Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Dennis Bliefernicht]

Robert L. Harris wrote:
> And that's just for starters.  Does anyone know if there's a way to get
> this to compile cleanly or is it SoL until a new driver is released
> (running 1.0.4191 currently).
Get the new driver http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html Quite a few have 
been released since 1.0.4191, in fact you're running the driver that was 
released December 11, 2002, try an update ;)

Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Robert L. Harris]

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Yeah, went poking around the website and found the link up there.  I've
always just used the ftpsite out of habit.  gonna go bang my head on a
desk now.


Thus spake Dennis Bliefernicht (news.removeme@triphoenix.de):

> Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >And that's just for starters.  Does anyone know if there's a way to get
> >this to compile cleanly or is it SoL until a new driver is released
> >(running 1.0.4191 currently).
> Get the new driver http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html Quite a few have 
> been released since 1.0.4191, in fact you're running the driver that was 
> released December 11, 2002, try an update ;)
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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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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Sid Boyce]

Adam Jones wrote:
 >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.)
I haven't had CONFIG_REGPARM set in any of the kernels. 2.6.4-rc2-mm1 
was fine until after I first booted 2.6.4-mm1, then neither would work 
with nvidia. I also got some strange stuff happening, including checksum 
errors on the driver and I had to download it again from nvidia.com on 
two occasions, the first redownload reinstalled  once, then  chksum 
errors, the second redownload did the same as well as chksum 
segfaulting, since then it's been fine. See also the garbage I get out 
of vi in an earlier posting.
Regards
Sid.

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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Sid Boyce]

Sid Boyce wrote:

> Adam Jones wrote:
> >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.)
> I haven't had CONFIG_REGPARM set in any of the kernels. 2.6.4-rc2-mm1 
> was fine until after I first booted 2.6.4-mm1, then neither would work 
> with nvidia. I also got some strange stuff happening, including 
> checksum errors on the driver and I had to download it again from 
> nvidia.com on two occasions, the first redownload reinstalled  once, 
> then  chksum errors, the second redownload did the same as well as 
> chksum segfaulting, since then it's been fine. See also the garbage I 
> get out of vi in an earlier posting.
> Regards
> Sid.
>
*** CORRECTION *** 2.6.4-rc2-mm1 is the one that caused the trouble as 
stated in the first post. I'm yet to boot up 2.6.4-mm1.
Some of the files in lost+found seem to be kde settings which I noticed 
were missing and had to setup again.
Regards
Sid.

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RE: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Sid Boyce]

I tried 5336 with 2.6.4-rc2-mm1 and it locks the box up completely after 
switching to kdm. It worked with 2.6.3-mm4 previously, now even that 
kernel gets a lock up. I've done a reiserfsck --rebuild-tree which 
repaired some files and left 10 files in /lost+found and I can't 
determine what they are.
I am currently using 2.6.4-rc2-mm1 with the standard SuSE 9.0  Driver "nv".
I also went back to the minion.de release and still got a lockup, I 
guess it's down to some of those files in lost+found that are missing.
Regards
Sid.

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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Max Valdez]

That's weird:
uname -a
Linux garaged 2.6.4-rc2-mm1 #1 SMP Wed Mar 10 20:27:04 CST 2004 i686 Intel(R) 
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

$ lsmod | grep nv
nvidia               2075144  12


Running KDE, using kdm, with nvidia module, no problem, I notice a slight 
difference on fonts, but I dont know if it's my imagination.

Been using nvidia modules for quite a few 2.6.x kernels, most of them mmX. 
without problems

Max
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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Sid Boyce]

Max Valdez wrote:

>That's weird:
>uname -a
>Linux garaged 2.6.4-rc2-mm1 #1 SMP Wed Mar 10 20:27:04 CST 2004 i686 Intel(R) 
>Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
>
>$ lsmod | grep nv
>nvidia               2075144  12
>
>
>Running KDE, using kdm, with nvidia module, no problem, I notice a slight 
>difference on fonts, but I dont know if it's my imagination.
>
>Been using nvidia modules for quite a few 2.6.x kernels, most of them mmX. 
>without problems
>
>Max
>  
>
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.
Regards
Sid.

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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Adam Jones]

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.)
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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Valdis.Kletnieks]

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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:24:01 GMT, Adam Jones <adam@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>  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...

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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Steve Youngs]

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* Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> writes:

  > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:24:01 GMT, Adam Jones <adam@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>  said:
  >> 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.)

  $ zgrep REGPARM /proc/config.gz
CONFIG_REGPARM=y

  $ grep nvidia /proc/modules
nvidia 2066568 22 - Live 0xe0b2d000

  $ uname -r
2.6.4-sy1

No problems here. :-)

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

Will have to remember that for 2.6.5, I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks, Valdis.


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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Dominik Karall]

On Monday 15 March 2004 04:36, Steve Youngs wrote:
> * Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> writes:
>   > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:24:01 GMT, Adam Jones <adam@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>  
said:
>   >> 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.)
>
>   $ zgrep REGPARM /proc/config.gz
> CONFIG_REGPARM=y
>
>   $ grep nvidia /proc/modules
> nvidia 2066568 22 - Live 0xe0b2d000
>
>   $ uname -r
> 2.6.4-sy1
>
> No problems here. :-)
>
>   > Also, the NVidia driver uses a bit of kernel stack, so it's
>   > incompatible with the CONFIG_4KSTACKS option in recent -mm
>   > kernels...
>
> Will have to remember that for 2.6.5, I'll let you know how it goes.
> Thanks, Valdis.

can you let me know how to compile the nvidia drivers for 4KSTACK? cause in 
the 2.6.5-rc1-mm1 is no more option to deactivate 4KSTACK.
thx!

greets

Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Brian Gerst]

Dominik Karall wrote:
> On Monday 15 March 2004 04:36, Steve Youngs wrote:
> 
>>* Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> writes:
>>  > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:24:01 GMT, Adam Jones <adam@yggdrasl.demon.co.uk>  
> 
> said:
> 
>>  >> 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.)
>>
>>  $ zgrep REGPARM /proc/config.gz
>>CONFIG_REGPARM=y
>>
>>  $ grep nvidia /proc/modules
>>nvidia 2066568 22 - Live 0xe0b2d000
>>
>>  $ uname -r
>>2.6.4-sy1
>>
>>No problems here. :-)
>>
>>  > Also, the NVidia driver uses a bit of kernel stack, so it's
>>  > incompatible with the CONFIG_4KSTACKS option in recent -mm
>>  > kernels...
>>
>>Will have to remember that for 2.6.5, I'll let you know how it goes.
>>Thanks, Valdis.
> 
> 
> can you let me know how to compile the nvidia drivers for 4KSTACK? cause in 
> the 2.6.5-rc1-mm1 is no more option to deactivate 4KSTACK.
> thx!

Complain to NVidia.  It's the binary-only part of the driver that's the 
real stack hog.

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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Valdis.Kletnieks]

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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:49:40 +0100, Dominik Karall <dominik.karall@gmx.net>  said:

> can you let me know how to compile the nvidia drivers for 4KSTACK? cause in 
> the 2.6.5-rc1-mm1 is no more option to deactivate 4KSTACK.

Get the 2.6.5-rc1-mm1-broken-out.tar.bz2, untar it, then

patch -p1 -R < broken-out/4k-stacks-always-on.patch

Yes, the *right* thing would be for NVidia to fix the binary.  However, this
is a lot more expedient than waiting. :)

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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Dominik Karall]

On Tuesday 16 March 2004 22:19, you wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:49:40 +0100, Dominik Karall <dominik.karall@gmx.net>  
said:
> > can you let me know how to compile the nvidia drivers for 4KSTACK? cause
> > in the 2.6.5-rc1-mm1 is no more option to deactivate 4KSTACK.
>
> Get the 2.6.5-rc1-mm1-broken-out.tar.bz2, untar it, then
>
> patch -p1 -R < broken-out/4k-stacks-always-on.patch
>
> Yes, the *right* thing would be for NVidia to fix the binary.  However,
> this is a lot more expedient than waiting. :)

thx, works now with 8k stack size :)

greets

NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Robert L. Harris]

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  I'm trying to use the NVIDIA driver so I can play NWN and some other
games which won't run with the stock XFree (xserver-xfree86_4.3.0-5) 
driver.  When I run "make" in the NVIDIA_kernel directory I get alot of
undefined variables:

/lib/modules/2.6.4/build/include/asm/mpspec.h:20: error: `MAX_MP_BUSSES' undeclared here (not in a function)
/lib/modules/2.6.4/build/include/asm/mpspec.h:20: error: conflicting types for `mp_bus_id_to_type'
/lib/modules/2.6.4/build/include/asm/mpspec.h:8: error: previous declaration of `mp_bus_id_to_type'
/lib/modules/2.6.4/build/include/asm/mpspec.h:22: error: `MAX_IRQ_SOURCES' undeclared here (not in a function)
/lib/modules/2.6.4/build/include/asm/mpspec.h:24: error: `MAX_MP_BUSSES' undeclared here (not in a function)
/lib/modules/2.6.4/build/include/asm/mpspec.h:24: error: conflicting types for `mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus'
/lib/modules/2.6.4/build/include/asm/mpspec.h:12: error: previous declaration of `mp_bus_id_to_pci_bus'
/lib/modules/2.6.4/build/include/asm/mpspec.h:50: error: `MAX_APICS' undeclared here (not in a function)

And that's just for starters.  Does anyone know if there's a way to get
this to compile cleanly or is it SoL until a new driver is released
(running 1.0.4191 currently).

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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Nerijus Baliunas]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:31:00 -0500 "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net> wrote:

> And that's just for starters.  Does anyone know if there's a way to get
> this to compile cleanly or is it SoL until a new driver is released
> (running 1.0.4191 currently).

At least for x86 the latest driver (1.0-5336) is compatible with 2.6.x
(didn't test on 2.6.4 though).

Regards,
Nerijus

Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Martin Zwickel]

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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:07:03 +0200 (EET)
Nerijus Baliunas <nerijus@users.sourceforge.net> bubbled:

> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:31:00 -0500 "Robert L. Harris"
> <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net> wrote:
> 
> > And that's just for starters.  Does anyone know if there's a way to get
> > this to compile cleanly or is it SoL until a new driver is released
> > (running 1.0.4191 currently).
> 
> At least for x86 the latest driver (1.0-5336) is compatible with 2.6.x
> (didn't test on 2.6.4 though).

nvidia 5336 works with 2.6.4 here. (but it has a basic sysfs patch
applied by gentoo)

Regards,
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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[venom]

on x86 all nvidia driver will compile and run with 2.6 kernels using nimion
patches.

nvidia driver on 2.6.4 won't run if you compile the kernel with
-mregparm=3 (CONFIG_REGPARM enabled). Then you will get the most wonderfull oops
of your life.

bests
Luigi


On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Nerijus Baliunas wrote:

> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 15:07:03 +0200 (EET)
> From: Nerijus Baliunas <nerijus@users.sourceforge.net>
> To: Robert L. Harris <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net>
> Cc: Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Subject: Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?
>
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:31:00 -0500 "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net> wrote:
>
> > And that's just for starters.  Does anyone know if there's a way to get
> > this to compile cleanly or is it SoL until a new driver is released
> > (running 1.0.4191 currently).
>
> At least for x86 the latest driver (1.0-5336) is compatible with 2.6.x
> (didn't test on 2.6.4 though).
>
> Regards,
> Nerijus
>
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Re: NVIDIA and 2.6.4?

[Alistair John Strachan]

On Thursday 11 March 2004 12:31, Robert L. Harris wrote:
[snip]
> And that's just for starters.  Does anyone know if there's a way to get
> this to compile cleanly or is it SoL until a new driver is released
> (running 1.0.4191 currently).

Alternatively, pop along to http://minion.de/, where you can still pick up 2.6 
patches for older drivers (we recognise that for some people, the newest 
drivers break things).

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