Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/19/2011 01:55 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:34:23 -0500 (EST), Rob Owens wrote:
> > On my Squeeze system, the nouveau driver isn't working.  dmesg shows
> > this message:
> >
> > GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon
> >
> > 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.  Any advice?  I see several hits on Google,
> > but I haven't found a solution yet.
> >
> > I'm trying to make nouveau work.  The proprietary nvidia driver will be
> > my last resort.
>
> The nouveau driver is a work in progress, as even it's developers will
> no doubt freely admit.  This is especially true for the newest chipsets.
[snip]
> If you want to use a free driver, and nouveau won't work for you, your
> next best option is the nv driver.  But nv won't work for the newest
> chipsets.  And if that won't work, then try the vesa driver.

The FX5200 is 8 years old, and even then was labeled "Entry Level".

I seriously doubt that nouveau will ever support it.  That leaves nv 
or nvidia-173.14.27 (which is in Sid).

Also, I recommend filing a bug against xserver-xorg-video-nv (CCing 
d-devel) telling them why they should *not* remove it.

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