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[Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre.kaspar@xxxxxxx>]

Strange...

It might be the kmod-nvidia-PAE which make the correction since I am  
on Fedora 11, using the same kernel as you do.
I don't use kmod since I'm switching from intel to nvidia from time to time.

Does the switching process work correctly when using kmod ?

Alexandre Kaspar

Lorenzo Ciani <lciani@xxxxxxxx> a écrit :

> I'm using Fedora 11 on a Sony Vaio Z VNG-Z790DLX, running  
> kernel-2.6.30.8-64.fc11.i686.PAE. I installed xorg-x11-drv-nvidia  
> and kmod-nvidia-PAE from the RPMfusion repository
>
> Nvidia is working just fine.
>
> Ciao.
>
> --- Gio 15/10/09, Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre.kaspar@xxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>
> > Da: Alexandre Kaspar <alexandre.kaspar@xxxxxxx>
> > Oggetto: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Nvidia driver problem with kernel 2.6.30
> > A: sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Data: Giovedì 15 ottobre 2009, 17:07
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just got a big problem with the nvidia graphics card with
> > the new kernel 2.6.30 on Fedora.
> > The intel one is working well. No problem.
> >
> > The nvidia is... not working with the nvidia driver (last
> > one 180...). But it works with 'vesa' or 'nv', or even
> > 'nouveau' (but who cares ... we don't want them except
> > nouveau...). I actually need the nvidia one for 3d fast
> > computing (a reason why I bought this
> > Actually, I searched a lot and find out how to solve the
> > current problem.
> >
> > I don't know if you have the same problem, but I share my
> > solution to you so that it may help someone :
> >
> > Add a vmalloc=196M parameter to the kernel so that there is
> > enough memory for the nvidia driver.
> > Actually, I got the solution from this thread :
> > http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=42278
> >
> > I don't know if 196M is the good value (I may try some
> > other values... I think the less which is working is the
> > best for it doesn't take too much memory).
> >
> > Anyway, it solved the problem for me (and I'm now really
> > happy :D).
> > Hope that can help.
> >
> > Alexandre Kaspar
> >
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