[mythtv-users] Nvidia help

[Yan Seiner]

This would almost be funny if it wasn't such a mess....

I built a new Myth front end, to go with my new Myth 0.20 server.  I 
decided to go with an NVidia card as well.

The motherboard is an Asus K8V-X AMD CPU, nice solid board.

I am running debian testing.  So....

Every time I try to use the Nvidia driver, X locks up the screen and 
keyboard completely.  It hands in a 'D' - uniterruptible sleep - state, 
signifying a hardware failure.

OK, the NVidia card I got was a no-name, 5200 -based card, so maybe it 
was flaky.  I got a new Asus 6200 based card, thinking Asus mobo, Asus 
card, at least I shouldn't have any hardware issues.

Plug it in, rebuild the nvidia driver, and BANG - X is locked up again.  
The system is still running fine, I can ssh into it, eveything is OK - 
except that any attempt to access the card results in X hanging.

The lockup looks like a hard lock; the screen is black, the keyboard 
won't respond, but the system is accessible from the network.

NVidia support went through their 'try this, try that' routine, and 
finally said, sorry, we can't help you.  So much for tech support (and 
why I *despise* closed source hardware drivers.)

Can anyone provide some help?  I would really, really like to get my old 
front end out of the living room....

I can provide any and all information.... 

--Yan

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge 
[K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 37)
00:0c.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 37)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID 
Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge 
[KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem 
Controller (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] 
(rev 78)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] 
Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 
6200] (rev a1)