Bug#608133: xserver-xorg-nouveau: displays nonsense on screen on Dell Dimension

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2011-01-25 00:37 +0100, Ted Phelps wrote:

> Sven Joachim writes:
>> On 2011-01-24 13:03 +0100, Ted Phelps wrote:
>> 
>> > I'm seeing what I believe is the same issue on my NV40 card (built-in
>> > graphics on an ASUS M2NPV-VM), and continue to see it even in
>> > 2.6.38-rc2.  I've git bisected and the issue started with kernel git
>> > revision 72d7c3b: "x86: Use memblock to replace early_res" -- that's
>> > when the GPU lockup first appeared.
>> 
>> If so, it's hardly the same issue since the submitter of #608133 uses a
>> kernel that does not include this commit.
>
> So it is.  My apologies.  I misread your suggestion that he try 2.6.37-rc7
> as the kernel that the original reporter was using.
>
>
>> BTW, is CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM set in your kernel configuration?
>
> It is: CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM=y
>
> Would it be worth testing with that disabled, do you think?

I don't really know, but testing shouldn't hurt.

Sven