[opensuse] Nvidia ramdomly crashing
Hi list, I'm on openSuSE 11.1 with a Quadro FX 1500M/PCI/SSE2 Nvidia graphics cared in a DELL Precison M90 laptop. The Nvidia driver is 2.1.2 NVIDIA 180.51 today. I also used the .44 version with the same problems... Nvidia crashes on me - randomly. It'll do so once or twice a day. Leaving me with a white/greenish flickering screen with no rescue. Doesn't help to kill the X server, but I'm able to get into a shell with ctrl+alt+F1. This doesn NOT change the crashed screen though. But I'm able to type root/password and hence "shutdown -r now" which is respected by the OS and carried out. The hardware is ok, I may dual boot into an anciant XP which does not have the problem. I don't need any fancy desktop stuff, it's disabled anyhow. Any ideas? Anyone seing this too? Any ideas? What may I do, can I opt for a non-nvidia driver, i.e., a standard FOSS thing if such exists? All help, as usual, is highly appreciated! -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 Linux Counter no 114954 ------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I'm on openSuSE 11.1 with a Quadro FX 1500M/PCI/SSE2 Nvidia graphics cared in a DELL Precison M90 laptop. The Nvidia driver is 2.1.2 NVIDIA 180.51 today. I also used the .44 version with the same problems...
Nvidia crashes on me - randomly. It'll do so once or twice a day. Leaving me with a white/greenish flickering screen with no rescue. Doesn't help to kill the X server, but I'm able to get into a shell with ctrl+alt+F1. This doesn NOT change the crashed screen though. But I'm able to type root/password and hence "shutdown -r now" which is respected by the OS and carried out.
The hardware is ok, I may dual boot into an anciant XP which does not have the problem.
I don't need any fancy desktop stuff, it's disabled anyhow.
Any ideas? Anyone seing this too? Any ideas? What may I do, can I opt for a non-nvidia driver, i.e., a standard FOSS thing if such exists?
Well... switching to the open source nVidia driver is relatively easy. Edit your xorg.conf and change the driver from "nvidia" to "nv" and restart X. I haven't seen nVidia graphics crashing... mmmm except with an older version of KDE4... with some of the older builds.. like KDE4.1.x there were some bothersome problems that caused all sorts of odd side effects... all (most?) of which are fixed in KDE4.2.2 and 4.2.3. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Clayton skrev:
I'm on openSuSE 11.1 with a Quadro FX 1500M/PCI/SSE2 Nvidia graphics cared in a DELL Precison M90 laptop. The Nvidia driver is 2.1.2 NVIDIA 180.51 today. I also used the .44 version with the same problems...
Nvidia crashes on me - randomly. It'll do so once or twice a day. Leaving me with a white/greenish flickering screen with no rescue. Doesn't help to kill the X server, but I'm able to get into a shell with ctrl+alt+F1. This doesn NOT change the crashed screen though. But I'm able to type root/password and hence "shutdown -r now" which is respected by the OS and carried out.
The hardware is ok, I may dual boot into an anciant XP which does not have the problem.
I don't need any fancy desktop stuff, it's disabled anyhow.
Any ideas? Anyone seing this too? Any ideas? What may I do, can I opt for a non-nvidia driver, i.e., a standard FOSS thing if such exists?
Well... switching to the open source nVidia driver is relatively easy. Edit your xorg.conf and change the driver from "nvidia" to "nv" and restart X.
I haven't seen nVidia graphics crashing... mmmm except with an older version of KDE4... with some of the older builds.. like KDE4.1.x there were some bothersome problems that caused all sorts of odd side effects... all (most?) of which are fixed in KDE4.2.2 and 4.2.3.
C.
Hi and thank you I'm on KDE 4.2.1 release 106... I'm a little...how do I upgrade to 4.2.2?
From the openSUSE build service, do I select
"KDE 4.2 Basis Just a very small set of KDE 4 base packages. Enough to start a desktop, but no luxus." And hence cross my fingers, hold my breath and hit "KDE:42/openSUSE_11.1 1-Click Install"? -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 Linux Counter no 114954 ------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
I haven't seen nVidia graphics crashing... mmmm except with an older version of KDE4... with some of the older builds.. like KDE4.1.x there were some bothersome problems that caused all sorts of odd side effects... all (most?) of which are fixed in KDE4.2.2 and 4.2.3.
I'm on KDE 4.2.1 release 106... I'm a little...how do I upgrade to 4.2.2?
From the openSUSE build service, do I select
"KDE 4.2 Basis Just a very small set of KDE 4 base packages. Enough to start a desktop, but no luxus."
And hence cross my fingers, hold my breath and hit "KDE:42/openSUSE_11.1 1-Click Install"?
I'm using the KDE4 Factory builds for 11.1 from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSU... as well as the Community and Playground repositories in that same KDE:/KDE4:/ tree. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Freitag, 15. Mai 2009 09:13:47 schrieb Clayton:
I'm a little...how do I upgrade to 4.2.2?
And hence cross my fingers, hold my breath and hit "KDE:42/openSUSE_11.1 1-Click Install"?
I'm using the KDE4 Factory builds for 11.1 from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openS USE_11.1 as well as the Community and Playground repositories in that same KDE:/KDE4:/ tree.
Do not use or recommend that repo unless you make sure that KDE 4.3 beta is what people want! KDE:42 is the most stable after STABLE and the DVD. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Friday 15 May 2009 08:31:02 schrieb Verner Kjærsgaard:
Nvidia crashes on me - randomly. It'll do so once or twice a day. Leaving me with a white/greenish flickering screen with no rescue. Doesn't help to kill the X server, but I'm able to get into a shell with ctrl+alt+F1. This doesn NOT change the crashed screen though. But I'm able to type root/password and hence "shutdown -r now" which is respected by the OS and carried out.
how does the device section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like? -- einen schönen Tag noch DI Rainer Klier /(bb|[^b]{2})/ that's the question Und bitte keine TOFU-Mails (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOFU) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Rainer Klier skrev:
Am Friday 15 May 2009 08:31:02 schrieb Verner Kjærsgaard:
Nvidia crashes on me - randomly. It'll do so once or twice a day. Leaving me with a white/greenish flickering screen with no rescue. Doesn't help to kill the X server, but I'm able to get into a shell with ctrl+alt+F1. This doesn NOT change the crashed screen though. But I'm able to type root/password and hence "shutdown -r now" which is respected by the OS and carried out.
how does the device section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like?
Hi, - this is my device section: Section "Device" Identifier "Device[0]" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500M" EndSection -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 Linux Counter no 114954 ------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Friday 15 May 2009 10:06:30 schrieb Verner Kjærsgaard:
Rainer Klier skrev:
how does the device section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like?
Hi,
- this is my device section:
Section "Device" Identifier "Device[0]" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500M" EndSection
i have the successor of the dell m90, the dell m6300. it has similar hardware. it has the Quadro FX 1600M gfx-card. i have absolute no problems with latest nvidia-drivers. they are very stable. so maybe my xorg.conf can help you. at least the device-section. copy your xorg.conf, and try it this (= my xorg.conf) way: Section "Device" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500M" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "HWcursor" "true" Option "Coolbits" "1" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Centered" Option "DamageEvents" "True" Option "NvAGP" "0" Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "true" # TV Option "Overlay" "true" Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B" Option "TVOutFormat" "SVideo" OPtion "TVOverScan" "1.0" VendorName "NVidia" EndSection -- einen schönen Tag noch DI Rainer Klier /(bb|[^b]{2})/ that's the question Und bitte keine TOFU-Mails (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOFU) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Rainer Klier skrev:
Am Friday 15 May 2009 10:06:30 schrieb Verner Kjærsgaard:
Rainer Klier skrev:
how does the device section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like? Hi,
- this is my device section:
Section "Device" Identifier "Device[0]" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500M" EndSection
i have the successor of the dell m90, the dell m6300. it has similar hardware. it has the Quadro FX 1600M gfx-card. i have absolute no problems with latest nvidia-drivers. they are very stable. so maybe my xorg.conf can help you. at least the device-section.
copy your xorg.conf, and try it this (= my xorg.conf) way:
Section "Device" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500M" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "HWcursor" "true" Option "Coolbits" "1" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Centered"
Option "DamageEvents" "True" Option "NvAGP" "0" Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "true"
# TV Option "Overlay" "true" Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B" Option "TVOutFormat" "SVideo" OPtion "TVOverScan" "1.0"
VendorName "NVidia" EndSection
Hi and thank you - will try your Section now. - listen out for the crash :-) -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 Linux Counter no 114954 ------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Verner Kjærsgaard skrev:
Rainer Klier skrev:
Am Friday 15 May 2009 10:06:30 schrieb Verner Kjærsgaard:
Rainer Klier skrev:
how does the device section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like? Hi,
- this is my device section:
Section "Device" Identifier "Device[0]" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500M" EndSection
i have the successor of the dell m90, the dell m6300. it has similar hardware. it has the Quadro FX 1600M gfx-card. i have absolute no problems with latest nvidia-drivers. they are very stable. so maybe my xorg.conf can help you. at least the device-section.
copy your xorg.conf, and try it this (= my xorg.conf) way:
Section "Device" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500M" Driver "nvidia" Identifier "Device[0]" Option "RenderAccel" "true" Option "HWcursor" "true" Option "Coolbits" "1" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true" Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Centered"
Option "DamageEvents" "True" Option "NvAGP" "0" Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "true"
# TV Option "Overlay" "true" Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B" Option "TVOutFormat" "SVideo" OPtion "TVOverScan" "1.0"
VendorName "NVidia" EndSection
Hi and thank you
- will try your Section now. - listen out for the crash :-)
Hold your breath...still running :-) With OO too. -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 Linux Counter no 114954 ------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Rainer Klier wrote:
Am Friday 15 May 2009 08:31:02 schrieb Verner Kjærsgaard:
Nvidia crashes on me - randomly. It'll do so once or twice a day. Leaving me with a white/greenish flickering screen with no rescue. Doesn't help to kill the X server, but I'm able to get into a shell with ctrl+alt+F1. This doesn NOT change the crashed screen though. But I'm able to type root/password and hence "shutdown -r now" which is respected by the OS and carried out.
how does the device section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf look like?
The crashing is not limited to KDE. It is crashing Compiz with GNOME. It
seems when I start working with OpenOffice, Compiz will crash on me.
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