Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon
On 2011-02-19 20:34 +0100, Rob Owens wrote:
> On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working. dmesg shows
> this message:
>
> GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon
That's bad indeed.
> lspci shows my video card as this:
>
> VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
>
> I do have an onboard video port that I'm not using. Not sure if that's
> messing things up or not.
It shouldn't. Does it even show up in lspci?
> Any advice? I see several hits on Google,
> but I haven't found a solution yet.
>
> I'm trying to make nouveau work.
There's not much hope if you intend to stay with Squeeze. If you're not
brave enough to blindly upgrade your kernel and the whole X stack to
sid, I would recommend trying a Live CD like Knoppix 6.4 or Grml 10.12
first. Both come with kernel 2.6.36 and a newer nouveau snapshot from
August 2010.
> The proprietary nvidia driver will be my last resort.
IMO this is the least of the evils, at least if you insist on sticking
with Squeeze on that machine.
Sven
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