On , <email address hidden> wrote: > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26980
> --- Comment #58 from Volker Kuhlmann <email address hidden>> 2011-07-13 > 04:03:19 PDT ---
> Uuggh, this seems to be a serious problem, even when using nvidia.ko.
> Why? Because xorg seems to probe drivers on startup, and somehow managing > to
> load the nouveau module even when I want to use the nvidia module. The > nouveau
> module then fails to unload properly (use count is always at least 1, and > stays
> 1 even after changing to runlevel 3 and killing xorg).
> I could reliably hang the system just by logging out from kdm. Syslog is > full
> of nouveau problems - why, given that I am using nvidia?
> When renaming all instances of nouveau.ko under /lib/modules the hangs
> disappeared.
> This has always been there and seems to have zilch effect:
> > ls -l /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18 2011-04-29 22:55 /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
> > cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf
> blacklist nouveau
> Symptoms are random freezes requiring a hardware reset, but always > involving
> some graphics operation. I can detect no other hardware malfunction, and > lockup
> behaviour is not characteristic of general hardware faults (eg ram, cpu,
> disk).
> My reset button is really polished now ;-((
> System details:
> openSUSE 11.4 with all updates installed,
> currently that is kernel kernel-desktop-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64
> xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.9.3-15.24.2.x86_64
> The problem seems worse with
> kernel-desktop-2.6.39.2-36.1.x86_64
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT > 220]
> (rev a2)
> Mobo is Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H with
> NB/SB: AMD 880G / SB850
> USB 2.0 + 3.0, SATA 3Gb + 6Gb (prob not relevant)
> The chipset also contains an integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 (which works > fine on
> the OSS radeon driver, with the limits of the driver).
> Phenom II X6 1090T CPU
Delete nouveau.ko.
On , <email address hidden> wrote: /bugs.freedeskt op.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 26980
> https:/
> --- Comment #58 from Volker Kuhlmann <email address hidden>> 2011-07-13
> 04:03:19 PDT ---
> Uuggh, this seems to be a serious problem, even when using nvidia.ko.
> Why? Because xorg seems to probe drivers on startup, and somehow managing
> to
> load the nouveau module even when I want to use the nvidia module. The
> nouveau
> module then fails to unload properly (use count is always at least 1, and
> stays
> 1 even after changing to runlevel 3 and killing xorg).
> I could reliably hang the system just by logging out from kdm. Syslog is
> full
> of nouveau problems - why, given that I am using nvidia?
> When renaming all instances of nouveau.ko under /lib/modules the hangs
> disappeared.
> This has always been there and seems to have zilch effect:
> > ls -l /etc/modprobe. d/nvidia. conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18 2011-04-29 22:55 /etc/modprobe. d/nvidia. conf
> > cat /etc/modprobe. d/nvidia. conf
> blacklist nouveau
> Symptoms are random freezes requiring a hardware reset, but always
> involving
> some graphics operation. I can detect no other hardware malfunction, and
> lockup
> behaviour is not characteristic of general hardware faults (eg ram, cpu,
> disk).
> My reset button is really polished now ;-((
> System details:
> openSUSE 11.4 with all updates installed,
> currently that is kernel kernel- desktop- 2.6.37. 6-0.5.1. x86_64
> xorg-x11- server- 7.6_1.9. 3-15.24. 2.x86_64
> The problem seems worse with
> kernel- desktop- 2.6.39. 2-36.1. x86_64
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT
> 220]
> (rev a2)
> Mobo is Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H with
> NB/SB: AMD 880G / SB850
> USB 2.0 + 3.0, SATA 3Gb + 6Gb (prob not relevant)
> The chipset also contains an integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 (which works
> fine on
> the OSS radeon driver, with the limits of the driver).
> Phenom II X6 1090T CPU
Delete nouveau.ko.