[BUG] NVIDIA 295.17 switching to TTY display is turned off, nvidia 8600m

[SpartanJ]

Same problem here, with GTX260M and any 295.* driver, i'm using 3.1.0 kernel. 290.10 works fine to me too.

[Plagman]

We're actively trying to investigate this; I'll update the thread as soon as I have more information.

[eserzet]

Can confirm this bug under gentoo ~x86 , latest updates, latest kernel (3.2.11).

/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old :

[  5942.788] 
Backtrace:
[  5942.869] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x81bc8ab]
[  5942.869] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x178335) [0x81c0335]
[  5942.869] 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb773340c]
[  5942.869] Segmentation fault at address 0xb6e38000
[  5942.869] 
Fatal server error:
[  5942.869] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting

/var/log/messages :

[kernel] NVRM: Xid (0000:01:00): 6, PE0001
[kdm] X server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly

Driver 290.10 is the latest working for me.

Is there any official NVIDIA bugtracking system for that issue like bugzilla?

Best regards.

[eserzet]

Oh additionally to my comment #15 :

Besides the black screen / no signal in VT[1-6] behaviour, I get randomly kicked from X (this is when I get these error message above), when I'm using latest KDE4.8.1. And it is totally random: X crashs after 2 min, X crashs after 6 hours desktop idling, X crashs after 1 hour Adobe flash video playback and then 3 days without any problems - except the black screen VT issue of course.

I am using

- xorg-server 1.11.3 resp. 1.11.4
- vesafb
- mesa 7.11.2 resp. 8.0.1
- kernel 3.2.1 and now 3.2.11

greetings

[kokoko3k]

Anybody tried with 295.33?

[ioni]

Originally Posted by kokoko3k

Anybody tried with 295.33?

not fixed.

[pavlinux]

Hey, World! Try:

DISABLE ANY FRAMEBUFFERS

1. vga=normal in bootloader prompt
2. rm or move nv.ko nvidiafb.ko all other framebuffer drivers
3. mv /etc/init.d/fb* ~/

[artem]

pavlinux

290.10 drivers still work just fine, why do I need this ****ty workaround on my 2560x1600 display?

[vaccaaa]

Originally Posted by pavlinux

Hey, World! Try:

DISABLE ANY FRAMEBUFFERS

1. vga=normal in bootloader prompt
2. rm or move nv.ko nvidiafb.ko all other framebuffer drivers
3. mv /etc/init.d/fb* ~/

Going to try it Thank you!

Originally Posted by artem

pavlinux

290.10 drivers still work just fine, why do I need this ****ty workaround on my 2560x1600 display?

For example, if you are going to install xorg server >= 1.12 you will need nvidia > 290, and so you will need this workaround... Of course waiting that the lastest driver is fixed...

[pavlinux]

Originally Posted by artem

pavlinux

290.10 drivers still work just fine, why do I need this ****ty workaround on my 2560x1600 display?

Try without xorg.conf, may be oldest config params not compatible with new driver.

# nvidia-bug-report.sh

And attach here file with reults.

[kokoko3k]

@pavlinux,
the OP (8600GT) stated:

FYI, I just dropped vga/video parameters from kernel line and the problem persits

and i can confirm that using a text only console doesn't workaround the issue on my 9600 too.

[artem]

pavlinux

#
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Videocard0"
        BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
        Driver          "nvidia"
        VendorName      "NVIDIA"
        BoardName       "nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GT (rev a2)"
        Option          "CursorShadow" "on"
        Option          "RandRRotation" "on"
        Option          "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "on"
        Option          "Coolbits" "5"
        Option          "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = Native"
EndSection

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