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[Younes Manton <553789@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On , bugzilla-daemon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26980


> --- Comment #58 from Volker Kuhlmann list0570@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2011-07-13  
> 04:03:19 PDT ---

> Uuggh, this seems to be a serious problem, even when using nvidia.ko.

> Why? Because xorg seems to probe drivers on startup, and somehow managing  
> to

> load the nouveau module even when I want to use the nvidia module. The  
> nouveau

> module then fails to unload properly (use count is always at least 1, and  
> stays

> 1 even after changing to runlevel 3 and killing xorg).


> I could reliably hang the system just by logging out from kdm. Syslog is  
> full

> of nouveau problems - why, given that I am using nvidia?

> When renaming all instances of nouveau.ko under /lib/modules the hangs

> disappeared.


> This has always been there and seems to have zilch effect:


> > ls -l /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf

> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18 2011-04-29 22:55 /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf

> > cat /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf

> blacklist nouveau


> Symptoms are random freezes requiring a hardware reset, but always  
> involving

> some graphics operation. I can detect no other hardware malfunction, and  
> lockup

> behaviour is not characteristic of general hardware faults (eg ram,
cpu,

> disk).


> My reset button is really polished now ;-((


> System details:

> openSUSE 11.4 with all updates installed,

> currently that is kernel kernel-desktop-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64

> xorg-x11-server-7.6_1.9.3-15.24.2.x86_64

> The problem seems worse with

> kernel-desktop-2.6.39.2-36.1.x86_64


> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT  
> 220]

> (rev a2)


> Mobo is Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H with

> NB/SB: AMD 880G / SB850

> USB 2.0 + 3.0, SATA 3Gb + 6Gb (prob not relevant)

> The chipset also contains an integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 (which works  
> fine on

> the OSS radeon driver, with the limits of the driver).

> Phenom II X6 1090T CPU


Delete nouveau.ko.

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