Re: Random system freezes - need your input

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Fri, 4 May 2012 12:56:01 +0200, Matthias wrote in message 
<[🔎] CABo4i4y5-=KRW57TdmjVgJVb=t=Sf-65gyQsEVk6S9YECfsjhw@mail.gmail.com>:

> 2012/5/1 Matthias Guentert <matthias.guentert@gmail.com>:
> > Thanks for your reply - very appreciated. Currently I am running
> > Windows Vista on a third harddisk to see if a hardware fault can be
> > excluded being the culprit. So far I did not had one freeze since
> > weeks running Vista. This points back to your suspicion. I will
> > switch back to the opensource nv driver and see if this solves the
> > random freezes.
> 
> No single freeze since four days, although the nvidia kernel module
> is loaded. All I did is replace the "nvidia" string from the
> xorg.conf file with "nv". It seems the nvidia driver is causing this
> random stops - the USB path can be discarded.
> 
> This means both nvidia-glx versions are causing my PC to halt.
> 
> _Debian non-free repository:_
> 
> nvidia-glx version 195.36.31-6
> 
> _Backports non-free repository:_
> 
> nvidia-glx version 280.13.really.275.36-1~bpo60+2
> 
> Okay what's next? How can I provide more information / enable
> debugging for this module?

..ask Nvidea's support team, it's _their_ _closed_ source.

..now, if you were willing to help debug the nouveau driver 
on your card, you would find a fine team of supporting 
volonteers here on this list.

> Thanks in advance
> Matthias
> 
> 


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