nvidia with 2.6 kernel

loserveg · 02-23-2007, 06:32 PM

hi,

im using slackware 11.0 with the 2.4.33 kernel and the nvidia driver from nvidia.com.

ive tried atleast 5 different distros that use the 2.6 kernel, the lastest being zenwalk with 2.6.20 and it always ends up like this:

Code:

(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 6, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x0000063c)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (1, 6, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x0000063c)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 1, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x000006dc)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (1, 1, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x000006dc)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 3, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x00000d54)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (1, 3, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x00000d54)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 11, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x00000d74)

any ideas? should i try to compile my own kernel instead of using the pre-compiled ones?

thanks for the help,
matt

reddazz · 02-23-2007, 07:03 PM

What other distros have you tried? The drivers work very well for me using openSUSE, Gentoo, Fedora Core and Mandriva. All of these use the 2.6.x kernel by default.

Quakeboy02 · 02-23-2007, 07:14 PM

Code:

(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 6, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x0000063c)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (1, 6, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x0000063c)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 1, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x000006dc)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (1, 1, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x000006dc)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 3, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x00000d54)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (1, 3, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x00000d54)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 11, 0x8000, 0x00000000, 0x00000d74)

Hmm. They changed the number of parameters to the workqueue (INIT_WAIT macro) in 2.6.20. Is your driver made with that taken into account? I've had no problems with any of the 2.6.18 or 2.6.19 kernels I've used. Currently, I'm using 2.6.19.4.

loserveg · 02-24-2007, 03:10 AM

i have a fx5200. i havent done anything other than trying to get this to work

Junior Hacker · 02-24-2007, 07:28 AM

The Nvidia drivers from nvidia's site are a little of a "hit & miss" sort of deal, I would'nt dare use them with Fedora, Mandrake 10.2 32bit has no probs though. It is best to use the distributions Nvidia packages.

Quakeboy!
Did you use nvidia's or Debian's as I have'nt got that far yet with my NEW ETCH amd64, which is so much more stable than my FC6 x86_64. Also wondering why you upgraded to that kernel?.

And the accompanying nvidia package for the 2.6.19-1.2911 kernel in FC6 is workin' out alright.

Those terminal outputs in loserveg's post appear to be memory address issues, possibly bad ram memory or insufficient memory causing that.

Junior Hacker · 02-24-2007, 07:36 AM

Or toooo old of a computer........kill it!!!!

Quakeboy02 · 02-24-2007, 11:06 AM

"i have a fx5200. i havent done anything other than trying to get this to work"

Well, at least for now, you have no business trying to use 2.6.20. Switch back to 2.6.19.4 and all should be well.

Quakeboy02 · 02-24-2007, 11:07 AM

Junior Hacker:
"Quakeboy!
Did you use nvidia's or Debian's as I have'nt got that far yet with my NEW ETCH amd64, which is so much more stable than my FC6 x86_64. Also wondering why you upgraded to that kernel?."

I'm using a 32 bit Athlon, so the Nvidia drivers work just fine. Why did I upgrade? Cause it was there.