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Re: GeForce 2 MX200 and XF86 4 hard lockup



On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 08:09:02PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> I'm trying to set up Debian on a friend's computer since he's finally
> decided to give up the evil M$ empire. He's got a GeForce 2 MX200 hooked
> up to a Gateway FPD1500 flat-screen. (TFT) I compiled 2.4.17 for him and
> got the latest NVidia drivers (2802) and using the latest Sid packages.
> If I start it up using the "nv" driver, the screen flickers for a while
> and then dies. If I start it up using the "nvidia" driver, everything
> loads fine and I get the "NVidia" logo on the screen. Then the computer
> just hard locks. Everything dies. No network connectivity, keyboard is
> dead, no HD activity, etc. Very annoying. I've attached a copy of the...
> dammit... my "eks" key just died on my laptop... hmm... "eks" as in
> ""F86. Well, I've included a copy of ""F86Config-4. I commented out the
> mouse lines since he's using a MS optical USB mouse and I haven't
> configured USB yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> -Ale""

Does /var/log/XFree86.0.log list any error messages?

Since you have not yet configured USB, you may need to include 

Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"

in ServerFlags section

Assuming  F86Config-4 should be setup to use nVidia driver, a couple of
changes need to be made:

> 
> ---Begin ""F86Config-4---
> 
> ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
> # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf,
> the
> # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
> # (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make
> changes
> # before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
> # "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
> 
> Section "Files"
> 	FontPath	"unix/:7100"			# local font server
> 	# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
> 	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> 	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> 	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> 	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> 	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> 	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> 	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> 	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> 	Load	"GLcore"
> 	Load	"bitmap"
> 	Load	"dbe"
> 	Load	"ddc"
> 	Load	"dri"

nVidia README says don't load GLcore and dri

> 	Load	"extmod"
> 	Load	"freetype"
> 	Load	"glx"
> 	Load	"int10"
> 	Load	"pex5"
> 	Load	"record"
> 	Load	"speedo"
> 	Load	"type1"
> 	Load	"vbe"
> 	Load	"xie"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
> 	Driver		"keyboard"
> 	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
> 	Option		"XkbRules"	"xfree86"
> 	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
> 	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
> EndSection
> 
> #Section "InputDevice"
> #	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
> #	Driver		"mouse"
> #	Option		"CorePointer"
> #	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
> #	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
> #	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
> #	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
> #EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
> 	Driver		"nv"

Change "nv" to "nvidia"

> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
> 	HorizSync	30-57
> 	VertRefresh	43-72
> 	Option		"DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier	"Default Screen"
> 	Device		"Generic Video Card"
> 	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
> 	DefaultDepth	16
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		1
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		4
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		8
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		15
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		16
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth		24
> 		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier	"Default Layout"
> 	Screen		"Default Screen"
> 	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
> #	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
> 	Mode	0666
> EndSection
> 
> ### END DEBCONF SECTION
> 
> ---End ""F86Config-4---



-- 
Jerome

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