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Re: nvidia kernel + AMD processor = problems with sound & tv tuner



On Sunday 03 July 2005 23:09, Michael Bonert wrote:

	I had the problem that after I installed the nvidia driver I could not use 
xawtv   I sovled this by using the argument xawtv -noxv

		peter colton

> I installed the nvidia kernel (details below) and after that and rebooting:
>
> I got the nvidia splash screen (the driver seems to load), but...
> the tv tuner card doesn't work, xine sound doesn't work and totem sound
> doesn't work.  Interesting is that XMMS player sound does work.  Without
> the nvidia stuff... the tv tuner, xine and totem all work (as does xmms).
>
> -----
>
> Is this an issue between k7 and i386?
> Why is the nvidia driver screwing with the sound?
> I used gcc 3.3.5 to compile the nvidia-kernel (the original kernel was
> compiled with gcc 3.3.6) -- could this be causing all the trouble?
>
> I found this about the k7 kernels...
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/11/msg00022.html
> and wonder whether there is a more general issue here.
>
>
> Details of the install
> =====================================================================
> July 3, 2005
> # apt-get install nvidia-settings
>
> # apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common
> # apt-get install nvidia-kernel-source
> PLEASE read /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-source/README.Debian for building
> information.
>
> $ cd /usr/src
> # su
> # tar xzvf nvidia-kernel-source.tar.gz
>
> # more /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.11-1-k7 (dilinger@mouth) (gcc version 3.3.6 (Debian
> 1:3.3.6-5)) #1 Fri May 20 06:54:58 UTC 2005
>
> # uname -r
> 2.6.11-1-k7
>
> # export KSRC=/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.11-1-k7
> # export KVERS=2.6.11-1-k7
>
> # cd modules/nvidia-kernel
>
> <SNIP>
> dpkg-deb: building package `nvidia-kernel-2.6.11-1-k7' in
> `/usr/src/modules/nvidia-kernel/../nvidia-kernel-2.6.11-1-k7_1.0.7174-3_i38
>6.deb'.
>
> # cd ..
> # pwd
> /usr/src/modules
>
> # dpkg -i nvidia-kernel-2.6.11-1-k7_1.0.7174-3_i386.deb
>
> # apt-get install nvidia-glx
> 	file:/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.gz
>
> as per "/usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/README.Debian"
> # vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> make sure it is there -	Load "glx"
> remove - 		Load "dri"
> remove - 		Load "GLcore"
> change -		'Driver "nv"' to 'Driver "nvidia"'
>
> RESTART X -- appears to work...
> reboot... more testing --> then above problems.
>
>
>
>
> Hardware:
> ========================================
> Athlon 2200 XP
> ASUS A7N8X (Motherboard)
> ASUS V8420 - NVIDIA GeForce 4 (Video)
> 512 MB RAM
>
> Software:
> ========================================
> Debian GNU/Linux - testing
> base kernel 2.6.11-k7
> KDE 3.3.2
>
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