I upgraded kernel to 2.6.15 and after re-compiling nvidia proprietary kernel module (version 1.0.6629-r5 - gentoo), X.org gave me following error:
X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.14-ck6 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux cloudkiss 2.6.15 #1 PREEMPT Sun Jan 8 09:18:28 EET 2006 i686
Build Date: 09 January 2006
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Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jan 12 09:31:55 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Using vt 7
NVIDIA: failed to set MTRR 0xd0000000, 256M (write-combining)
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
I couldn't make it run, so i downgraded to 2.6.14 and everything was back to normal. Any ideas what has changed in kernel causing such error?
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2200+
MEM: 768M
GFX: GeForce 6600GT
The nVidia driver you use is
The nVidia driver you use is quite old.
While this might not be the cause of the problem, you should
upgrade anyway in case the good guys at nVidia fixed any bugs
(one of which could be causing your problem).
Word on the mythtv list is th
Word on the mythtv list is that the 8178 driver is s**t. Best to try version 7676
get official support!
ahaha... please fill out a bugreport... (nvidia-bug-report.sh)
and post in to http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=14 (nVidia's official Linux Forum)...
Gentoo only lists nVidia 6629-r5 as stable
Same problem here, but I changed xorg.conf to use xorg's nv driver instead of dropping back to 2.6.14. Works fine.
The current stable nVidia driver for Gentoo is 6629-r5. There is an entry in Gentoo's bug tracker for this issue:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120103
Geof
Upgrading nvidia driver solves this problem
Same problem as you.
Long story (in spanish)
nvidia 1.0-8187 requires a patch for 2.6.15
See Zander's nvidia driver 1.0-8187 patch thread here on the nvidia forums: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62021
It would seem that 1.0-8187 has some issues with linux 2.6.15 without his rolled up patch (available on that thread).
With my 7800 GTX, and gentoo-sources 2.6.16-gentoo-r1, things are stable here using media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8187-r2 yet with the NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-8178-U011806.diff patch from that thread.
This is on an MSI Neo4-F with an AMD64 3800 (venice) CPU.