Re: nouveau: GPU lockup - switching to software fbcon

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

On 02/20/2011 08:34 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> 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.
>
> I had that lockup message with a nVidia GeForce 8400 GS. I
> blacklisted nouveau and went with the proprietary driver. Neither nv
> nor nouveau manage a situation where you have 2 videocards with 2
> mice and 2 keyboards for 2 simultaneous users. The proprietary
> driver does.

Manually installed, or via nvidia-glx?

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