On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 03:16:21 +0100
Staszek <stf.list.ot...@eisenbits.com> wrote:

>On 2015-12-24 15:07, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
>> Try disabling nouveau, both in the kernel and the xorg driver, and see
>> if the crashes stop.
>
>Ok, but what other driver shall I use instead?
>
>According to ThinkPad Wiki nv driver works:
>http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/NVIDIA_Quadro_NVS_140M . Unfortunately it
>is not present in Jessie:
>https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=xserver-xorg-video-nv ??...
>
>My graphics card:
>
># lcpci -vv
>[...]
>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86M [Quadro NVS
>140M] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>       Subsystem: Lenovo ThinkPad T61
>       Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
>Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+
>       Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort-
><MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>       Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes
>       Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 49
>       Region 0: Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>       Region 1: Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>       Region 3: Memory at d4000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
>       Region 5: I/O ports at 2000 [size=128]
>       Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
>       Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
>               Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA 
> PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
>               Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
>       Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
>               Address: 00000000fee0300c  Data: 4192
>       Capabilities: [78] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
>               DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <512ns, 
> L1 <4us
>                       ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
>               DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- 
> Unsupported-
>                       RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
>                       MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
>               DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- 
> TransPend-
>               LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Exit 
> Latency
>L0s <512ns, L1 <4us
>                       ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
>               LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
>                       ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
>               LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ 
> DLActive-
>BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
>       Capabilities: [100 v1] Virtual Channel
>               Caps:   LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1
>               Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128-
>               Ctrl:   ArbSelect=Fixed
>               Status: InProgress-
>               VC0:    Caps:   PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans-
>                       Arb:    Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256-
>                       Ctrl:   Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=01
>                       Status: NegoPending- InProgress-
>       Capabilities: [128 v1] Power Budgeting <?>
>       Capabilities: [600 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1
>Len=024 <?>
>       Kernel driver in use: nouveau
>
>Shall I compile nv driver from source and install it manually?
>


I have a Lenovo T520 here, with dual graphics. I found Nouveau did not
work very good for me. I run dual monitors, so I had to make Optimus
work. The best guide I found is
http://www.unixmen.com/how-to-make-nvidia-optimus-technology-work-properly-on-debian/

It makes the setup easy.


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