From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 11 20:53:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B99F16A403 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:53:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE5543D49 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:53:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B374D208697 for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:53:28 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at honeypot.net Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wD423CqmwNSn for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:53:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f01:224:1::2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02FF920581F for ; Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:53:24 -0600 (CST) From: Kirk Strauser To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:53:17 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 X-Face: &'; cS03F?rr_w2Qce.d2f7xmwXfcJWDs>}CkpDw.c]ZJJ_)i0Nx Subject: nvidia-driver-1.0.8776 was giving me READ_DMA timeouts X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:53:30 -0000 --nextPart1285595.C5HlZ2SSqO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I upgraded my 6.1-STABLE box a week or so ago, and numerous ports at the sa= me=20 time. For the last week, I've had all sorts of random reboots on a normall= y=20 rock solid system. Yesterday I noticed that whenever I was looking at a=20 console, the machine was stable as usual, but when X was visible, the ATA=20 drives would throw spurious READ_DMA timeouts. I downgraded from=20 nvidia-driver-1.0.8776 to .8774 and the problems have completely disappeare= d=20 and the system is back to normal. I know it sounds silly and I can't explain it, but the most recent NVidia=20 drivers made my system feel as stable as Windows ME on an overclocked Cyrix= =2E =20 I'm posting this here mainly for the benefit of anyone else who might be=20 having similar problems. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --nextPart1285595.C5HlZ2SSqO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFVjhD5sRg+Y0CpvERAgWkAJ0SEwYbYilX0eIroKUUUSe/FzCkvQCdHWNc 1PZHu/EfScVB+b90RvW+e/E= =Hb7u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1285595.C5HlZ2SSqO--