Hi there,
My Thinkpad T61 Laptop comes with the following nVidia GPU:
lenz@thebe:~> lspci | grep -i nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 140M (rev a1)
According to the README and the online docs, this chip is not a "legacy GPU"
yet and it should be supported by the latest driver (180.29)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_18897.html (supported GPUs for the 180.29 driver)
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html (legacy GPUs)
However, the following driver is currently installed:
lenz@thebe:~> rpm -qa | grep nvidia
nvidia-gfxG01-kmp-pae-173.14.16_2.6.25.20_0.1-2.1
x11-video-nvidiaG01-173.14.16-2.1
According to http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html this is a "legacy GPU"
driver. I tried to install the 180.29 driver instead (nvidia-gfxG02), but that
one fails to load:
Mar 17 11:00:13 thebe kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called
for 1 device(s).
Mar 17 11:00:13 thebe kernel: NVRM: This can occur when a driver such as
rivafb, nvidiafb or
Mar 17 11:00:13 thebe kernel: NVRM: rivatv was loaded and obtained ownership
of the NVIDIA
Mar 17 11:00:13 thebe kernel: NVRM: device(s).
Mar 17 11:00:13 thebe kernel: NVRM: Try unloading the rivafb, nvidiafb or
rivatv kernel module
Mar 17 11:00:13 thebe kernel: NVRM: (and/or reconfigure your kernel without
rivafb/nvidiafb
Mar 17 11:00:13 thebe kernel: NVRM: support), then try loading the NVIDIA
kernel module again.
Mar 17 11:00:13 thebe kernel: NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
I had to revert to the nvidia-gfxG01 driver to return to a functional
configuration.
So I am confused now. Shouldn't the Quadro NVS 140M be supported by the 180.29
driver series, as the documentation and README states? Or am I missing something?
As I am using KDE4, I would like to be able to use the latest driver as this
one supposedly fixes some of the screen update performance issues that I am
experiencing.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Bye,
LenZ
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Lenz Grimmer