Re: adding an option for nvidia driver

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Sven Joachim wrote:
> > On 2011-01-08 16:02 +0100, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> >
> > > Sven Joachim wrote:
> > > > On 2011-01-07 22:20 +0100, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I can't suspend to ram twice. Once works but never the second time.
> > > > >
> > > > > So I googled that and there are hints that the nvidia driver is a
> > > > > fault and the proposed fix is to add 'Nvreg_Mobile=3' as module
> > > > > option.
> > > > >
> > > > > What is the right way to do that? The solutions varied from modifying
> > > > > /etc/modules to changing /etc/modules.conf, which does not exist, and
> > > > > running update-modules, which isn't around either.
> > > > Create a file in /etc/modprobe.d, say /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf, with
> > > > the following content:
> > > >
> > > > options nvidia Nvreg_Mobile=3
> > > >
> > > > Note that the file _must_ have a .conf extension, see modprobe.conf(5).
> > > Thanks Sven, worked like a charm.
> > > nvidia reported "unknown option" and did not load.
> > > Back to the drawing board.
> >
> > I think the option is spelled NVreg_Mobile, with a capital 'V'.  See
> > "modinfo nvidia" for supported options.
>
> I'll be darned... Learn something new every day...  Sure thing, let me 
> try that!

Too bad, the parm was accepted, but it made no difference: 1st 
suspend/resume = perfect. 2nd resume: blank screen + no kbd.

Hugo