From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 10 16:41:41 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A4F037B401 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:41:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay8-f51.bay8.hotmail.com [64.4.27.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D29A843FA3 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:41:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from evantd@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:41:40 -0700 Received: from 12.229.123.246 by by8fd.bay8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:41:40 GMT X-Originating-IP: [12.229.123.246] X-Originating-Email: [evantd@hotmail.com] From: "Evan Dower" To: bmk@geek.com, current@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:41:40 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jul 2003 23:41:40.0694 (UTC) FILETIME=[CFD4B760:01C3473C] Subject: Re: NVidia driver stability? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:41:41 -0000 The new nvidia-driver was unstable for me as well. So much so that I deinstalled it so I could get some actual work done. I never was able o get any specifics about it, as I don't have a serial console set up, and when it crashes it freezes the screen. I can tell you this much though. Sometimes when it locked up, I was able to ssh in from another machine, see that XFree86 was taking 98-99% of CPU time, kill XFree86, and continue on. Other times, I couldn't even ssh in, as the connection hung, so I had to do a hard restart. The timing of these crashes was entirely unpredictable. I have a GeForce 3 Ti 200 and FreeBSD 5.1-RELENG. I tried with both AGP's. Loading nvidia-driver into a debug kernel (INVARIANTS and WITNESS) still causes an immediate panic. I don't know how the Nvidia people can do QA on this without a debugging kernel. Just poorly I guess. I hope someone finds this helpful though I would be shocked if it did. I would be happy (ecstatic, actually) to run any experiments someone might be interested in. Many thanks, Evan Dower Undergraduate, Computer Science University of Washington >From: "Brian Kincaid" >To: current@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: NVidia driver stability? >Date: 10 Jul 2003 15:45:41 -0700 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from mx2.freebsd.org ([216.136.204.119]) by >mc3-f9.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Thu, 10 Jul >2003 15:46:07 -0700 >Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18])by >mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPid 1BF42562AC; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 >15:45:50 -0700 (PDT)(envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) >Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])by hub.freebsd.org >(Postfix) with ESMTPid AE42737B40B; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:45:49 -0700 (PDT) >Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])by >hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A39337B401for >; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:45:42 -0700 (PDT) >Received: from smtp.webbox.com (66.234.quiknet.com [207.183.234.66])by >mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87FCE43FD7for >; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:45:41 -0700 (PDT)(envelope-from >bmk@geek.com) >Received: from mdev ([207.183.234.66]) by smtp.webbox.com with >MicrosoftSMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Thu, 10 Jul 2003 15:45:41 -0700 >X-Message-Info: JGTYoYF78jEHjJx36Oi8+Q1OJDRSDidP >Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org >Message-Id: <100703191.56741@webbox.com> >X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 >Precedence: list >List-Id: Discussions about the use of >FreeBSD-current >List-Unsubscribe: >, >List-Archive: >List-Post: >List-Help: >List-Subscribe: >, >Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org >Errors-To: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org >Return-Path: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jul 2003 22:46:07.0824 (UTC) >FILETIME=[0D491D00:01C34735] > > >Hi, > >Yes, I can replicate the behavior you describe upon running glxinfo >repeatedly. I have not yet had any trouble with xvinfo. I have >also seen a couple of crashes (not repeatable) after running >some of the xscreensaver-demo examples and/or some of the GL >apps for xscreensaver directly. > >I am running a freshly built 4.8-STABLE system, plus a GeForce3 >Ti 200 PCI card and a rebuilt version of the nvidia-driver port. >Before I rebuilt the entire system and kernel the nvidia-port >driver caused the system to page fault immediately upon starting >X. > >I reverted to the standard nv driver for a while, then read a >couple of messages on one of the freebsd mailing lists about >the necessity of rebuilding everything due to a change in proc.h. > >After the cvsup, rebuild process, the nvidia driver seems to >work, except for the problems mentioned above. > >Brian > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail