[mythtv-users] Nvidia help

[Dustin Jenkins]

Yan Seiner wrote:
> 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)
>
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Do you have the X log that you could post please?  Also, did you 
download the Nvidia installer or did you get the nvidia-glx and 
nvidia-sources modules from the package manager?

Thanks,
Dustin