Bug#277309: xserver-xfree86: [nv] My X (and whole system) freeze/hangs, when scrolling program-menus or aterm etc.
Branden Robinson wrote:
retitle 277309 xserver-xfree86: [nv] system freezes when scrolling programs or terminal windows on NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] rev 178
tag 277309 + moreinfo upstream
thanks
(fine.)
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:49:49PM +0200, Per Blomqvist wrote:
TO THE POINT
I copied the nv_drv.o from xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16woody4_i386.deb,
and the system have not froze/hang since.
CONCLUSION
The update of "nv" drivers of xserver-xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1-8,
are buggy!
I'm sorry to tell you this, but that delta (4.1.0-16woody4 to
4.3.0.dfsg.1-8) is so huge as to be useless for determining what precisely
may have caused the regression.
I'd like to request a couple more pieces of information:
1) Does turning XAA acceleration off prevent the problem from recurring?
(Search for "NoAccel" in the XF86Config-4(5x) manual page.)
NoAccel is in the "nv" manual, I use the default installed config file,
with no options on that device. Are there any other bugreport that
suspect exclusion of this option cause problem?
(is it an option or not?)
2) Can you try various earlier versions in the 4.3.0.dfsg.1 release series
to see if any of them rectify the problem? You can find these at
snapshot.debian.net. Please start with the most recent prior to yours
(-7) and work your way backwards.
I often update my system, so..
the problem is in the latest version (4.3.0.dfsg.1-8).
A little more description of the problem:
If X didn't froze at first apps, it did froze within an hour, a stress
test with an open aterm and just scroll dselect could cause it, also to
froze.
The problem have not reapeard since:
I copied "one single" file "nv_drv.o" from the woody-relise
(xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16woody4_i386.deb), too the same path as the
latest debian-sarge xserver-xfree86-4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 (that I still have
installed).
I didn't know about http://snapshot.debian.net though, I used
http://packages.debian.org..
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Mvh, Per Blomqvist
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