[PlanetCCRMA] nVidia video drivers

[Jan Depner]

Run dmesg and I'll bet you'll see some messages that look like this:

NVRM: Trying to sleep during raised irql!!
NVRM:   are we holding a lock?
NVRM:   skipping os_delay

The NVIDIA driver and the RT enabled kernel don't work and play well
together.  If you don't need to run 3D (I personally can't live without
foobillard) just switch back to the nv driver.  I'm just living with the
quirks at the moment.


On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 22:44 -0600, Link Swanson wrote:
> I'm running FC4 CCRMA with the 2.6.14-0.10.rrt kernel and I just 
> upgraded to a socket 939 board with GeForce 6100 onboard video. I just 
> installed the nVidia display drivers and now I'm having X trouble every 
> few times I boot.
> 
> Just as the boot process hits runlevel 5 it displays some pixely stuff 
> and then either (1)  splashes the nVidia logo and boots just fine or (2) 
> hangs with a black screen, requiring a hard shutdown.
> 
> When I do get into KDE (about once every three boots; I have no idea why 
> it decides to work) my system-config-display hardware tab reports VESA 
> drivers installed.
> 
> If anyone can give pointers on how to troubleshoot this, I would love it!
> 
> Here's my xorg.conf file:
> 
> # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "single head configuration"
>     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>     InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>     InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name 
> of the
> # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
> # no need to change the default.
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
>     RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>     FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>     Load  "dbe"
>     Load  "extmod"
>     Load  "fbdevhw"
>     Load  "glx"
>     Load  "record"
>     Load  "freetype"
>     Load  "type1"
>     Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> #    Option    "Xleds"        "1 2 3"
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> #    Option    "XkbDisable"
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
> # lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> #    Option    "XkbModel"    "pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> #    Option    "XkbModel"    "microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> #    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
> # or:
> #    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
> #    Option    "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
> # control keys, use:
> #    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> #    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
> #
>     Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>     Driver      "kbd"
>     Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
>     Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier  "Mouse0"
>     Driver      "mouse"
>     Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>     Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>     Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier   "Monitor0"
>     VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>     ModelName    "PV1960"
>     DisplaySize  360    290
>     HorizSync    30.0 - 80.0
>     VertRefresh  50.0 - 76.0
>     Option        "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "Videocard0"
>     Driver      "nvidia"
>     VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>     BoardName   "VESA driver (generic)"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "Screen0"
>     Device     "Videocard0"
>     Monitor    "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth     24
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Viewport   0 0
>         Depth     16
>         Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
>     SubSection "Display"
>         Viewport   0 0
>         Depth     24
>         Modes    "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" 
> "640x480"
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> 
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Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
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