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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:29:50
Message-Id: 20120419012740.GA1953@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X by Michael Mol
1 On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 05:21:28PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote
2 > Proprietary drivers work fine with 3.2.1. Haven't tried 3.2.12.
3
4 The proprietary driver partly works. Static images (jpeg/gif/png/etc)
5 are OK. 1080p HD Flash videos play fullscreen without stuttering. But
6 colours are way off on hue. Faces are blue (no, this wasn't the "Avatar"
7 trailer <G>). Mplayer totally locks up the machine as soon as I start
8 it. I have to resort to Magic-Sysrq to bail out without forcing a major
9 fsck. Here are the card details from "lspci -v"...
10
11 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
12 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83c7
13 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
14 Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
15 Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
16 Memory at ce000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
17 I/O ports at df00 [size=128]
18 [virtual] Expansion ROM at c0000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
19 Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
20 Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
21 Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
22 Capabilities: [b4] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 <?>
23 Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
24 Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
25 Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 <?>
26 Kernel driver in use: nvidia
27 Kernel modules: nvidia
28
29 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
30 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83c7
31 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
32 Memory at fcffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
33 Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
34 Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
35 Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
36 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
37
38 I'm file-attaching the Xorg log and the xorg.conf, if they'll help.
39
40 --
41 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>

Attachments

File name MIME type
Xorg.0.log.gz application/octet-stream
xorg.conf text/plain

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
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 Alecks Gates <alecks.g@×××××.com>