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From: Alecks Gates <alecks.g@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:48:41
Message-Id: CAKkyAYZJjSYmAPvnWVNjN52fBBO3rMUz9_Bz9SWAduXPbjfjag@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X by Walter Dnes
1 Wait a second, was just scimming this and saw you mention blue faces. I
2 have a 210 using the latest binary drivers from nvidia and it seems like
3 all red color shows up as blue in the flash player (and only flash
4 player). It had never happened any time previously, and this was a new
5 install.
6
7 Frankly I have no idea how to fix it, but I mostly ignored it until now
8 because of html5 videos (where the problem doesn't occur).
9
10 Not sure I'll be able to reply with details after this but I thought I'd
11 mention it....
12
13 Alecks Gates, sent from Android on an HTC G2
14 On Apr 18, 2012 9:28 PM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
15
16 > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 05:21:28PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote
17 > > Proprietary drivers work fine with 3.2.1. Haven't tried 3.2.12.
18 >
19 > The proprietary driver partly works. Static images (jpeg/gif/png/etc)
20 > are OK. 1080p HD Flash videos play fullscreen without stuttering. But
21 > colours are way off on hue. Faces are blue (no, this wasn't the "Avatar"
22 > trailer <G>). Mplayer totally locks up the machine as soon as I start
23 > it. I have to resort to Magic-Sysrq to bail out without forcing a major
24 > fsck. Here are the card details from "lspci -v"...
25 >
26 > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210]
27 > (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
28 > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83c7
29 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
30 > Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
31 > Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
32 > Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
33 > I/O ports at df00 [size=128]
34 > [virtual] Expansion ROM at c0000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
35 > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
36 > Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
37 > Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
38 > Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
39 > Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
40 > Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
41 > Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1
42 > Len=024 <?>
43 > Kernel driver in use: nvidia
44 > Kernel modules: nvidia
45 >
46 > 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller
47 > (rev a1)
48 > Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83c7
49 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
50 > Memory at fcffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
51 > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
52 > Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
53 > Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
54 > Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
55 >
56 > I'm file-attaching the Xorg log and the xorg.conf, if they'll help.
57 >
58 > --
59 > Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
60 >

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>