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Re: Nvidia module with kernels 2.6.35

 

Another possible hint, at the same time the module started not inserting,
somehow I had to start doing ifdown eth0 and ifup eth0 to change mac
address, so it seems to be ignoring /etc/network/interfaces on boot. I think
my computer is very confused :)

2010/9/17 Dinis Gökaydin <dgokaydin@xxxxxxxxx>

> I was actually using an older module found in
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1366605 and in many other places.
>
> I tried acpi_call too, same effect. It says it worked after test_off.sh
> and then It hangs after a few seconds and some aberrant behaviour where
> everything slowly hangs or disappears and the pointer is the last thing to
> go (could the intel graphics be off? if so, how to get them back on and why
> are they off in the first place? i did not turn off intel graphics in the
> bios)
>
> I did recompile it for the new kernel. No go with 2.6.35.19 and 2.6.35.20.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 4:33 PM, luper rouch <luper.rouch@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> 2010/9/17 Dinis Gökaydin <dgokaydin@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hello everyone,
>> >
>> > I recently updated my ubuntu to the new beta 10.10. This comes with
>> kernel
>> > 2.6.35 However, the module to deactivate the nvidia card stopped
>> working.
>> > Everything hangs a few seconds after activating the module.
>> >
>> > Strangely, if I boot the 2.6.32 kernel I can still insert the module and
>> it
>> > works, but I can't load it at startup or it hangs during boot. When I
>> had
>> > 10.04 installed, the module worked fine with kernel 2.6.32.
>> >
>> > I updated the BIOS to the latest version from the asus website (211)
>> with no
>> > effect.
>> >
>> > I believe this is not a kernel problem, given that I read a few posts
>> where
>> > people have no trouble inserting the module with kernels 2.6.35.
>> >
>> > Any ideas before I reinstall 10.04?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance!
>> >
>> > Dinis
>> >
>>
>> What module are you talking about ? acpi_call ? Did you recompile it
>> for the new kernel ?
>>
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>> Lup
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