_get_EDID END
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: riva_update_default_var START
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: riva_update_var START
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: riva_update_var END
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: riva_update_default_var END
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: riva_set_fbinfo START
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: riva_set_fbinfo END
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb_check_var START
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb_do_maximize START
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb: setting virtual Y resolution to
16384
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb_do_maximize END
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb_check_var END
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb: PCI nVidia NV4 framebuffer ver
0.9.5b (nVidiaRIVA-VTNT2, 16MB @ 0xD6000000)
Dec 30 12:11:46 dmsoler kernel: rivafb_probe END
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please, ask further information if you need it.

Regards,

Dionisio Martínez Soler

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
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Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=pt_PT.UTF-8@euro, LC_CTYPE=pt_PT.UTF-8@euro (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.9-1-686 depends on:
ii coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii fileutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU file management
utilities
ii initrd-tools 0.1.76 tools to create initrd
image for p
ii module-init-tools 3.1-rel-2 tools for managing Linux
kernel mo

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