Nvidia driver lock-up (was (Re: Flightgear crashes (the program, not the pilot))
Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
Am Sonntag, 17. September 2006 19:27 schrieb Russ Cook:
Flightgear crashes on startup on my system. I'm running
2.6.16-2-amd64-k8-smp generic kernel. My system:
An Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard with AMD Athlon 4800 dual
core cpu, with 4 MB of Corsair TwinX ram sticks. I have an older
GeForce4 MX 420 graphics board with 64 MB ram. I have updated my bios
to version 1303.
I'm running Debian unstable, with latest version of Flightgear and
all required packages. I'm NOT running nvidia drivers because
they cause my system to hang. I'm also running the VESA driver,
for the same reason. I've attached the error message that Flightgear
generates on startup. Is this error indicative of the video driver I'm
using?
Thanks for any help.
Regards,
Russ
Hi Russ,
as far as I know flightgear needs rendering software, just opengl.
At start it looks in its configfile, and tries to set the settings and
initialising the scenery.
IMO you MUST have an opengl-driver working ! Otherwise it will crash.
Why does the nvidia-driver not work ? It should, if you use the Debian
packages and compile the nvidia-kernel-module on your own, and, additionally
install the package nvidia-glx.
Good luck !
Hans
Hans,
Today I upgraded to 2.6.17-2-amd64, used the debian Nvidia packages,
compiled nvidia-kernel-module, and installed nvidia-glx. I made the
appropriate changes to xorg.conf (attached), added nvidia to /etc/modules,
and restarted my xserver. As soon as I log in to gdm, the system locks up.
I have to use ssh from another linux box to restart kill gdm. If I try to
log in as an invalid user, it checks password, rejects the login, and gives
a new login prompt without locking up. As soon as I successfully login,
the system locks up.
I have reverted back to the vesa driver (again). If anyone can help me
troubleshoot this problem, I'll be happy to reload the nvidia driver and
run whatever tests you can walk me through. I'd really like to be able
to use the nvidia driver, for the performance boost it's supposed to
provide. It also seems necessary in order to run Flightgear.
Thanks for any help.
Russ
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
# "dri" module disabled for proprietary Nvidia driver
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420]"
# Driver "vesa" disabled
Driver "vesa"
# Driver "Nvidia" enabled
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:4:7:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "S/T 77E/76E"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420]"
Monitor "S/T 77E/76E"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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