Gus Wirth wrote: > Gus Wirth wrote: >> I've been having problems with the proprietary NVIDIA X drivers causing >> X to lock up, causing about 100% CPU load as determined by top. It >> also causes the keyboard to lock up, forcing me to reboot the system. >> The system remains functional for other things; for example I can ssh >> into the box (that's how I get it to reboot). Other programs started >> in X continue to run. > [snip] > > I should have done some more research first. This is apparently a huge > problem for lots of people that has been going on for a least two years > now. Searching the net shows some possible solutions: > > Turn off APIC in the BIOS and/or as a kernel option noapic. > Turn off acpi using the kernel option acpi=off > Disable GLX in the xorg.conf file > Disable RenderAccel in the xorg.conf file > > From the NVIDIA README file that comes with their installer: > > Q. My kernel log contains messages that are prefixed with "Xid"; what do > these messages mean? > > A. "Xid" messages indicate that a general GPU error occurred, most often > due to the driver misprogramming the GPU or to corruption of the > commands sent to the GPU. These messages provide diagnostic information > that can be used by NVIDIA to aid in debugging reported problems. >
Up until a month-or-so ago, I was having problems with the nvidia driver putting X into a non-responsive mode (100% cpu, no kbd, sometimes no mouse). Connecting via ssh and killing X worked for me. I posted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and got prompt response. Note they especially like to get the output from running nvidia-bug-report.sh. In my case, the first question they asked was whether I was getting the problem with the latest version, which is available from their website, which for ARCH was http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_amd64_1.0-9629.html It was indeed later than provided by FC5, and didn't match my kernel, but I tried anyhow, and was surprised that the shell detected the different kernel from what they had precompiled, *but* offered to recompile on-the-spot! Anyway, the compile and install worked fine, and it fixed the problem for me. My problem was exhibiting log message symptoms like (WW) NVIDIA(0): WAIT (2, 7, 0x8000, 0x0000a29c, 0x0000deb4, 0) Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
