Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
I've been using NVIDIA drivers for my geforce 3 with MandrakeFreq 9-xx-2001. They seem to work pretty good, my games work, but sometimes crash, the biggest problem i have is after i run a game and i try to switch to a virtual console (ctrl-alt-F1) the screen is way messed up, it's completely unreadable, then i try to switch back to graphics (ctrl-alt-F7) and it's all messed up now. This only happens, when running a game or right after a ran a game. that's the only complain i've had so far mark On Monday 10 September 2001 01:46 am, you wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Grégoire Colbert wrote: > > If you run Cooker, and use NVidia's driver, then you may read the > > following. I have experienced a bug related to module NVdriver in > > Mandrake 8.0 and I would like to know whether this bug could still > > happen in Cooker or not. > > I had somewhat different bug in 8.0, where the screen saver > locked my X server (only when using NVidia drivers). It happened > quite seldom (once a week maybe) and in some particular screen > saver (I don't know which one, because the crash happens always > when the screen saver starts to render something -- the screen is > green or turquoise and the first line or two is more detailed). > When I changed the screen saver settings to "no screen saver", the > broblem vanished. > > Could this problem be related to yours? > > Regards, > Matias
Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
I see you didn't compile from source and change the Makefile so that it installs the GL libs in /usr/X11R6/lib. Your new GL libs are in /usr/lib. This shouldn't be the problem. This is the first time I modified the directory that nVidia installs the libs, and I had no problems when I didn't either. Well, it appears that my suggestion is no good. Next? On Mon, 2001-09-10 at 03:39, Grégoire Colbert wrote: Lonnie Borntreger wrote: > Check to see if you have a /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 that is linked to > libGLwrapper.so.0.something. I had this. If so, you need to do: > -> cd /usr/X11R6/lib > -> rm libGL.so.1 > -> ln -s libGL.so.1.0.1512 libGL.so.1 I removed this link when installing nvidia driver. Though, I don't have a "libGL.so.1.0.wxyz" link in that directory. I have: $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 740 mar 27 17:33 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.la* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 683 mar 27 17:33 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.la* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 jui 25 19:34 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so -> libGLU.so.1* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 mai 25 23:02 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1 -> libGLU.so.1.2.030401* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 134452 mar 27 17:33 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1.2.030401* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 mai 25 23:02 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.3 -> libGLU.so.1* -rw-r--r--1 root root 30508 aoû 8 12:51 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLw.a > YMMV !? Grégoire -- TTFN, Lonnie Borntreger -- -- -- Our mission is to authoritatively promote timely methods of empowerment so that we may endeavor to collaboratively supply inexpensive opportunities to exceed customer expectations
Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
Lonnie Borntreger wrote: > Check to see if you have a /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 that is linked to > libGLwrapper.so.0.something. I had this. If so, you need to do: > -> cd /usr/X11R6/lib > -> rm libGL.so.1 > -> ln -s libGL.so.1.0.1512 libGL.so.1 I removed this link when installing nvidia driver. Though, I don't have a "libGL.so.1.0.wxyz" link in that directory. I have: $ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 740 mar 27 17:33 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.la* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 683 mar 27 17:33 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.la* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 jui 25 19:34 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so -> libGLU.so.1* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 20 mai 25 23:02 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1 -> libGLU.so.1.2.030401* -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 134452 mar 27 17:33 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1.2.030401* lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 mai 25 23:02 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.3 -> libGLU.so.1* -rw-r--r--1 root root 30508 aoû 8 12:51 /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLw.a > YMMV !? Grégoire
Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
Check to see if you have a /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 that is linked to libGLwrapper.so.0.something. I had this. If so, you need to do: -> cd /usr/X11R6/lib -> rm libGL.so.1 -> ln -s libGL.so.1.0.1512 libGL.so.1 YMMV On Mon, 2001-09-10 at 03:08, Grégoire Colbert wrote: Matias Griese wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Grégoire Colbert wrote: > > >>If you run Cooker, and use NVidia's driver, then you may read the >>following. I have experienced a bug related to module NVdriver in >>Mandrake 8.0 and I would like to know whether this bug could still >>happen in Cooker or not. >> > > I had somewhat different bug in 8.0, where the screen saver > locked my X server (only when using NVidia drivers). It happened > quite seldom (once a week maybe) and in some particular screen > saver (I don't know which one, because the crash happens always > when the screen saver starts to render something -- the screen is > green or turquoise and the first line or two is more detailed). > When I changed the screen saver settings to "no screen saver", the > broblem vanished. > > Could this problem be related to yours? > > Regards, > Matias I guess the "faulty" screensaver was using OpenGL (like Cannon Smash)? However, if it freezed in the first seconds, that's not the same bug. I can play Cannon Smash for a few minutes when the crontab is set, but when the hour comes to :10,:20,:30, etc, it will freeze. Grégoire -- TTFN, Lonnie Borntreger -- -- -- Our mission is to authoritatively promote timely methods of empowerment so that we may endeavor to collaboratively supply inexpensive opportunities to exceed customer expectations
Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
Matias Griese wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Grégoire Colbert wrote: > > >>If you run Cooker, and use NVidia's driver, then you may read the >>following. I have experienced a bug related to module NVdriver in >>Mandrake 8.0 and I would like to know whether this bug could still >>happen in Cooker or not. >> > > I had somewhat different bug in 8.0, where the screen saver > locked my X server (only when using NVidia drivers). It happened > quite seldom (once a week maybe) and in some particular screen > saver (I don't know which one, because the crash happens always > when the screen saver starts to render something -- the screen is > green or turquoise and the first line or two is more detailed). > When I changed the screen saver settings to "no screen saver", the > broblem vanished. > > Could this problem be related to yours? > > Regards, > Matias I guess the "faulty" screensaver was using OpenGL (like Cannon Smash)? However, if it freezed in the first seconds, that's not the same bug. I can play Cannon Smash for a few minutes when the crontab is set, but when the hour comes to :10,:20,:30, etc, it will freeze. Grégoire
Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Grégoire Colbert wrote: > If you run Cooker, and use NVidia's driver, then you may read the > following. I have experienced a bug related to module NVdriver in > Mandrake 8.0 and I would like to know whether this bug could still > happen in Cooker or not. I had somewhat different bug in 8.0, where the screen saver locked my X server (only when using NVidia drivers). It happened quite seldom (once a week maybe) and in some particular screen saver (I don't know which one, because the crash happens always when the screen saver starts to render something -- the screen is green or turquoise and the first line or two is more detailed). When I changed the screen saver settings to "no screen saver", the broblem vanished. Could this problem be related to yours? Regards, Matias
Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
Salane wrote: > in cooker > > cat /etc/cron.d/kmod > # modprobe -r is a two-hand sweep module cleaner > */10 * * * *root/sbin/modprobe -rs > I just tested and I can confirm that with this line instead of "rmmod -as", the same freeze happens on my system. Grégoire
Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
Salane wrote: > in cooker > > cat /etc/cron.d/kmod > # modprobe -r is a two-hand sweep module cleaner > */10 * * * *root/sbin/modprobe -rs > That's the same command as "rmmod -as" (check the manpage). So, the test still applies, so I'm waiting for some results. Thanks. Grégoire
Re: [Cooker] To NVidia users
in cooker cat /etc/cron.d/kmod # modprobe -r is a two-hand sweep module cleaner */10 * * * *root/sbin/modprobe -rs On Saturday 08 September 2001 07:43 pm, you wrote: > Hello, > > If you run Cooker, and use NVidia's driver, then you may read the > following. I have experienced a bug related to module NVdriver in > Mandrake 8.0 and I would like to know whether this bug could still > happen in Cooker or not. > > *Abstract* : The problem is that I tried a game called "Cannon Smash" > this afternoon, and it suddenly freezed my X server. Thanks to Guillaume > (gc), I checked the log and found that in /etc/cron.d/kmod, there's a > script that runs "rmmod -as" every 10 minutes. That command is here to > unload all unused kernel modules if they have the attribute "autoclean" > set (which is shown in "lsmod"). Unfortunately, when playing "Cannon > Smash", X freezed on my machine after a few minutes of a fantastic match > (cough). So, what I think has happened is that "rmmod -as" unloaded > NVdriver module *even though* it was still being used. Which freezes X > instantly. > > If you want to help me to know if this bug is reproduceable on other > machines, please do the following steps: > > *Testcase* > > 1 - please reboot your PC (for safety) > > 2 - switch to runlevel 5 if not already > > 3 - check that /etc/cron.d/kmod contains the line: > */10 * * * *root/sbin/rmmod -as > > 4 - launch Cannon Smash as a simple user, with defaults options > > 5 - play a few matches (you should use the *right* mouse button > otherwise you will feel very bad). Then, one of the following will happen: > > 6a - suddenly X freezes (after a somewhat long period, many minutes), do > not swear, and do the following : press "SysRq K", which should restart > KDM (SysRq is "Alt PrintScreen" on my computer). If not, then try to do > "SysRq S" which will sync your disk. Hopefully, a hard reboot won't > screw up your partition (don't quote me on that). > > 6b - nothing happens, you can play the game for hours. > > 7 - In both situations, please send me a mail, that's interesting. > > Thanks for your help. > > Grégoire > > PS : if you see the bug, comment out the line in "kmod" file and you > should be safe from this freeze. Try it out and see, it works for me.
