Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Sid Boyce]

Valdis . Kletnieks wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:24:01 GMT, Adam Jones 
<adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>>/ In a futile gesture against entropy, Sid Boyce wrote:/
>>/ > Max Valdez wrote:/
>>/ /
>>/ > >Been using nvidia modules for quite a few 2.6.x kernels, most of 
them mmX./

>>/ > >without problems/
>/> /
>>/ I'm using it here with 2.6.4, no problems as yet./
>>/ /
>>/ > Something strange happened, I shall try 2.6.4-mm1 shortly to see 
if it /
>>/ > is still the same. I reckon though that I've suffered a filesystem /
>>/ > corruption./
>>/ /
>>/ A quick thought - have you got CONFIG_REGPARM enabled in the kernel/
>>/ config? If so, disable it and try again. (It's almost certain to/
>>/ cause crashes with binary modules.)/

> Also, the NVidia driver uses a bit of kernel stack, so it's incompatible
> with the CONFIG_4KSTACKS option in recent -mm kernels...

I have that enabled, so I shall turn it off. /var/log/XFree86.0.log 
shows it's getting so far then the lockup happens.
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
(**) Option "Xinerama" "off"
(**) Option "RandR" "on"
(++) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
       XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
       XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
       XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
       XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
       XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
Regards
Sid.

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Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer
Linux Only Shop.

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