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From: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
To: hanasaki <hanasaki@hanaden.com>
Cc: LIST - Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.6.13 hangs / freezes with nvidia kernel module on switch to virtual console (also 2.6.12)
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 18:13:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9a874849050905091364b6a103@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <431C6C0A.4080302@hanaden.com>

On 9/5/05, hanasaki <hanasaki@hanaden.com> wrote:
> kernel 2.6.13 hangs / freezes with nvidia
> kernel module on switch to virtual console
> 
> Running Debian testing and stable and built the kernel with the attached
> config.  Then the NVidia installer was run.  Everything boots and runs
> fine.  X and Gnome come up and run.  Switching to a Virtual Console
> locks up the system and shows some crazy colors.
> 
> The system ran fine with the same configs until ~kernel 2.6.12.x and has
> exhibited this failing behavior since then with multiple kernels.
> 
> The graphics card is a shown below and has two outputs both in use for
> two monitors.  Thus the actual driver from NV is needed.  I do not
> believe the Xfree nv driver supports dual head.
> 
> ======================
> NVidia version
> NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-7676-pkg1.run <= from nvidia.com
> 

Reproduce the problem without a binary only kernel module. Or in this
case, complain to nvidia.

It's impossible for kernel developers to debug a problem involving a
closed source module. The authors of that module will have to do the
fixing.

-- 
Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
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      reply	other threads:[~2005-09-05 16:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-05 16:02 hanasaki
2005-09-05 16:13 ` Jesper Juhl [this message]

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