Bugzilla – Bug 114895
Display problems with NVIDIA binary drivers
Last modified: 2006-05-30 20:50:06 UTC
I am using the standard kernel in Beta3. Installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7664-pkg1.run binary driver on a geforce2. Booting into init 5 system goes unresponsive for about two full minutes. Logged in via network shows unresponsiveness, intermittently a 'ps aux' shows this: (lots of udevd) root 7017 0.0 0.7 4092 1852 pts/2 S 01:57 0:00 bash root 9221 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9222 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9223 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9224 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9225 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9234 0.0 0.2 2752 760 ? Ss 01:59 0:00 /opt/kde3/bin/kdm root 9240 98.9 4.1 14936 10652 tty7 Ss+ 01:59 0:45 /usr/X11R6/bin/X -br -nolisten tcp :0 vt7 -auth /var/lib/xdm/authdir/authfiles/A:0-unYGUX root 9243 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9244 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9245 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9246 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9247 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9250 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9251 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9252 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9253 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9254 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9255 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9256 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9259 0.0 0.2 1720 596 ? Ss 01:59 0:00 /sbin/syslogd -a /var/lib/dhcp/dev/log -a /var/lib/named/dev/log -a /var/lib/ntp/dev/log root 9260 0.0 0.3 2752 844 ? S 01:59 0:00 -:0 root 9268 0.0 0.2 1624 604 ? Ss 01:59 0:00 /sbin/klogd -c 1 -2 -x root 9285 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9286 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9287 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9288 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9294 0.0 0.3 1840 860 ? S< 01:59 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue root 9319 0.0 0.3 2716 812 pts/2 R+ 01:59 0:00 ps aux root 9320 0.0 0.2 2616 544 pts/2 S+ 01:59 0:00 cat When I choose the 'nv' driver, system boots into init5 without delay. Something is fishy about the binary drivers. Never had problems with them on the same machine (using a previous suse distro and/or vanilla kernels).
Sometimes when I kill the X session with the nvidia drivers, the system ends up in a garbled colourful state at the console. Network access is possible, X will come up again, but the console is a mess, which only a reboot will fix.
Bug 114921 is same/similar to this one.
Please attach the result of nvidia-bug-report.sh.
Created attachment 48672 [details] bug log as requested
Your're using the nv driver and not the nvidia driver. I cannot see anything obviously wrong in the config and logfiles WRT a nv driver configuration. Anyway, this does not match the bugreport. Pleaes comment.
(In reply to comment #5) > Your're using the nv driver and not the nvidia driver. I cannot see anything > obviously wrong in the config and logfiles WRT a nv driver configuration. > Anyway, this does not match the bugreport. Pleaes comment. Sorry for the confusion, I had already reverted back to the nv driver when I ran the nvidia-bug-report.sh I have since updated to beta4 and cannot check again, but I will investigate the issue on Beta4 now.
Created attachment 48860 [details] Beta4 with nvidia X11 driver This is the correct version. This time using the standard beta4 kernel.
Please use the current nvidia driver (simply use the YOU patch for this). Neither SUSE nor nVidia will investigate old driver bugs. There's no need to use 1.0-7664. Your board is still supported by the current driver (1.0-7676).
Created attachment 49124 [details] with driver 7676
The new NVIDIA driver 7676 exhibits the same behaviour as described for the previous version. Everything eventually works, but there is a looong X startup delay. And console corruption when X is killed.
Hmm ... nothing obvious. :-(
If you have console corruption I suggest opening your xorg config and editing your nvidia device entry. Add this line: Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT" I have had my framebuffer consoles corrupted for years now and this has been the only solution that Ive seen work. Hope it helps!
Could you test again with latest NVIDIA driver and/or SUSE 10.1 (Beta8 has been released)? Thanks.
I suggest to give 1.0-8756 a try ...
> I suggest to give 1.0-8756 a try ... Any new results?
I suggest to give the new version 1.0-8762 a try.
Last update by the reporter 8 months ago. Need to close this one as WONTFIX.