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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and KDE problem
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 21:17:33
Message-Id: 51A27BDD.2090708@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Nvidia drivers and KDE problem by Dale
1 Am 26.05.2013 11:12, schrieb Dale:
2 > Howdy,
3 >
4 > I been letting portage upgrade nvidia drivers as usual. Thing is, the
5 > last two or three drivers seems to cause a issue. First, versions that
6 > cause the issue:
7 >
8 > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-319.12
9 > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-319.17
10 > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-319.23
11 >
12 > I'm currently using this one which works fine:
13 >
14 > x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-313.30
15 >
16 > This is KDE info:
17 >
18 > [IP-] [ ] kde-base/kdelibs-4.10.3-r2
19 >
20 > Video card info:
21 >
22 > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT
23 > 220] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
24 > Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 069a
25 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
26 > Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
27 > Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
28 > Memory at de000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
29 > I/O ports at ef00 [size=128]
30 > [virtual] Expansion ROM at d0000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
31 > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
32 > Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
33 > Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
34 > Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
35 > Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
36 > Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
37 > Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1
38 > Len=024 <?>
39 > Kernel driver in use: nvidia
40 > Kernel modules: nvidia
41 >
42 >
43 > The problem. After I am logged into KDE for a good while, like several
44 > hours to maybe a day or so, the kicker thingy at the bottom locks up
45 > tight. I can't switch desktops, clock stops working, can't click the K
46 > menu thingy either. Everything in the kicker thingy is dead as a door
47 > nail. I can switch desktops with the keyboard and everything else works
48 > in KDE just fine. I can also switch to a console too. Killing X and
49 > restarting it fixes it, xdm restart in my case. I don't have to reload
50 > drivers or restart the system. I do go back and downgrade the drivers
51 > after testing it.
52 >
53 > So, is this a nvidia bug, KDE bug or is it something else? Since it
54 > works when I go back a version of nvidia, it looks like nvidia. Think
55 > is, it only affects KDE and nothing else. Is it possible that my card
56 > is not supposed to use the 319.* series of drivers? The versions that
57 > don't work are all 319.* series.
58 >
59 > Thoughts?
60 >
61 > Dale
62 >
63 > :-) :-)
64 >
65
66 next time as root do:
67 killall -9 krunner
68 killall -9 plasma-desktop