Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 09:10:34PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> 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?
>
Yes, it does show up in lspci. It's an SiS chipset, in case that
matters.
> > 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.
>
I tried with a squeeze live CD and got similar results. I wasn't able
to check the logs, though, because the whole machine was locked up. I
did manage to get a rainbow screen and a real mouse pointer.
I am downloading Knoppix 6.4.4 now.
> > 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.
>
This is probably what I'll end up doing. Thanks for the quick
responses, everyone.
-Rob
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